Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs

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COWE Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs [www.co-we.com], as the name suggests is an NGO/social organization engaged in the social and economic upliftment of women through entrepreneurship. The slogan "Gearing women power" stands for the democratic structure of COWE and stands for “Of the women, for the women and by the women”.

Inuagurated on 22nd December 2004 by Honourable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy at Jubilee Hall, Hyderabad, India. Has over two hundred members who are entrepreneurs in the fields of food processing, information technology, pharmaceuticals, printing, packaging, manufacturing, retailing, industries, textiles and the like.

COWE's vision is to build a women force that is economically empowered, valued citizens of the nation. By pooling the dormant talent, skills, practical knowledge and resources of a woman and combining it with her intrinsic quality of dedication and commitment, we will achieve this.

COWE's mission is to enhance women's opportunities in achieving the vision by creating a resource base of technical know how, management, marketing skills, finance, infrastructure and equipment to promote entrepreneurship.[1]

[edit] Founder Members

  • Ms Shylaja Reddy
  • Ms Suman Kumar
  • Ms Uma Ghurkha
  • Ms Sandhya Reddy
  • Ms P.Soudhamini
  • Ms P. Girija

[edit] Managing Committee members (2006-2008)

  • Ms Shylaja Reddy, founder and president
  • Ms Suman Kumar, president
  • Ms Uma Ghurkha, senior vice president
  • Ms Sandhya Reddy, vice president
  • Ms P. Soudamini, secretary
  • Ms Meena Gupta, joint secretary
  • Ms Madhuri Talluri, treasurer
  • Ms P. Girija, treasurer (2004-2006)

COWE are partners with ZDH-SEQUA. [[2]], [[3]]

To enable women entrepreneurs to showcase their products and to network with member organisations in India and abroad, COWE organised its first trade fair,COWE'S TRADE CARNIVAL, 2007from 26-28 October 2007, at Necklace Road, Hyderabad, India.President, Ms.Suman Kumar says,"COWE lobbies with the government and the financial institutions for collective support to develop clusters of women entrepreneurship. It is actively involved in procuring land through government support to set up exclusive industrial estates for women in Food Processing, Biotech Park and other nonpolluting industries."

"The Andhra Pradesh government has allocated 90 acres of land in three different areas in Medak district for the Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE), a city-based non-profit business organisation, to set up exclusive industrial estates for women."1

References 1 Business Standard / Chennai/ Hyderabad October 27, 2007 2 [4]