Govt to integrate industries associated with women, businesses with the media sector

• PM Shehbaz highlights the need for women’s financial strengthening.
• It directs the authorities to provide capital, installations to businesses.
• Orders to create facilitation, training centers to support women.
  

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the government would incorporate women associated with cottage industries and small businesses in the small and medium -sized business (SMEs), The news reported on Sunday.

The announcement was made during International Women’s Day during a meeting of review on continued reforms in the context of the SMEDA Development Authority (SMEDA).

Speaking at the meeting, the prime minister underlined the need for financial empowerment of women and authorities to provide basic capital and facilities as a priority in business activities in the holiday home industry.

He also ordered to offer low cost loans to women under the youth loan program, allowing them to expand their businesses.

Emphasizing the importance of supporting educated and specialized women, especially in rural and remote areas, it has urged initiatives that help them achieve economic independence through entrepreneurship.

The prime minister ordered the establishment of facilitating centers and training institutes to support women who deal with small -scale businesses and to ensure easy access to these resources.

To strengthen this initiative, it announced the creation of a special committee that has undertaken the development of a comprehensive plan to strengthen women through business opportunities. The Commission will soon present its recommendations to the Prime Minister.

The prime minister further ordered the authorities to guarantee women’s access to facilitating centers and training programs and confirmed that low -cost loans would be donated to female businessmen under the youth loan program.

During the meeting, the prime minister was briefed on SMEDA’s initiatives to develop small, small and medium -sized enterprises.

Separately, in his address here at an event on the International Women’s Day, it took place worldwide on March 8 to celebrate women’s achievements and invite their rights, the prime minister said that the empowerment of women could only be achieved by providing equal access.

“It is our mission and a steadfast commitment to ensure the emancipation of the country’s female population,” he said.

The prominent women from various sectors, including members of the Council of Ministers, legislators, businessmen and activists, participated in the event in the Prime Minister’s House, organized by the Ministry of Human Rights and the National Committee on Women’s Status (NCSW).

The prime minister, on the occasion, launched the first equivalence report on the sex of the capital prepared by NCSW and UNFPA, which identifies challenges and constitutes solutions in key areas such as education, health, governance, political representation and justice.

The prime minister noted that his government would work with the provinces for a collective action to promote women’s integration into programs that contribute to the national economy. Announced the establishment of a fund for women’s funding in an effort to support working women and to help them compete with modern challenges.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Justice, Justice and Human Rights, Azam Nazeer Tarar, said according to PM Shehbaz’s directive, the ministries and departments were tasked last year to secure policies for women who have excluded.

The initiative, he said, has successfully led to a higher proportion of women’s representation in the departments of the departments. He points out that Pakistan was ranked 145th of the 146 countries of the Global Gender Gap, next to Afghanistan, who “does not reflect a real image and was actually opposed.”

He called on the competent organizations to review the ranking and expressed the government’s readiness to share the required data.