US-Pakistan Women's Council

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U.S. Embassy Joins U.S.-Pakistan Women's Council and Paklaunch in Celebrating Women-Led Start-up Competition Winners Islamabad - U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Andrew Schofer joined the U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council and Paklaunch in announcing the winners of a pitch

Congratulations to USPWC Member Paklaunch and the 15 women entrepreneurs who successfully completed the first USPWC-Paklaunch Accelerator!

U.S. Embassy Joins U.S.-Pakistan Women's Council and Paklaunch in Celebrating Women-Led Start-up Competition Winners Islamabad - U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Andrew Schofer joined the U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council and Paklaunch in announcing the winners of a pitch

Thanks to the State Department’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Elizabeth Horst and Head of Strategy and Finance at Abhi Amenah Hasan for kicking off the first Paklaunch.com-US-Pakistan Women's Council women’s business accelerator tonight! We look forward to working with our first cohort of fantastic women entrepreneurs over the next few weeks!

To apply for the USPWC-Paklaunch Accelerator for Women Entrepreneurs, please visit this link: Paklaunch Accelerator Application Form
Eligibility Requirements:
● A women business owner and citizen of Pakistan
● Currently living in Pakistan
● Fluent in written and spoken English
● Early-stage entrepreneur with a proven business model

USPWC and Member company Paklaunch are thrilled to invite women entrepreneurs in Pakistan to apply for the soon-to-be launched Paklaunch Accelerator for Women Entrepreneurs. Please join an informational webinar on Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 10pm PKT/1pm EDT/10am PDT. Find more details here: https://paklaunch.com/digital-accelerator/.

Register to join the informational webinar here: https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FtZwtdOGqqjwuGtcHD72QW5kfWqXk496uuZv7&data=05%7C01%7CSteinerJ%40state.gov%7C856925ba0cf24965de4408db3aabf61b%7C66cf50745afe48d1a691a12b2121f44b%7C0%7C0%7C638168282491568694%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JlbmSdCJvXNZM7nj4yA7KaZuWGLz33gNQLuCTZWlkZg%3D&reserved=0

Seeking women undergraduate students in Pakistan to lead the growing energy sector! Join US-Pakistan Women's Council Women in Energy Scholars Program in partnership with Texas A&M University at Qatar for a certificate program on energy security & renewable energy with immersion in the workforce. To learn more: https://qatar.tamu.edu/summer

US-Pakistan Women's Council looks forward to continued work with the Pakistani Government to promote Women's Economic Empowerment. Yesterday's Joint Statement, announced during the U.S.-Pakistan TIFA Council, affirms this commitment from both the United States and Pakistan and is another step forward on this important work!

Joint Statement: U.S.-Pakistan Efforts in Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai joined Pakistan’s Minister of Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar in Washington, D.C. in a discussion on gender equity and equality and women’s economic empowerment during the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Council meeting. They affirmed a mutual...

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U.S. Embassy Islamabad on Twitter “Women’s success is Pakistan’s success. Ambassador Blome celebrated U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council member ’s milestone of mentoring more than 10,000 women in STEM through the Pakistan Million Women Mentors Initiative. ”

The U.S.-Pakistan Women's Council is pleased to share the launch of its Future of Women and Work Initiative. Read more here:

U.S. Embassy Partners and U.S-Pakistan Women’s Council to Launch Pakistan Future of Women and Work Initiative Islamabad (September 14, 2022) - In partnership with Texas A&M University, S&P Global, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Pakistan Business

U.S. based, Riffat Chughtai is a longstanding champion of the Council. When she traveled to Pakistan last month, she met with entrepreneurs through Lincoln Corners Pakistan to discuss the use of technology and innovation to gain a competitive advantage and the business case for gender equality.

Texas A&M, Honorary Friends, members, and women leaders met on July 28th with Senior Official Katrina Fotovat from the Department of State: Office of Global Women's Issues at the U.S. Department of State to discuss progress and next steps ahead of the Council's 10th Anniversary to be celebrated this September. We discussed our impact reaching 10,000 women in Pakistan last year and plans to continue to build bridges between the United States and Pakistan. Stay tuned for exciting updates and let us know your ideas for how we might celebrate!