Women’s Chamber Planning to Motivate Female Entrepreneurs In Pakistan
Congratulations to IWEC Past Awardee, Azra Jamshed, on becoming president of the Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WCCI) in Peshawar, Pakistan.
PESHAWAR: The newly elected President of Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WCCI) Azra Jamshed said she was aiming to provide exposure to women entrepreneurs.
Talking to The News, Azra Jamshed said she wanted to encourage skilled women to market their products and generate income. She said the WCCI would help women to increase their income by improving their skills.
Azra Jamshed urged the women artisans to come forward and avail the opportunities being offered by the government.
“The objective of the WCCI is to connect, support and empower women to bring prosperity,” she added.
Azra Jamshed pointed out that the State Bank of Pakistan, First Women Bank and other institutions supported women entrepreneurs to start their businesses.
She added that recently WCCI and Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa jointly arranged market linkage convention in Gilgit-Baltistan.
“The event aimed at exploring the beauty of the country and encouraging women entrepreneurs belonging to various areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” she added.
Azra Jamshed said they would welcome the tribal elders and seek their support and cooperation to encourage women from the erstwhile tribal areas to set up their businesses.
However, she noted that the recent one percent increase in interest rate by State Bank of Pakistan affected the business community and increased inflation.
She asked the government to adopt business-friendly policy for the small entrepreneurs.
Azra Jamshed informed that WCCI had trained many women in cooking, baking, sewing and online businesses and was now planning to start driving classes for females.
WCCI Founder Fitrat Ilyas Bilour said the Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established in 2010 to safeguard the interests of women entrepreneurs in the province.
She added that currently WCCI had 400 members.
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