Wang Fang, 22, shows Tibetan-style clothing embroidered by herself at Qingshui Village of Ganluo County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
LIANGSHAN, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Liangshan, home to some 178,000 impoverished people, is one of the poorest regions in China that is aiming to eradicate absolute poverty this year.
In recent years, most of the young men in Liangshan have left the mountainous region to work outside, with large numbers of women left behind without work.
As an important part of local poverty alleviation campaign work, the local government has taken various measures, including developing traditional handicrafts and providing public service job positions, to help these women obtain nearby jobs and shake off poverty.
Wang Fang, 22, embroiders Tibetan-style clothing at home in Qingshui Village of Ganluo County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
A woman of the Yi ethnic group works at an apple industrial park in Yuexi County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
An inheritor (L) of the prefectural intangible cultural heritage of Yi-ethnic-group clothing guides a woman in Yi embroidery during a training class at a community in Butuo County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 13, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
Ayi (2nd L) embroiders while chatting with neighbors at Xujiashan Village of Ganluo County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
Women learn embroidery of the Yi ethnic group during a training class organized by local women's federation at a community in Butuo County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 13, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
Women work at an agricultural industrial park at Haogu Village of Zhaojue County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
Yang Ying (C) guides a woman in embroidery of the Yi ethnic group at Xiaoshan Village of Xide County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
Women work on embroidery of Yi ethnic group at Xiaoshan Village of Xide County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
Women take part in a household service training at a community in Yuexi County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
Women work at a blueberry planting base at Laoji Village of Butuo County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 13, 2020.
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Women walk to a blueberry planting base for work at Laoji Village of Butuo County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 13, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
A woman works at an industrial park at Suosuolada Village of Zhaojue County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)■
