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Coca-Cola Foundation to support 40,000 women entrepreneurs


Published : 06 Mar 2022 09:16 PM | Updated : 06 Mar 2022 09:16 PM

 The Coca-Cola Foundation foundation on Sunday has announced the launch of 30 new Women Business Centers (WBC) of which 15 new centers will be formed in Sunamganj and 15 more will be formed in Gopalganj District to improve the wellbeing of women in those areas by creating a sustainable business modelfor 40,000 new and existing women entrepreneurs.

The plan is to cover 15,000 new women producers in remote Haor regions of Sunamganj district, 15,000 women producers in Gopalganj district and 10,000 women producers in Dewangang and Bakshi­gangUpazilas, Jamalpur district.

This new chapter of WBC will be similar to that of the last five years and will also focus on initiatives like the WBCs from other regions like Jamalpur. The primary goal of these centers is to support women and empower them to overcome the daily obstacles.

 The Coca-Cola Foundation’s spokesperson said, “It is very important to promote women’s empowerment so that women can participate fully in economic activities in all sectors. Women’s empowerment is essential for strengthening the economy, achieving sustainable development improving the quality of life for women and men and thus the community as a whole.The Women Business Center program in Bangladesh has transformedthe lives and empowered 100,000women.The impact of the program has inspired TCCF to continue empower women and provide them with opportunities.”

SriramappaGonchikara, Country Director, United Purpose said, “It gives us a great deal of joy tosee the positive impact of the existing WBCs. The success stories of these women entrepreneurs have encouraged us to expand our operations and launch many new WBCs across Bangladesh. Hopefully, these new centers and their newly linked WBC retail outlets will create even greater levels of impact than we’ve seen to date.”