IWCCI women empowerment initiatives admirable: Nilofar.

ISLAMABAD -- Islamabad Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IWCCI) in collaboration with the management of GIGA Mall has set up 100 free shops for women entrepreneurs at the shopping mall for three months.

Ms. Nilofar Bakhtiar, Chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women, has inaugurated the event as a chief guest.

Women-owned businesses continue to face specific obstacles, many of which were present before the pandemic and have been exacerbated throughout the past two years.

Many women entrepreneurs had to either shrink their physical businesses to virtual businesses and many had to close down their businesses. This opportunity encouraged women...