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Experts stress women entrepreneurship
KATHMANDU, DEC 13 - Various experts, entrepreneurs and policy-makers emphasised on the need to develop women’s entrepreneurship for their economic and socio-cultural empowerment today.
Speaking at the launching ceremony of Federation of Women Entrepreneurs’ Association of Nepal (FWEAN), they attributed the poverty, household responsibilities, lack of education and technical know-how as the major obstacles to enhance their skills for entrepreneurship.
On the occasion, Dr Shanker Prasad Sharma, Vice-Chairman of National Planning Commission said that the government has brought various programmes in the 10th plan to empower the women.
He underlined that the involvement of women in policy-making will take more time and so will the social development of the country.
Expressing the willingness to help FWEAN achieve its desired goal, Binod Bahadur Shrestha, President of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), said that the federation is ready to cooperate and co-work with the FWEAN to develop the entrepreneurship of women.
On the occasion, Padma Jyoti, President of SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that FWEAN would succeed in widening the status of women’s horizon, which will ultimately help make the country a better place to live in.
Shanti Chadha, President of FWEAN said that the federation will help ensure full participation of women at the national level and their participation, in turn, will enhance social transformation thus recognising women’s contribution in the national development.
Yankila Sherpa, First Vice President of FWEAN, said that though women in the country have been able to make gains in the health and education sectors in the recent years, their earning is still far below the men.
Talking about the women involved in the various enterprises she said that around 245,000 women are engaged in their own economic enterprises throughout the country.Posted on: 2003-12-14 03:21
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