Pakistan to help women garment entrepreneurs upgrade skills

Pakistan will support women businessmen in the garment sector to upgrade their entrepreneurial skills.
To this end, Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka Tuesday signed an agreement with Micro Industries Development Assistance and Services (MIDAS), Bangladesh to skill development programme for women entrepreneurs.
Pakistani high commissioner Shuja Alam and acting managing director of the MIDAS Mashi-ur-Rahman signed the agreement on behalf their respective organisations.
Under the contract, the High Commission will provide funds for a three-week training course on enterprise and skill development for 60 small and mid-level women entrepreneurs in the garment sector, a statement said.
The participants of the training programme will be provided a proper marketing platform to sell their products as part of the course. MIDAS will also organise SME trade fairs in Dhaka and other districts in the country.  
On completion of the project, a workshop involving participation of women entrepreneurs, business associations and financial institutions working for the uplift of women-run SMEs will be jointly organised by MIDAS and the High Commission.
Speaking at the function, the envoy said integrating women SMEs in the mainstream economy remains a major concern among developing countries as due to resource constraints and lack of technical education, women in the SME sector find it difficult to use their skills in a more productive way.
He appreciated the role of women in the SME sector of Bangladesh and said that the women entrepreneurs are playing a significant role in economic development of the country.
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