KARACHI: A delegation of Pakistani businesswomen is participating in an international trade exhibition being held in Sri Lanka next month.
The delegation of women entrepreneurs is participating in the event under the umbrella of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) and in collaboration with Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP).
Talking to APP here, Karachi Women Chambers of Commerce and Industry (District East) President and Chairperson FPCCI Standing Committee on Women Handicrafts Syeda Saeeda Bano said these women would exhibit different women-made products like handicrafts, shoes, jewellery, garments, marble, Abaya and applique work.
She said Pakistani women entrepreneurs had already participated in international trade exhibitions held in different countries including Bahrain, Malaysia and India and within the country. They had received very good response, which has encouraged many other women to come ahead.
The chamber has received a good order from Indonesia for Susi cloth, she said. She said the women entrepreneurs were participating in the ongoing SAARC Expo in Lahore and had set- up 12 stalls displaying many products. “Our focus is to promote cultural and traditional items through value-addition,” she said.
The WCCI Karachi (East) president appealed to the Sindh government to provide more facilities and incentives to businesswomen including offices for women chambers of commerce and industry, and for display centres.
At present, she said the chamber had set- up a display centre near Awami Markaz, Shara-e-Faisal in a rented room. She said that her chamber had arranged trainings on information technology, marketing, packaging and processing for increasing the exports of the country.
Bano informed that she had sent a proposal to the USAID office here for extending financial and logistics support to the chamber for basic education of women and vocational trainings.
