BISP is the prime platform of empowerment and financial inclusion for the downtrodden women of Pakistan. By providing financial assistance to 5.4 million deserving families and adopting state of the art technology and best international practices, BISP has emerged as a leading social safety net programme in the world within a short span of time.
This was stated by Minister of State and Chairperson BISP MNA Marvi Memon while speaking as Chief Guest at the International Women's Day Conference organised by Employers' Federation of Pakistan (EFP) in collaboration with International Labor Organisation (ILO).
The event was also attended by Finance Minister Punjab Ayesha Ghous, US Counsel General Grace Shelton, President EFP Majyd Aziz, Energy Consultant, Ms. Nida Fareed and CEO Tech Biz, Ms. Mehnaz. EFP is engaged in lobbying and advocacy in the area of employment and social sector. It holds events to recognise the best practices of companies and enterprises in the fields of health, safety, industrial relations, human resource management and women empowerment. It also confers EFP Awards to different organisations for excellence in women empowerment.
On the occasion, Ms. Marvi also said that the basic mandate of BISP is to provide financial assistance to its beneficiaries. Beside this BISP is working with different organisations, expanding its own role and assisting these organisations in the pursuit of their empowerment goals in various fields. She added that BISP is the custodian of National Socio-Economic Registry (NSER) and more than 50 organisations are benefiting from the multi-dimensional data of BISP. She invited all the relevant stakeholders and the organisations, working in the social sector and women empowerment initiatives, to come forward and get advantage of the rich data and vast experiences of BISP.
US Counsel General Grace Shelton stated that employers need to be women friendly so as to improve productivity. The business environment needs to include all those tools like day care centers and equal pay packages for better output of employees. Punjab Finance Minister Ayesha Ghous stated that no society can make any transformation by leaving half of the population. Investing in women is good economic sense. President EFP Majyd Aziz said that women are key to progress of Pakistan. He praised Pakistani women as change makers in the society. He introduced two young lady entrepreneurs as speakers. One was leading women exporter of textile and the other was an aeronautical engineer and they spoke about their challenges in life.-PR
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