Description : Women sit on the floor in a tight cluster during an embroidery class at an educational centre set up in a private home in the Khairkhana neighbourhood of Kabul, the capital. The centre is run by the UNICEF-assisted General Work and Development Association (GWA), a local NGO. The Association offers a non-formal education programme for adolescent and other women who previously could not attend school, offering classes in basic writing and literacy, as well as vocational training in carpet-weaving, sewing, tailoring and other skills.