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It is indeed pleasing to see that corporate entities have placed key focus on empowering women as entrepreneurs in support of the Fijian Governments commitment to strengthening the economic participation of all Fijians and in particular for women as one of its major priorities. These were the words of the Minister for Women Children and Poverty Alleviation Rosy Akbar while officiating at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Courts Fiji Limited and South Pacific Business Development SPBD in Suva yesterday. Minister Akbar stated that the partnership between Courts and SPBD has worked very well over the past eight years and as a result a renewal of the MOU that formalises the partnership between SPBD and Courts was done. It is indeed an important milestone in the list of achievements for SPBD and Courts in particular for their work which greatly benefits women small-micro enterprise owners.In 2012 there was a partnership between the Ministry of Women and Courts to promote poverty eradication through womens empowerment whereby ten women groups were formed and each group could purchase ten sewing machines from Courts while recieving one free sewing machine for the community. There were free sewing demonstration repair and maintenance workshops organised and conducted by Courts. They also engaged local and overseas trainers to train 1069 women in basic sewing skills machine maintenance and financial literacy. Minister Akbar emphasised that it is very important to conduct financial literacy trainings when promoting small-micro entrepreneurship. Its not just about talking about things we must ensure that the people are provided with the right tools and training to ensure they are prepared for what is next. And in Fiji when we reach out to rural rural communities we see that women need financial literacy in managing their businesses.
