FBPWN CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Federation Of Business And Professional Women Nepal celebratates its 50th anniversary and the women’s history month BPWN was founded in 1972 by Ambica Shrestha in Nepal. It has 13 chapters in different districts and is a membership based organisation working for youth engagement and advancement in business and different occupations. BPWN also works on ending gender based disparities and discrimination, increasing literacy, opening reproductive health care and child care centres, establishing day care centres in four industrial estates, skills trainings for women and young girls, micro enterprise development since 2002, influencing policy and advocacy at national and regional levels since 1980, business development services including exposure visits, market linkages and credit facilitation, establishing health cooperatives creating collaboration and networks between women’s institutions, etc.