Micro credit's role in women's uplift stressed
Friday, 15 January 2010
FE Report
Micro credit is playing an important role in enabling a large number of women of this community to support themselves, speakers said Thursday.
"They take financial support from microfinance organisations for the improvement of their family status to become independent," Rokia Afzal Rahman, president of Bangladesh Federation of Women Entrepreneurs said.
Long term strategy including access to financing especially for micro and small enterprises and social safety nets for women are essential inputs to empower women, the speakers said in a round table discussion.
They also suggested strengthening capacity building programmes, including education and vocational skills training for women and promoting employment generation programmes to level up women particularly those in vulnerable sectors.
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) and Bangladesh Alliance for Women Leadership jointly organised the roundtable discussion on "Women Leaders of Bangladesh: Aspirations, Achievements and Outlook for Future" in the city.
A 34 member delegation from the US "Among Women" shared their experiences and ideas on women's movement for getting a fair share in the decision and policy making positions in all fields.
The objective of the discussion was to assess the achievements of Bangladesh in a host of crucial areas of national endeavours like democracy, development, national security, foreign policy and culture in the backdrop of aspirations of the War of Liberation in the respective fields for the future.
Farooq Sobhan, president of BEI and Barrister Rabiya Bhuiyan, among others, also spoke in the meeting.
Micro credit is playing an important role in enabling a large number of women of this community to support themselves, speakers said Thursday.
"They take financial support from microfinance organisations for the improvement of their family status to become independent," Rokia Afzal Rahman, president of Bangladesh Federation of Women Entrepreneurs said.
Long term strategy including access to financing especially for micro and small enterprises and social safety nets for women are essential inputs to empower women, the speakers said in a round table discussion.
They also suggested strengthening capacity building programmes, including education and vocational skills training for women and promoting employment generation programmes to level up women particularly those in vulnerable sectors.
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) and Bangladesh Alliance for Women Leadership jointly organised the roundtable discussion on "Women Leaders of Bangladesh: Aspirations, Achievements and Outlook for Future" in the city.
A 34 member delegation from the US "Among Women" shared their experiences and ideas on women's movement for getting a fair share in the decision and policy making positions in all fields.
The objective of the discussion was to assess the achievements of Bangladesh in a host of crucial areas of national endeavours like democracy, development, national security, foreign policy and culture in the backdrop of aspirations of the War of Liberation in the respective fields for the future.
Farooq Sobhan, president of BEI and Barrister Rabiya Bhuiyan, among others, also spoke in the meeting.