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Gender States - Andhra Pradesh SAARC council launches training initiative for women
Our Bureau Hyderabad, Aug. 29 Women from the under privileged sections from rural Andhra Pradesh will get skill development training in specific areas of computers, health, nutrition and soft skills. The initiative is being launched by the Southern Chapter of the SAARC Chamber Women Entrepreneurs Council (SCWEC). The course would be for two months, according to Ms V.L. Indira Dutt, President of the Council. The initiative is aimed at empowering rural women with skill sets that would help them take up suitable jobs in the various corporates and BPOs , in addition to building confidence and communications skills, she said. Satyam Foundation, Apollo Hospitals, Hamstech Institute of Fashion Technology and the Employment Generation and Marketing Mission (EGMM) of the Andhra Pradesh Government would be actively involved in the training programmes. Satyam Foundation and EGMM have already identified 85 participants from the rural areas and are providing free accommodation and food while SCWEC was providing transportation. Housekeeping programme
Ms Dutt said SCWEC has plans to conduct a 45-day training programme on ‘Upscale Housekeeping’ and beauty and skin care soon.
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