ICCI urges focus on policies for women

Says facilitating them will help Pakistan achieve sustainable growth

ISLAMABAD: Women form over half of Pakistan’s total population and the government should make policies to focus on their empowerment to achieve sustainable economic growth, said Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) President Sheikh Amir Waheed.

Addressing a 25-member delegation, he said developed countries have achieved rapid growth by focusing on women empowerment and urged the government to facilitate them so they can play their due role in the development of the country.



Waheed informed the delegation about the initiatives taken by the ICCI for promoting women entrepreneurs.

He said that ICCI has established a Women Growth Centre to provide guidance and facilitation to aspiring women entrepreneurs in business start-ups.

Also speaking on the occasion,  ICCI Senior Vice President Muhammad Naveed and Vice President Nisar Mirza said that women have a promising career in entrepreneurship as by starting their own businesses, they could not only achieve economic independence, they could also create jobs for others.

Ideas for Life Trust Director Sadaf Raza, who was also leading the delegation, said that they were working in the core areas of education rights, women empowerment, youth emancipation, and communication for development.



She said that for women empowerment, IFLT was providing training to women so that they could play role of leaders and entrepreneurs in society and contribute effectively towards nation building. Raza said that the purpose of taking the delegation to different organisations was to expose them to various working environments and create networking opportunities for them.

The IFLT has already trained some batches women, while another batch of 25 women were currently under training, she informed.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 14^th, 2017.

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