A bevy of women entrepreneurs who gathered at Edumart here on Tuesday afternoon celebrated International Women’s Day by sharing their entrepreneurial journey. Although Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 worldwide, the gathering held three days ahead took a pledge to help each other to grow together.
The gathering underscored this year’s theme to ‘invest in women and to accelerate progress’, highlighting the importance of gender equality, women empowerment, and their right to happier and healthier lives.
“It’s very important that we focus on creativity and entrepreneurship, especially at a time when people are increasingly getting addicted to screen time in the post-COVID-19 period,” said A.K. Fairoose welcoming the gathering. Ms. Fairoose organised the event as she celebrated the first anniversary of her entrepreneurial venture.
