Fawzia Peer gets Selected for BRICS Women's Business Alliance

Fawzia Peer, a Veteran Durban politician and an ANC's National Executive Committee member, has been selected for the BRICS Women's Business Alliance as the head of capacity building of South Africa. BRICS’ key arm BRICS Women In Business Alliance works with an aim for driving women oriented collaborations and nation-to-nation initiatives.

Women's Business Alliance holds some of the key objectives that includes promoting BRICS countries’ collaborations that are beneficial for women via knowledge sharing along with opportunities. In order to ensure South African arms’ representation and success, Fawzia urges to bring women into country’s political spheres.

She stated, “As South Africans, we know only too well that issues of economic freedom and food security affects women more than men. So when we speak of women in business, this must include our agricultural sector, women who farm for survival and those who farm for business. We need to upskill them and create opportunities beyond our borders, which include entry to markets. I'm hoping my BRICS position will allow us to do that through bringing on board our provincial leadership too.”

Adding to the statement, she expressed “This is not about politics. This is about empowering women. And as women, we know how to leave politics out of it when it comes to matters of sustainability because it involves economic upliftment and we come together to do that. So I will be reaching out to the many women who make up our fabric of South African society to ensure we rise to this BRICS opportunity.”