Entrepreneurship training for women
Women in Small Enterprises (WISE) and Bangladesh Mahila Samity (BMS), a women's association, yesterday organised a daylong training programme on 'How to Start Business' for the members of Baishakhi Mothers' Club, which comprises of the mothers from lower middle-class families.A total of 30 members of the club participated in the training course, says a press release. Rokia Afzal Rahman, president of WISE, inaugurated the programme while Begum Selina Khaleque, president of BMS, and Samia Ahmed, representative of ActionAid Bangladesh, among others, were present. WISE is working for both rural and urban underprivileged women, Rokia said, adding that initiatives will be taken to provide capital for the mothers from low-income families and market their products by giving them training. BMS and ActionAid, a development agency that helps fight poverty, have funded the training programme.
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