Categories: Economy

National Commission for Women launches campaign to prepare female entrepreneurs

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In an endeavour to empower women and make them independent and employment-ready, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has launched a country-wide capacity building and personality development programme for women — undergraduates as well as post graduates.</p>
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The Commission will be collaborating with Central and State universities for organizing sessions on personal capacity building, professional career skills and digital literacy, an official statement said. They will also be trained to be effectively using social media to prepare women students for entering the job market.</p>
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<strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.indianarrative.com/latest-news/ncw-launches-hr-helpline-to-address-grievances-of-women-104927.html">NCW launches 24-hr helpline to address grievances of women</a></strong></p>
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NCW has already launched its first programme today in collaboration with the Central University of Haryana.</p>
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NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma who inaugurated the programme, said that the need of the hour is to prepare women to take up leadership roles.</p>
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“Women have proven their mettle in every field. We want more women leaders who, in their journey of empowerment will enable other women to come forward and achieve economic independence,” Sharma said.</p>

IN Bureau

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