Approximate Size: 12 in x 16 in

Material: Handmade ‘Lokta’ paper

About the Painting: Farmers taking their produce to the local weekly farmers market ‘Haat Bazaar’

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About: The JWDC was established in 1992 as a NGO (non-government organization) with the hope of encouraging women to keep their artistic skills alive. Because the arts of Maithili are the women¹s own, the JWDC believes that women should have jurisdiction over the marketing of their art and that profits should be cooperatively managed by the producers. In order to empower women, they are given training in literacy, record-keeping, costing and quality control, marketing, management, leadership, team building, gender awareness, planning and evaluation. It is hoped that JWDC provides a model women¹s empowerment program, wishing to harness tradition to achieve social change.