FPCCI asks women entrepreneurs to enhance IT skills.

ISLAMABAD -- Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Saturday called upon the women entrepreneurs to enhance their skills in the Information Technology and adopt innovative ways to further enhance and promote their business.

Addressing 'International Conference on Pakistan Export Potentials-Women Led Business', Vice Presidents of the Chambers Riffat Malik, and Amin Ullah Baig said that economic development was not possible without the financial empowerment and development of womenfolk.

They said that women entrepreneurs were facing various hurdles in establishing their business as well as its growth and development as compared to their male competitors. They urged the need for providing level playing fields to women business to encourage them to develop and promote their own business as well as playing an active role in economic development and social prosperity of the country. They said that social, economic and security challenges, lack of access to professional networks and poor access to capital remain were key obstacles in growth for women entrepreneurs in the country. Women-led businesses need to be supported to venture for export and flourishing domestic trade.

Speaking on the occasion, Riffat Malik Vice President FPCCI emphasized the women entrepreneurs for enhancing their skills in the IT and find ways and means to promote their business by adopting innovations and modern skills of management. 'Women entrepreneurs can earn substantial income from their business pitches on social media sitting at home, so it is important for women entrepreneurs to come forward in the field of information technology', she added.

She further said that now it was the era of information technology and everything is moving online so without learning its proper use, development and progress was not...