A Workshop on Training and Counselling Women Entrepreneurs

Abstract

Integration of women in the mainstream of development decision making and enhancing their participation in economic development gathered momentum world over in the 70s and 80s, thanks to the efforts of international bodies like the United Nations. As part of the efforts to enhance the role of women in industrial development, UNIDO and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in cooperation with the Government of India, are organizing a workshop for trainers, counsellors, and officers of government as well as NGOs (non-governmental organizations) with focus on training and counselling inputs required by women desirous of creating new enterprises. The purpose of the workshop is to produce a group of trainers specially equipped to train and motivate women to launch industrial undertakings, informed by a proper appreciation of their problems and needs.