Women business owners and entrepreneurs from across Thailand joined ITU Telecom World to benefit from training sessions to use online platforms to help grow their businesses online. This half-day event on November 16, 2017 featured hands-on mentoring for 27 women entrepreneurs leading startups or small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand.
The session was led by EQUALS – a joint International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and UN Women initiative – as well as the Thaitrade.com programme Smart Online SMEs, Growth Hacking Asia, and the International Trade Centre ‘SheTrades’ initiative. Funds from the Mozilla Foundation allowed the Research Center of Communication and Development Knowledge Management (CCDKM) to arrange travel and translation for their network of ‘Smart Women’ entrepreneurs from across the country so these women could benefit from learning and networking opportunities at ITU Telecom World.
Speaking to the session, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, ITU’s Chief of Strategic Planning and Membership noted that, “SME growth is a key factor to increased GDP in Thailand and across the world, and it is proven that women-run businesses tend to do better, fail less and lead to economic improvements for families and society as a whole. As female entrepreneurs, you are embarking on a journey of self-reliance and are creating new opportunities for yourselves and your communities.”
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