Staff Reporter
The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), organized a session titled ‘Creating a Gender Equal World’ to once again highlight the importance of inclusion of women in all aspects of life, including the Corporate sector for which OICCI is playing a leading role. The session coincided with ongoing celebrations of the ‘International Women’s Day’. On this occasion OICCI President Shazad Dada, sharing his views in the session said, “Advancing women’s equality is bound to deliver a high growth dividend for Pakistan. Besides being a social and moral imperative, we need to enable full potential of women for Pakistan’s prosperity” He said that the International Women’s Day has significant importance for OICCI member companies, who are the leading foreign investors in country, and they are at the forefront in leading initiatives on Women Empowerment and Gender Equality at workplaces. ‘OICCI Women’ is a flagship initiative of the chamber to bring gender equality of international standards in Pakistan’s corporate sector. OICCI has also recommended that the government should set a target of 20% women in management positions by 2022 which should be followed across the board.
