PESHAWAR
\nThe Management of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Program (KPCIP) and the Bank of Khyber (BoK) are keen to jointly work towards women empowerment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
\nA press release issued here on Tuesday, said that the management of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Program KPCIP arranged a Women Empowerment Panel Talk on Politics Governance and Entrepreneurship at IQRA University.
\nMinister for Local Government Advocate Sawal Nazir Khan and Secretary Local Government Mr Syed Zaheer-ul-Islam inaugurated the event.
\nChief Executive Officer from the Bank of Khyber Mr Mohammad Gulfaraz Khan was also in attendance where he spoke about women being crucial to the development of the nation.
\nThe Bank of Khyber has taken many gender friendly initiatives like being the first organization in KP to initiate a nursery for working moms in house, taking the largest number of female interns and also increasing the presence of women in the workforce in leading positions.
\nBOK in recent years has worked on introducing women-friendly banking products to encourage their contribution in the field of entrepreneurship.
\nKPCIP and BOK expressed deep interest in working with each other further strengthening the cause of women empowerment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
\nProject Director Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project Syed Zafar Ali Shah in his opening remarks spoke about the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Projects (KPCIP) improving the quality of life of the residents of at least four cities, including Abbottabad, Kohat, Mardan, and Peshawar, directly benefiting about 3.5 million of urban population.
\nThe KPCIP will help selected cities improve their access to quality urban services through two interlinked outputs: (i) enhanced municipal infrastructure and public urban spaces, and (ii) strengthened institutional capacities and efficiency of provincial, municipal and city governments and urban service companies.
\nHe spoke about KPCIP\u2019s commitment towards Women Empowerment and that gender was an important component of the project.
\nGender Director Madam Shandana Saad further elaborated on Women Business Development Centres (WBDC\u2019s) being initiated in four different cities Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat & Abbottabad.
\nThis output will improve women\u2019s access to economic opportunities and increase their participation in urban governance and services. First the WBDC in Kohat will be rehabilitated and upgraded.
\nThe Panel Talk was conducted by Madam Sameen Shah Head of Student Affairs at IQRA University which included Renowned Human Rights Activist Valerie Yousafzai, Barrister Awais Khan, UNFPA KP Focal Person Mahjabeen Kazi, and Renowned Entrepreneur Afshan Khan of Fast Moving Packages.
\nThe Panel talk was initiated in continuation of Women Day celebrations for the month of March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR The Management of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Program (KPCIP) and the Bank of Khyber (BoK) are keen to jointly work towards women empowerment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A press release issued here on Tuesday, said that the management of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Program KPCIP arranged a Women Empowerment Panel Talk on Politics Governance and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-321044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\n