LEAD had a meeting with the deputy minister of Ministry of Commerce and Industries, Mr. Shinwari. Since the Ministry of Commerce is one of the very important Ministries for LEAD to work and build alliance with. Mr. Shrinwari, was glad to know about the objectives of LEAD and he promised for further cooperation. He added that besides supporting women in the economic empowerment and commercial

Issues, the ministry usually lack to be able to have qualified women candidates for the key positions announced at the ministry, therefore LEAD will be a good source to introduce interested qualified female from the range of their members or women registered in the LEAD database.