Financial Empowerment for Women

Welcome to our Financial Women Empowerment page!

Dedicated to championing the economic strength and independence of women worldwide. We believe that financial empowerment is a fundamental pillar of gender equality and empowerment.

Our mission is to provide resources, guidance, and support to women at every stage of their financial journey, whether they’re starting their careers, managing a household, pursuing entrepreneurship, or planning for retirement. Through informative articles, and expert advice, we aim to equip women with the knowledge and tools necessary to take control of their finances and build a secure future.

Explore our content covering a wide range of topics, including budgeting, investing, financial planning, entrepreneurship, career development, and overcoming financial challenges. Connect with a community of like-minded individuals, share experiences, and learn from each other’s successes and setbacks.

Together, let’s break barriers, shatter stereotypes, and create a world where every woman has the confidence and capability to achieve financial freedom and fulfill her aspirations.

There are many organizations and NGO’s in Pakistan that help women financially such as:

Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA)

SMEDA is an autonomous institution of the Government of Pakistan under Ministry of Industries and Production. SMEDA was established in October 1998 for encouraging and facilitating the development and growth of small and medium enterprises in the country. SMEDA is not only an SME policy-advisory body of the government of Pakistan but also facilitates other institutional stakeholders in addressing their SME development agendas.”

SMEDA Objectives:

Formulate Policy to encourage the growth of SMEs in the country and to advise the Government on fiscal and monetary issues related to SMEs.
Facilitation of Business Development Services to SMEs.
Facilitate the development and strengthening of SME representative bodies associations/chambers.
Conducting sector studies and analysis for sector development strategies.
Strengthening of SMEs by conducting and facilitating seminars, workshops and training programs.
Donor assistances for SME development of SMEs through programs and projects.
Identification of service opportunities on the basis of supply/demand gap.

For more information, Visit their site: https://smeda.org/

AKHUWAT

Akhuwat Islamic Microfinance (AIM) provides interest-free loans to the underprivileged to enable them in creating sustainable pathways out of poverty. With 800+ branches in over 400 cities across Pakistan, AIM is the largest interest-free microfinance program in the world

Their Mission is to alleviate poverty by empowering socially and economically marginalized segments of the society through interest-free microfinance and education.

Their objective is to develop and sustain a social system based on mutual support where each individual lives a life full of respect and dignity.

For more information, Visit their site: https://akhuwat.org.pk/about/

All Pakistan Women Movement

All Pakistan Women Movement aims to create awareness for gender inclusive spaces by advocating for flexibility, plenty of alternative career choices, ease in mobility options and no barrier to entering a career after a break. We also plan to do capacity building of women through trainings and workshops.

Objectives:

• Encouraging & training women to be part of workforce for economic progress
• Creating inclusive spaces for women
• Advocating for flexibility in work timings
• Advocating for alternative career choices for women.
• Advocating for mass mobility of women
• Advocating for returnship programs
• Capacity building programs for graduating students and women.

Areas of Work

Awareness: Focused groups, fireside chats, panel discussions, seminars & conferences for awareness.

Advocacy: Advocacy campaigns and corporate linkages.

Action: Capacity building programs, workshops and trainings.

For more information, Visit their Site:

https://www.allpakistanwomenmovement.com/

First Women Bank Limited

First Women Bank Limited is a unique financial institution and commercial bank of its kind in the world. It is the only bank in Pakistan that has a mandate to cater to the financial and business needs of women and provide them with easy access to credit for enterprise development.

The bank’s mission was expressly feminist. The bank’s board of directors believed that many women did not have enough experience with personal finance or the same access to credit as men. The bank therefore focused on helping women manage their money, especially after divorce.