Islamabad : Chairman of Capital Development Authority (CDA) Amer Ali Ahmed here on Wednesday said that women are hardest hit by the pandemic and we will try our best to provide them relief as per the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to empower women. The pandemic has made things harder for women particularly those involved in business and those facing poverty due to multiple reasons, he said.
Talking to a delegation of women entrepreneurs led by the founder President of Islamabad Women Chamber of Commerce (IWCCI) Samina Fazil, he said that the pandemic has pushed many working women out of employment reversing decades of progress. Worldwide, 740 million women work in the informal economy and their income has fallen up to 70 per cent, he observed. It is estimated that maternal…
