A state programme was signed in the Kyrgyz Republic to support and develop women entrepreneurship. UNDP reports.
According to the organization, this programme will raise the level of education and medicine, create additional jobs in Kyrgyzstan and reduce female migration.
According to Monika Rizhal, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Kyrgyzstan, the contribution of women to the economy cannot be underestimated. The United Nations Development Programme, within project «Aid for Trade in Central Asia» with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, has allocated over $300,000 for the implementation of initiatives.
At the beginning of 2021 there were 3.3 million women in Kyrgyzstan, which is 50.4 percent of the total population. Women’s employment by type of economic activity reaches 38.4 percent.
