Islamabad
The Consultative Committee of Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) aimed to project and promote women led businesses on international forums through government and private platforms. This was stated by Federal Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Muhammad Sualeh Ahmad Faruqui while chairing the 2nd meeting of Consultative Committee of WEE, mostly virtually held on Tuesday, said a press release issued here.
He was emphasizing the importance of gender mainstreaming and economic empowerment of women through greater participation in trade of goods and services. He underlined the importance of dedicated work on policy issues to ensure effective engagement with women entrepreneurs as key stakeholders. The secretary commerce also suggested drafting an action matrix on the basis of stakeholders input mentioning timelines for different kinds of actions based on their nature in sequential and parallel manner. —APP
