Bulawayo women urged to be in productive sectors

WOMEN IN BULAWAYO HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED TO VENTURE INTO VARIOUS PRODUCTIVE SECTORS AS THE CITY GEARS UP TOWARDS REVIVING ITS PROVINCIAL ECONOMY UNDER THE DEVOLUTION AGENDA.

THE RAPID TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORLD ECONOMY POINTS TO THE NEED TO ACCELERATE WOMEN’S SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT WITH GENDER EQUALITY ONE OF THE KEY DRIVERS OF UPLIFTING LIVELIHOODS.

IT IS IN THIS VEIN THAT WOMEN IN BULAWAYO HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT IN THE GROWTH OF THE CITY’S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT-GDP AND REVIVAL OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY BY VENTURING INTO MANUFACTURING, AGRICULTURE AND TOURISM.

THE SECOND REPUBLIC IS PRIORITISING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT, WITH THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN’S AFFAIRS, COMMUNITY, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT SPEARHEADING VARIOUS INITIATIVES.