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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
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