Balochistan to launch IT project for women

Project to provide basic skills of digital financial services

QUETTA:

The Balochistan government is all set to launch the ‘Inclusion of Women in the Digital Economy’ project, said Dr Rubaba Khan Buledi, Parliamentary Secretary of Law, Science, and Information Technology here on Wednesday.

In a message issued here on the occasion of International Women’s Day, the parliamentary secretary of information technology said that a project called Inclusion of Women in the Digital Economy will soon be started to equip the women of Balochistan with IT skills, making them economically strong and financially independent.

“This program of teaching digital skills to women will help in women access to digitalization and will reduce the gender-based gap in the IT sector,” she maintained.

She noted that for greater access of women to technology programs in Balochistan, efforts are being made on viable projects that will prove effective for the economic development of women.

Parliamentary secretary emphasised the need for making womenfolk more empowered as the said project will provide basic skills of digital financial services.