Agartala, Nov 04, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk
Agartala Nov 04: Under the initiative of Social Welfare and Social Education Department, Govt of Tripura, a State level workshop on Creating Enabling Ecosystem for Women’s Safety and Empowerment was held on Friday at the Pragna Bhavan, Agartala.
The program started with the lightening of lamp while Smitha Mol, Director Social Welfare and Social Education Department, Tripura welcomed the guests and participants in her welcome address.
The program was later addressed by Antara Sarkar Deb, Paschim Tripura Zilla Sabhadipati, Agartala.
The day’s Workshop was carried out with the aim to identify strategies and policies which could create an enabling environment for women entrepreneurs and/or would-be entrepreneurs in India.
It aims to provide a set of practical and policy-worthy recommendations to promote the healthy growth of entrepreneurial activities and enterprises owned by women.
Addressing the workshop, Antara Sarkar Deb, Paschim Tripura Zilla Sabhadipati said, “Women across the state and Country have now advanced in various sectors. They are now not confined to household chores but are self reliant and have learnt to make money for own”.
Deb added that all these positive changes related to women empowerment have been possible only because of the development-oriented motive of the BJP government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The speakers at the program added that the last few years have witnessed phenomenal changes with regards the status and work place participation of women in India as well as the state. And the emerging Self Help Groups are the greatest example to this.
The speakers further noted that, “Lack of awareness amongst women about the financial assistance offered (incentives, loans, and schemes) by the institutions in the financial sector is one of the major challenges. Hence, in spite of financial policies and programmes for women entrepreneurs, financial support has reached only few women entrepreneurs. Achievement motivation is found to be scarce among women because of the Indian socialization pattern and socio-cultural factors which are gender biased”.
The technical session was later addressed by Ashmita Banik, vice-chairperson, Tripura Commission for Women, Hena Begum, Deputy Secretary, State Legal Services Authority, Swapna Debnath, Additional Director, Department of Industry and Commerce, Tripura and Dr Dipayan Ghosh, Chief Operating Officer, Tripura Rural Livelihood Mission.
The topics focused on included Women safety and empowerment, role of Tripura Commission for women, legal measures, challenges and need for improvement, promotion of entrepreneurship, self-reliance in Tripura, Role of Self Help Groups and many more.