USAID Private Sector Activity(PSA) Women in Associations Component
BAKU – As part of its efforts to promote women’s economic empowerment in Azerbaijan, on November 18, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Association of Women’s Entrepreneurship Development in Azerbaijan (AWEDA), with support from the Small and Medium Business Development Agency and (KOBIA), co-hosted an event titled “Women’s National Business Conference/New Opportunities on the Horizon: A Green Light for Women Entrepreneurs.”
I was invited as the speaker and briefed participants about their successful efforts to promote women’s entrepreneurship in their countries, provided recommendations for increasing opportunities for women’s economic empowerment, and detailed how to create a conducive business enabling environment for women.