GAEF organised webinar on Women entrepreneurship and women empowerment held

Staff Reporter, Guwahati, September 26: GAEF (Global Assamese Entrepreneurship Forum, www.gaefnortheast.org) held its monthly webinar on September 25 on the topic “Women entrepreneurship and women empowerment”. The webinar was hosted by Anjana Bordoloi and the resource persons were Dr. Sriparna Baruah, Garima Saikia Garg and Dhirak Deka. A detailed discussion took place on women entrepreneurship, particularly focusing on the handloom industry of Assam. It was revealed that although 49% of the total handloom output of India is from Assam, the industry itself largely still remains unorganized, thus providing both a challenge and an opportunity for scaling up and modernisation. Various solutions including producer collaboration, private investor collaboration and pilot studies were presented. Following on from the discussions, a GAEF Action Group has been created which will work with various clusters at the grassroots level. GAEF shall provide mentoring and necessary resources to enhance and empower this industry's organization, which can be a major revenue earner for Assam, while empowering the women associated with it. A further series of webinars and workshops have been planned, the details of which will be shared in the near future. The recorded version of the webinar is available on YouTube via this link - https://youtu.be/NsZkxCikoYk. The next GAEF webinar is scheduled on Sunday, October 23 at 9:00 pm.