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PESHAWAR (April 10 2010): Women Business Development Centre (WBDC), Peshawar would be operational by the end of the current financial year, which would promote women entrepreneurship in the province. Talking to Business Recorder, Javed Iqbal Khattak, provincial chief Smeda NWFP said that the completion of the WBDC Peshawar would be followed by the establishment of such centres in Abbottabad and D.I. Khan.
He said that the objective of the establishment of WBDC is provide all necessary facilities including office space, product showcasing, exhibition, sale, training ie capacity building for women entrepreneurs and provision of conducive business environment for women owned business in form of business incubation centre.
The women entrepreneurs, he said, would be provided specialised services in the field of marketing, finance, management and employment generation by supporting new business start ups, business development services for existing business and promotion of entrepreneurial culture amongst women in the province.
According to a local survey, he said the number of pass out females graduating from business schools in the province is approximately 950 per year and the figure is growing fastly. Most of the females do not get job opportunity in the province due to number of reasons.
Women mostly involved in domestic entrepreneurship, but due to limited scale and role of middle man they are unable to fetch reasonable price for their products. Access to market is a big problem for women because of different social taboos and financial resources, he added. These all facilities would be provided to women entrepreneurs under the roof of one building in provincial metropolis and two other cities of the province.
Major traditional businesses carried out by the women entrepreneurs in the province are: Crochet, Mukaish, Mazari, knitting, beads jewellery, quilting and embroidery besides other businesses of boutiques, fashion designing, photo shoots, beauty parlour, event management, property dealing, interior decoration, educational consultancy, management consultancy, education/training academies, trade, furniture business and manufacturing concerns. The provincial chapter of Smeda has already taken several initiatives to enable women to be equal contributor in the national economy.
He said that the objective of the establishment of WBDC is provide all necessary facilities including office space, product showcasing, exhibition, sale, training ie capacity building for women entrepreneurs and provision of conducive business environment for women owned business in form of business incubation centre.
The women entrepreneurs, he said, would be provided specialised services in the field of marketing, finance, management and employment generation by supporting new business start ups, business development services for existing business and promotion of entrepreneurial culture amongst women in the province.
According to a local survey, he said the number of pass out females graduating from business schools in the province is approximately 950 per year and the figure is growing fastly. Most of the females do not get job opportunity in the province due to number of reasons.
Women mostly involved in domestic entrepreneurship, but due to limited scale and role of middle man they are unable to fetch reasonable price for their products. Access to market is a big problem for women because of different social taboos and financial resources, he added. These all facilities would be provided to women entrepreneurs under the roof of one building in provincial metropolis and two other cities of the province.
Major traditional businesses carried out by the women entrepreneurs in the province are: Crochet, Mukaish, Mazari, knitting, beads jewellery, quilting and embroidery besides other businesses of boutiques, fashion designing, photo shoots, beauty parlour, event management, property dealing, interior decoration, educational consultancy, management consultancy, education/training academies, trade, furniture business and manufacturing concerns. The provincial chapter of Smeda has already taken several initiatives to enable women to be equal contributor in the national economy.