The 7th Women in Business and Leadership Conference (WIBCON) on the topic of "Courage to Change" will be held on February 24 at a local.
"The conference to be held under the aegis of Pakistan Society for Training and Development (PSTD) would be addressed, among others, by CEO of Adfactors Public Relations (Sri Lanka) Rezani Aziz, President & CEO of Engro Corporation Mohammad Aliuddin Ansari, Chairperson, English Biscuit Manufacturers, Ms Zeelaf Munir, Executive Director, Common Wealth Businesswomen's Network, Arif Zaman, President First Women Bank Ms Tahira Raza and renowned classical dancer Sheema Kirmani, said the Society's President Aamir Niazi.
Quoting a World Bank report, Niazi said that global earning power of women has reached over 18 trillion at the end of 2014. Women work two-thirds of the world's working hours, produce half of the world's food, yet earn only 10 per cent of the world's income and own less than 1pc of the world's property," he added.