Pakistan Single Window and United Bank Limited are hosting a specialised training session exclusively designed for women entrepreneurs on June 29, 2026, from 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM at the United Bank Limited Learning and Development Centre South in Karachi. The initiative is designed to support women in expanding their businesses into global markets and strengthening their financial independence, addressing two interconnected dimensions of women’s economic empowerment that often need to be pursued in tandem for women-led businesses to genuinely scale beyond domestic markets. Interested women entrepreneurs can register at forms.gle/maH4mapSK2u9wEU49.
The session is structured around four core areas of practical guidance relevant to women entrepreneurs at different stages of their export and growth journey. Smart banking solutions will be addressed to help participants understand the financial products and services available to them as they navigate the specific banking needs of businesses engaged in or preparing for international trade, an area where many small and medium-sized women-led enterprises in Pakistan have historically had limited access to tailored guidance. Digital tools will be covered as part of the session’s effort to ensure participants understand the technology platforms and resources that can streamline their business operations and international market engagement, reflecting the reality that digital fluency increasingly determines competitive positioning even for businesses whose core operations are not technology-centred.
Access to finance, a persistent and well-documented challenge for women entrepreneurs across Pakistan and many developing economies, will be addressed directly within the session, giving participants practical guidance on the financing pathways available to support their export ambitions and broader business growth. Trade facilitation through the Pakistan Single Window platform forms perhaps the most distinctive component of the session’s content, given PSW’s specific institutional role in simplifying and digitising the processes Pakistani businesses must navigate to engage in international trade. For women entrepreneurs who may have found the bureaucratic and procedural aspects of export trade intimidating or inaccessible, direct guidance on how to leverage the PSW platform offers a concrete and practical pathway toward export readiness that addresses a specific, identifiable barrier rather than offering generic encouragement to pursue international markets.
The session is designed to accommodate women entrepreneurs at varying stages of their export journey, explicitly welcoming both those who are just beginning to consider international markets and those who are already exporting and looking to scale their operations further. This breadth of intended audience reflects an understanding that export readiness exists on a spectrum, and that practical guidance delivered through hands-on training can be valuable regardless of where a particular business currently sits along that spectrum. The collaboration between Pakistan Single Window, a key piece of Pakistan’s trade facilitation infrastructure, and UBL, one of the country’s most established commercial banks, brings together institutional expertise spanning both the regulatory and procedural dimensions of trade and the financial services dimension that businesses need to actually fund and execute their international growth ambitions. The session is open to women entrepreneurs across various business sectors, reflecting an intentionally broad invitation that does not limit participation to any particular industry vertical, and interested participants are encouraged to register at forms.gle/maH4mapSK2u9wEU49 ahead of the June 29 session in Karachi.
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