Yhaal Muri 2 aims for Bangladeshi women residing in Madrid to leave the tight control of their homes. They receive sewing classes as an excuse to practice their Spanish, integrate and be more independent.

Afroza Rahman (Dhaka, Bangladesh, 54) has spent the last 18 years of his life in Spain. "I want to offer the help that I did not have when I arrived," she says. "There is more machismo and racism and more inequality in Spain," says Fazle Elahi.