BAGLUNG, March 10: A group of women from Taman village of Tamankhola rural municipality-3 of Baglung district established a dhaka clothes industry some years back. Upbeat in the beginning, the women continued dhaka yarning.

BARDIYA, Dec 31: Women entrepreneurs in Bardiya are expressing enthusiasm following the initiation of an industrial village project by the Federation of Women Entrepreneurs Associations of Nepal (FWEAN). The local government has committed to investing in the project if FWEAN provides the necessary land for the construction of the industrial village.

MORANG, October 16: The Koshi Province chapter of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has announced an expansion of its Women Entrepreneurs Development Committee.

KATHMANDU, August 21: “I belong to a Muslim community. It is  challenging for women in our community to do business. However, I challenged the orthodox ideology and kickstarted a business on my own,” said Nazia Ali, the owner and founder of Behula Behuli attire, which is a small business in Nepalgunj.

KATHMANDU, June 29:  A three-day e-commerce and digital marketing training organized in Kathmandu to enhance capacity of  women entrepreneurs concluded on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, April 4: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in partnership with South Asian Women Development Forum (SAWDF) organized a training of women entrepreneurs on expanding business through e-commerce and digital marketing" in Kathmandu.

FWEAN elects new Working Committe

December 25, 2021 13:15 pm

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: The 18th Annual General Meeting of the Federation of Women Entrepreneurs Associations of Nepal (FWEAN) held on Thursday elected a new Working Committee led by Niru Raimajhi Khatri. The 18th General Assembly and the eighth convention held in Kathmandu on Thursday elected a 27-member working committee led by Khatri.

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens Uma Regmi said that women should focus on building a prosperous country through the development of micro-entrepreneurship by mobilizing local resources and manpower.

KATHMANDU, DEC 4: Thulo.Com and Enterprise for Management, Economic Reform and Gender Equality (EMERGE) organized webinars on ‘banking, financial, and risk financing skills’ from November 29 to December 1.

KATHMANDU, July 6: Lack of dissemination of proper information along with a number of hindrances including poor market access, poor financial literacy and procedural defects have been preventing a majority of the COVID-19 affected women entrepreneurs from receiving the targeted recovery packages introduced by the government.

‘Dhuku:’, a concept store situated at Uttar Dhoka was launched on Saturday by Ambassador of European Union to Nepal, Veronica Cody.

Let women entrepreneurs rise

September 9, 2019 01:25 am

Should policy making be more nuanced to accommodate the need of evolving demographic trend in Nepal? If phrased like this, the answer is likely to be an almost unanimous ‘yes.’ And yet, policy making tends to be rigid and changing a policy takes ages. Take for example, policies regarding women entrepreneurs. In a survey of managers and owners of 622 Nepali firms conducted by the International Labor Organization (ILO) two years ago, women entrepreneurs identified access to finance and difficulty of getting customers as two top barriers to growth.

SURKHET, June 3: The government of Karnali Province has decided to use fabric produced by Nepali women entrepreneurs for the uniform of its employees.

Taking the world of business by storm

January 11, 2019 09:21 am

Ever noticed how the term ‘male entrepreneur’ is rarely, if ever, used anywhere. But ‘women entrepreneurs’ is something you hear of quite often. This is perhaps because even in today’s day and age there aren’t enough women business leaders in the world. And that’s true in the context of Nepal as well.

BANKE, Dec 21: Women entrepreneurs have urged the government to build a supportive environment for the women to participate in entrepreneurship, on the occasion of 15th Annual Women Entrepreneurs General Assembly held in Nepalgunj on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has unveiled unified working procedure related to interest subsidy for concessional loans, paving the way for unemployed educated youths, returnee migrant workers, women entrepreneurs, Dalits and earthquake victims, among other targeted groups, to borrow money from bank and financial institutions at cheaper interest rates.

MAKWANPUR, Sept 25: Women entrepreneurs of the district have formed a Women Entrepreneurs Association Makwanpur-chapter.