According to the Fars News Agency’s community group, the ceremony of exploiting 8,400 employment projects for women heads of households and the closing ceremony of the national event “Lady Blessing” was attended by Ensieh Khazali, Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, Fatemeh Ghasempour, Head of the Women and Family Faction, Zeinab Akhtari Director General of Women and Family Affairs of the Ministry of Interior, Simeh Rafiei and Fatemeh Mohammadbeigi, representatives of the people of Tehran and Qazvin in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Mohammad Turkmaneh, CEO of the Barakat Foundation and its deputies and directors were held.
The CEO of Barakat Foundation pointed out at the ceremony: The operation of these 8,400 Barakat Foundation job creation projects has led to the creation of 25,000 job opportunities for women heads of households across the country.
Mohammad Turkmaneh emphasized: Barakat Foundation has been on the agenda since 1397 and in line with its social and economic duties, empowerment and job creation for women along with the nationwide implementation of community-based projects.
Referring to the “Blessing Lady” event, she said: “Barakat Foundation aims to design this national event with the aim of designing indigenous models to increase the presence of women in the fields of family economy and home business, increase women’s economic participation, strengthen the social network of women entrepreneurs.” Creative creative industry projects in women’s business.
Turkmaneh pointed out that in addition to awarding prizes to the best projects in the event, the Barakat Foundation will support 86 selected projects in the form of a community-based employment model. To take.
According to the CEO of the Barakat Foundation, of the total community-oriented employment projects of the Barakat Foundation, about 40%, ie more than 55,000 projects, have been related to women.
He pointed out: Barakat Foundation has launched 8,400 community-based job creation projects with an investment volume of 9,086 billion rials for female-headed households, which has created more than 25,000 jobs for this socially vulnerable group.
Turkmaneh said: “Women heads of households living in 1,718 deprived villages of the country are covered by the employment-creating activities of the Barakat Foundation.”
In the end, the CEO of Barakat Foundation expressed his hope that the “Lady Barakat” event and the Foundation’s activities in the field of women will continue and expand as much as possible within the framework of Islamic and human values.
Develop a comprehensive program for women’s empowerment
The Vice President for Women and Family Affairs also emphasized: Women have a productive role in the country, especially in the villages, and increase productivity in various fields.
Ensieh Khazali announced the development of a comprehensive program for women’s empowerment and added: “In this program, entrepreneurship is foreseen for women, especially women heads of households, which we hope will be achieved with the cooperation of Imam Khomeini Executive Headquarters, Barakat Foundation and other agencies.”
Pointing to the importance of stabilizing the jobs created for women, she said: “These jobs must not only be maintained with the necessary support, but also developed.”
The need for collective effort for women’s employment
The head of the Women and Family Faction of the Islamic Consultative Assembly emphasized on the entry of the Assembly into the field of creating home-based jobs for women and said: “A collective effort should be formed for women’s employment in the field of small and home-based businesses.”
Fatemeh Ghasempour continued: “With the approval of the Islamic Consultative Assembly in support of small businesses and the efforts of the 13th government, we can see a leap in job creation for women.” Unfortunately, despite the fact that 11 years have passed since the establishment of the Small and Home Business Headquarters, we have not witnessed any effective events in this field.
The representative of the people of Tehran in the parliament stated: The digital economy has an important role in micro and domestic employment, especially for women, and the women and family faction of the parliament is pursuing this issue. There will also be no barriers to digital business.
New events are on the way
According to the Barakat Foundation’s women’s affairs consultant, the foundation is actively pursuing women’s empowerment in disadvantaged areas of the country.
Elham Akbari stated: The Barakat Foundation goes to women, especially women heads of households and abusers, and empowers them by creating jobs.
Referring to the “Blessed Lady” event, he stated: “We hope that this event will continue.” Other events such as the artisan lady, the innovative lady and the employment leader lady are also on the agenda.
It is worth mentioning that in the closing ceremony of the national event “Lady Blessing”, an exhibition of selected designs presented to this event was held and the best people were praised. Also, by establishing direct communication through video conferencing, three job creation projects for women in Ghods and Varamin in Tehran province and Qasr Shirin in Kermanshah province were put into operation in the fields of growing greenhouse products, producing children’s clothing and hosiery.
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