Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson Marvi Memon has said that the year 2016 will be a historic year for BISP. She said initiating e-commerce project in this year would bring a major change for women empowerment from BISP platform. "Under it market access to women made products would be possible through online systems".
Marvi Memon, in her message on International Women Day, said as per the instructions of top PML-N leadership, the BISP would not only give financial support to women but also dignity and empowerment. She thanked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar for increasing the budgets of BISP and empowering the most downtrodden vulnerable women of Pakistan through the largest social safety net in Pakistan.
She said 2016 would be a historic year for BISP for many reasons. Firstly, a resurvey would be conducted of Pakistan's only National Socio Economic Registry which would update demographics of the real poor before 2018 and assist all governments in targeting programs for women empowerment and poverty reduction.
Secondly, she said that by transiting to new payment systems and tightening transparency by introducing biometrics and more payment points, BISP would finally have a handle over the middle man mafia culture. Thirdly, she said that linking to federal and provincial government programs of poverty reduction like interest free loans BISP beneficiaries would start exiting poverty versus and not just surviving poverty.
Memon said that BISP's 45,000 beneficiary committees were the largest goldmine women empowerment platform which would increase financial social empowerment, decrease violence in society and give confidence bringing a real women revolution in line with tenants of Islam.-PR
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