A concrete plan for women’s economic empowerment will be drawn up in a joint meeting of female parliamentary secretaries, which will be held in Islamabad soon.
It was disclosed by Federal Ministry of Industries and Production Parliamentary Secretary Dr Shahida Rehmani during a visit to the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) head office on Monday.
Rehmani observed that Pakistan’s critical economic situation demanded active participation of women in its mainstream business and economy. She said that the female artisans working in different sectors of the economy must be provided support so that they could become formal entrepreneurs.
She underlined the need for providing assistance for the development of women entrepreneurship at the gross-roots level but lamented that the skilled women working in different professions were not being paid a fair remuneration.
“The government wants to establish a fool-proof support mechanism to help women set up their own enterprises,” the secretary said.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 9th, 2023.
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