South Asian Women Development Forum (SAWDF) has been officially granted a regional status and is also accredited by the UN Economic and Social Council. The Forum is a member-based organization represented by a consortium of women entrepreneurs’ federations, chambers, and institutions at the national level and has chapters in all seven countries. The organization promotes women entrepreneurial spectrum in Nepal and South Asia and is actively engaged with different UN bodies with a focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It has a long-standing experience and recognition in successfully organizing workshops, annual forums, and conducting national and regional research projects. These initiatives were all undertaken with the goal of fostering trade networks, capacity building, replicating and implementing successful projects in the South Asian and ASEAN regions , introducing cutting-edge tools and technology, advocating with the government for the adoption of gender-responsive entrepreneurial ecosystem and policies for women SMEs.
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Replication of model projects through dissemination of information.
Capacity Building, Training, Dialogue, and Networking at national and regional levels.
SAWDF plays the role of a catalyst in strengthening the voice of women for economic empowerment through gender equality in the South Asian region.
Empowering women is crucial to achieving gender equality and economic growth, with estimates indicating that equal labor force participation could add up to USD 28 trillion, or 26%, to the global GDP by 2025. Women empowerment and participation are integral to boosting economic productivity and addressing gender disparities. Women who are economically independent contribute more to their families, communities, and countries' economies. However, gender inequalities continue to persist in all areas of social and economic life. With women constituting 51.02% of Nepal's population, it is essential to include them in the economy to improve their status and serve as a foundation for not just the current generation's social empowerment, but also for future generations to progressively adopt more egalitarian attitudes towards gender roles. To this end, we must focus on developing strategic approaches to enhance access to innovative fin...
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South Asian Women Development Forum (SAWDF) has organized a number of regional and international programs relating to the economic issues of women entrepreneurs in the SAARC Region
SAWDF in collaboration with Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies and Panchkhal Municipality has initiated the First Women Entrepreneurs Green Industrial Park (WEGrIP) project.
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Empowering 50 women entrepreneurs from Nepal and South Asia, SAWDF and APCICT successfully launched the first WIFI DX training in Kathmandu, focusing on digital transformation, e-commerce, data analytics, and business continuity.
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31 January 2020SAWDF membership is based on organizations with extensive work around women’s entrepreneurship. Contact us for supporting the ecosystem and contribute to the community. We look forward to working with all domestic and global counterparts.
We look forward to working with all domestic and global counterparts.
