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Financial Management
Training for Women
Entrepreneurs in
partnership with META entrepreneurs are targeted to be of the event Mr. Noor Ahmed,
upskilled
their
Director AC&MFD of the State Bank
strengthen
to
understanding of business of Pakistan was pleased to attend
NFLP-Y has collaborated with finances and help them grow their the training session and shared
META-DEMO for capacity building businesses and contribute to encouraging remarks at the end of
of Pakistani women entrepreneurs economic prosperity. The program the session.
in an effort to foster the viability and has supported several women to
sustainability of women-led start and grow their businesses
enterprises. Under the ‘Business online through a series of digital Financial Literacy
Resilience through Financial marketing training, networking
Education (BRFE)’ component of events, and resources. From July- for Deaf
Meta’s flagship women December, 2022, the project team
empowerment program has conducted 29 virtual NFLP-Y continued to promote
‘SheMeansBusiness’ learning workshops and achieved the target financial literacy among specially-
opportunities were offered to and delivered training to 3043 abled youth to make financial
women entrepreneurs, young participants. Besides these virtual education accessible to the deaf
professionals working in trainings, the project team also community and empower them to
management positions and conducted a face-to-face training in make effective financial decisions
aspiring women the October-2022 at the at Pearl- to support the journey towards an
entrepreneurs who are at the Continental Hotel Karachi which inclusive Pakistan. Special
ideation stage. Under this facilitated by a Meta-Certified education centers all over the
partnership, NFLP-Y and META trainer. The event was graced by country were approached to reach
jointly developed a curriculum Mr. Noor Ahmed, Director, out to maximum specially-abled
focused on skills, tools, and Agriculture Credit & Microfinance students. Under the target to train
resources needed to compete in Department, SBP. Other prominent 10,000, the project team has
the digital economy to be imparted guests included Mr. Sarim Aziz, successfully conducted 461 face-
under a series of online sessions. Director of Public Policy, South to-face training sessions and
Under this initiative, 3,000 women Asia Meta; Ms. Dania Mukhtar, delivered financial literacy training
Head of Policy at Meta for to more 9805 deaf and mute
Pakistan; Mr. Yasas students. These training were
Vishuddhi, Policy delivered by the 25 Sign Language
Programs Manager at Trainers who conducted sessions
Meta for South Asia; Mr. in multiple districts of Pakistan
Tabeer Ather, Public including Faisalabad, Bahawalpur,
Policy Manager at Meta Jhang, Layyah, Sahiwal, Lahore,
(Pakistan); Mr. Riaz Mian Channu, Wah Cantt, Mianwali,
Chunara, Managing Banu, Peshawar, Kohat, Swat
Director NIBAF; and Mr. Abbottabad, and Pak Pattan ,
Salman Shahzad, Thatta, Karachi, Hyderabad and
Program Director of Quetta.
NFLPY. The Chief Guest