RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has organized a session titled Coffee morning for bringing awareness, discuss issues and an interactive question and hour session on women economic empowerment here.
Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Margaret Adamson, who was chief guest on the occasion, said the Australian government supports Pakistan’s efforts to increase regional trade and investment. “The lives of Pakistani women are changing rapidly. It will be vital for a prosperous Pakistan to facilitate an environment which provides enough economic opportunities to engage women. She said the Australian Government was actively exploring avenues for increased skills development and opportunities for women’s entrepreneurship in Pakistan. She lauded RCCI for establishing Women Business Incubation Center (WBIC) to help women entrepreneurs to establish and run their own businesses. She assured her full support and cooperation in this regard.
RCCI Chief Zahid Latif Khan in his address said that creating opportunities and empowering women in entrepreneurship has always been chamber’s priority. The main purpose of this initiative was to provide women a platform to excel in the field of entrepreneurship, he added. While highlighting key activities of RCCI, Zahid Latif said recently we organized All Pakistan Women Presidents Chamber Summit to highlight various issues particularly being confronted by the business women including the importance of unity and cooperation between the women chambers for nation building.
He said, RCCI being a pro-active business facilitation entity, believed in identifying and functionalizing such forums for women entrepreneurs to get into the main stream of the economy. President thanked the participants of Coffee Morning and said that an active participation of women entrepreneurs is required to make such sessions a successful event.
Addressing participants, Chairperson Women Committee Ms Sadia Zia said that Rawalpindi Chamber always stands with women and has provided a platform to come forward and play their leading role. She urged participants to increase the level of interaction and bring more awareness among women and enrolled them under RCCI platform.
