Home-based businesses provide partial income for women in Douma - Enab Baladi

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Home-based businesses provide partial income for women in Douma - Enab Baladi

Enab Baladi – Sarah al-Ahmad Samira (28 years old) started learning sewing about a year ago as part of a small workshop set up in a home in the city of Douma, rural Damascus. She told Enab Baladi that her deteriorating financial situation and the high prices of clothes in shops drove her to work to become a source of livelihood for her after the death of her husband. About five months ago, the woman began sewing dresses for occasions for one of …