International
Women Entrepreneurship Summit 2018 was held in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
The theme of summit was “Equality begins with Economic Empowerment”. It
was organized by South Asian Women Development Forum.
The
Objective
The main
objective of the summit is to bring together achievers, women business leaders,
professionals, international service providers, resource organizations experts,
government representatives and other stakeholders with a focus on innovative
economic transformation through discussion and collaboration.
According
to the organizers the delegates from the SAARC, ASEAN, EU, Africa, Arab countries
and China participated in the summit.
Key
features of the summit
1.
Multiple collaboration
and partnership with a consortium of international organizations.
2.
To address the
challenge associated with advancing and promoting gender responsive trade
facilitation policies.
3.
To promote business
women through policy sharing for actionable reforms which can be
developed as regional instruments for advocating the economic issues of
women.
4.
To create a more efficient, effective channel to identify,
develop the high potential of women entrepreneurs.
5.
Learning and replication of an entrepreneurial model
projects.
6.
B2B meetings with suppliers and manufacturers in the
textile sector.
Why
women are still lagging in the field of Entrepreneurship?
Indian
scenario
There is
no denying of the fact that women in India have made considerable progress in
almost seven decades of independence, but they still must struggle against many
handicaps and social evils in the male-dominated society. Many evil and
masculine forces still prevail in the modern Indian society that resist women
to move forward. Men- made norms don’t let women walk alone as they consider
them weak.
Swami
Vivekananda, one of the greatest sons of India, quoted that, “There is no chance for the welfare of the world
unless the condition of women is improved, it is not possible for a bird to fly
on only one wing.”
What
should be done for women inclusion?
1.
There should be respect and dignity towards women.
2.
Women should have
total independence of their own in life inside home and outside at work.
3.
They should be
free to make their decision, by their own choice.
4.
.They should
get rights in society and other judicial works
5.
.They should
not be discriminated while providing any type of education.
6.
They should select
their select their own economic and financial choices.
7.
There should not
be any discrimination between woman and man while giving jobs and employment.
Conclusion
Overall,
better jobs for women are going to benefit individuals, families, communities’
companies, and economic situations. India which is riding on the high economic
growth for last few years could ensure sustainable and double digit growth by
improving women’s participation in market. India can take cue from newly
industrialized countries like China, South Korea, Malaysia, which invested
hugely in increasing the share of female in labor -force participation and are
reaping its benefits. Specially lessons learnt from Japan about Womenomics, are definitely proven
successful examples.
