Islamabad: Shafqat Sultana President, First Women Bank Limited (FWBL), said that the institution would continue to strive for economic empowerment of women by employing all available resources to enhance their capacity.
Shafqat Sultana said this while speaking to women entrepreneurs after signing a MoU with Islamabad Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IWCCI).FWBL has initiated many training courses for entrepreneurial capacity-building and skill development so that women are mainstreamed in all economic sectors and become a visible and productive part of the economy, she said.
She said that we have long been working with IWCCI but now we have formally become partners. We will impart training to women in banking, accounts, products, import and export and other commercial activities with a renewed vigour, she said.
At the occasion, Samina Fazil, President, IWCCI lauded the initiative saying that FWBL is the only bank which is also involved in effective social activities.
She said that we have jointly accepted the challenge to improve the life of women through economic empowerment and no stone will be left unturned for this.
Samina demanded of the government to reduce mark up for women seeking loans, relax procedure of guarantees for loans and provide additional incentives so that 52 per cent of the population can play more active role in development of the country.
SMEDA, TDAP, WSCs, IBP and other departments should create a resource network for development of women as their under-representation and unbalanced participation is a major problem, demanded Samina.
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