ISLAMABAD, Oct 15 (APP): Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Thursday stressed the need to provide rural women with digital skills and IT training to help them become economically and socially empowered.
In her message on the International Day of Rural Women, she said the government was empowering women in rural areas by improving their access to the internet and digital technologies.
She said rural women were connecting with businesses around the world through e-commerce under the Digital Pakistan vision.
The minister said that the Information Technology and social applications were helping rural women earn a respectable living from home.
She added that digital literacy and technology training for rural women were among the top priorities of the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication.
Source: APP (Associated Press of Pakistan)
