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The Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development will host a two-day inaugural Women Empowerment Summit and Expo that will be deliberating on policy and technical issues affecting women’s participation in economic activities.
The summit will take place on the 7th- 8th of December 2022 at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) and it will be running under the theme dubbed “Revitalising Economic Growth through Women Empowerment’’
Minister Stembiso Nyoni in a statement highlighted the Summit will also give women an opportunity to showcase their products and also give them an opportunity to create partnerships.
“The Summit is a highly participatory and inclusive platform that brings stakeholders together to deliberate on policy and technical issues affecting women’s participation in economic activities, in order to promote inclusive development and attain Vision 2030.
“Women and stakeholders will also take advantage of this platform to, network, create partnerships and exhibit their products.
“The summit’s broad objective is to deliberate on challenges and opportunities affecting Zimbabwean women and to recommend interventions to promote the growth of sustainable female led or female owned businesses in order to leave no one and no place behind in the process of development,” she said.
She added that they Summit will be guided by several objectives.
“The Women Empowerment Summit will be guided by specific objectives which are, To provide a platform for a technical discussion on challenges and opportunities for women in business in Zimbabwe, To facilitate knowledge exchange on how to empower women in Zimbabwe; To Proffer interventions and formulate recommendations to address challenges faced by Zimbabwean women, To influence future policy formulation on women empowerment in Zimbabwe, To acknowledge and celebrate successful women in business and To showcase what women are able to produce. So there will be exhibitions taking place,” said Nyoni.
The Summit will have presentations, panel discussions and high level discussions among critical stakeholders on the use of ICT as tool for improved Production and competitiveness among other topics.
Among other stakeholders and players that will attend the Summit are Government representatives, UN Agencies, Business Organisations/Associations, Women Business Associations, Development Partners, The Academia, Civil Society, Members of the Diplomatic Corps and the private sector.
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