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Confederation of Women
Entrepreneurs, as the name suggests is an NGO/social
organization engaged in the social and economic upliftment of
women through entrepreneurship. Our slogan “Gearing women
power” stands for the democratic structure of COWE and stands
for “Of the women, for the women and by the
women”.
COWE was inaugurated on 22nd
November, 2004 by our revered CM Dr. Y.S.R. Reddy. We have
emerged as a well organized and established organization
working towards our goal of liberating women by making them
financially independent and vibrant.
In the last 2 years there have
been many activities going on and COWE has in such a short
span achieved recognition with Government, Bankers and
Industrial Associations & Bodies. It is the result of this
recognition that COWE has been invited by the Govt. of Andhra
Pradesh to participate in the international show called GITEX
(in January’06 and ‘07), the Prime Exhibition for IT
Industries and we were sharing the same platform with reputed
Bodies like CII, NASSCOM, and FAPPCI.
COWE was inaugurated with a big
bang on 22nd November, 2004 by our revered CM Dr. Y.S.R.
Reddy. With his blessings , we have emerged as a well
organized and established organization working towards its
goal of liberating women.
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International Women’s day is
one occasion COWE does not miss to celebrate with all its
members and to re dedicate itself to the cause of women. In
2005, COWE honored the mothers on March 8th at FAPCCI
Auditorium and had a panel discussion on “THE INHERENT
POTENTIAL IN WOMEN AND HOW TO TAP IT”. Speakers were Ms.Nalini
Gangadharan, Mrs Subba Rao, Ms.Ananda Shankar and Ms.Suchitra
Ella. In the year 2006, COWE was invited by Infosys to
celebrate International Women’s day along with their women
colleagues and to share our experiences in the seminar
organized on “UNLEASHING WOMEN POWER IN GLOBALISED ECONOMY”.
Speakers on the subject were – Mrs.Ratnaprabha.Secretary,
IT&C Dept., Govt. of Andhra Pradesh; Sri Kedarnath
Udaiyavar, President HYSEA; Ms.Uma Ghurkha, Vice-President,
COWE; Ms.Geeta Kannan, AVP Infosys; Karuna Gopal, Confluence
spoke on the topic highlighting the role of women in the
globalized economy. Mrs. Uma Ghurkha spoke on working women
support services at
length.
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COWE’s
association with ZDH/SEQUA has also developed and
matured over the past year. With the active role and co-operation of
ZDH/SEQUA, COWE has started functioning better, with better
infrastructure. ZDH has strengthened the resolve of COWE to increase
networking and in providing its members with the information
required, by giving their experienced guidance.
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