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Events co-ordinator Ms Tinashe Madamombe said the event was designed to create a networking platform for women in business from all sectors of the economy.
“Women in business will be able to showcase their services and products to a wide range of consumers and in turn gain new clientele,” she said.
“The event will feature motivational and education presentations from Zimbabwean women in business in order to encourage and educate young women in business on how to run and manage their operations and the importance of investments,” Ms Madamombe said.
Exhibitors will be drawn from different sectors that include health, fitness, business, education, banking, finance, law, home, design, fashion, beauty, travel, leisure, arts, culture, crafts, gender activists and youth organisations.
Vice President Joice Mujuru is on record as saying women in Zimbabwe have the potential to change their own economic status as well as that of the communities in which they live.
Over the last few years gender inequality has continued to hamper women’s ability to lift themselves from poverty.
Research shows that inequalities still persist in the way paid and unpaid work is divided between women and men.
Economic observers believe that these imbalances tend to slow economic growth.
Women’s economic empowerment – that is, their capacity to bring about economic change for themselves — is now increasingly viewed as the most important contributing factor to achieving equality between women and men.
Said Ms Madamombe: “Economically strengthening women – who are half the world’s workforce – is not only a means by which to spur economic growth, but also a matter of advancing women’s human rights.
“When governments, businesses and communities invest in women, and when they work to eliminate inequalities, developing countries are less likely to be plagued by poverty.”
Online Reporter