- The PM Shehbaz underlines the need for the economic empowerment of women.
- The authorities authorize to provide capital, from facilities to business women.
- Orders to set up facilitation and training centers to support women.
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the government would integrate women associated with Cottage industries and small businesses in the small and medium -sized enterprises (SME), SME The news reported on Sunday.
The announcement was made during the International Women’s Day at a revision meeting on the current reforms under the small and medium -sized company Development Authority (SMEDA).
Speaking at the meeting, the Prime Minister underlined the need for the economic empowerment of women and ordered the authorities to provide capital and essential installations in priority to business women in the chalet industry.
He also asked measures to offer low -cost loans to women as part of the youth loans, which allows them to develop their businesses.
Stressing the importance of supporting educated and qualified women, in particular in rural and distant areas, he asked initiatives which help them achieve financial independence by entrepreneurship.
The Prime Minister has ordered the creation of facilitation centers and training institutes to support women engaged in small businesses and ensure their easy access to these resources.
To strengthen this initiative, he announced the training of a special committee responsible for developing a full plan to empower women through commercial opportunities. The Committee will soon present its recommendations to the Prime Minister.
The PM has also ordered the authorities to guarantee women’s access to facilitation centers and training programs and reaffirmed that low -cost loans would be made available to women entrepreneurs as part of the youth loan program.
During the meeting, the Prime Minister was informed of Smeda initiatives for the development of micro, small and medium -sized businesses.
Separately, in his speech here during an event of International Women’s Day, marked worldwide on March 8 to celebrate women’s achievements and to make an appeal to their rights, the Prime Minister declared that the empowerment of women could only be carried out by providing them with equal access to education, skills development and employment possibilities.
“It is our mission and an unwavering commitment to ensure the emancipation of the country’s female population,” he said.
Eminent women of various fields, including members of the cabinet, legislators, entrepreneurs and activists, joined the event in the Prime Minister’s House, which was organized by the Ministry of Human Rights and the National Commission on the Statute of Women (NCSW) in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
The Prime Minister, on this occasion, launched the very first gender parity report of the capital prepared by NCSW and UNFPA, which identifies the challenges and recommends solutions in key areas such as education, health, governance, political representation and justice.
The Prime Minister noted that his government would collaborate with the provinces for collective action to promote the integration of women in programs contributing to the national economy. He announced the creation of an endowment fund for women who work in order to support women who work and to help them compete with contemporary challenges.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Law, Justice and Human Rights, Azam Nazeer Tarar, said in accordance with the directive of Prime Minister Shehbaz, the ministries and the departments were charged last year to provide inclusive policies.
The initiative, he said, successfully led to a higher proportion of the representation of women in ministerial commissions. He pointed out that Pakistan was classified 145th out of 146 countries on the world gap index between the sexes, alongside Afghanistan, which “did not reflect a real image and was contrary to the reality of the soil”.
He called on the organizations concerned to revisit the classification and expressed the government’s will to share the required data.