OICCI reiterates commitment to women's empowerment.

The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting 'Women Empowerment' and 'Gender Equality' at workplaces in Pakistan.

The OICCI had launched the 'Women Empowerment' initiative in 2017 in partnership with UN Women. Over the course of 2018, the OICCI conducted intense research and capacity-building in the field of gender balance and work place improvement. A survey conducted among OICCI member companies highlighted that only 2% of senior management positions were held by women whereas another 16% in middle management and 36% in junior management positions were filled by females. Over the past year, OICCI has organized training and coaching sessions to understand the impediments to increasing the ratio of women at the work place.

OICCI is building on this research and feedback from women in the workforce to launch a Women Empowerment white paper presenting a set of recommendations on different core issues of working women. This white paper aims to help the government of Pakistan to enact the appropriate regulatory infrastructure that promotes gender balance and empowers women in Pakistan's corporate and business sector.

Shazia Syed, President of the OICCI, highlighted, 'OICCI member companies, who represent the largest bloc of foreign investors in...