TOKYO, Feb 19 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — The ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) organized the 3rd ASEAN-Japan Women Entrepreneurs’ Linkage Program (AJWELP), a program to empower startup women entrepreneurs, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on January 27 – 30, 2019. It was co-hosted by SME Corporation Malaysia.
The governments of the ASEAN Member States and Japan are committed to promote development of MSMEs including women entrepreneurs’ empowerment to enhance more gender equal societies. To boost this effort, AJC launched AJWELP, a support program for startup women entrepreneurs in the ASEAN Member States, to forge linkages among startups, companies and mentors. It was first organized in Manila, the Philippines in 2016, followed by Jakarta, Indonesia in 2017.