April 25: The Nepalese Young Entrepreneurs Forum (NYEF) on Saturday organized the Young Entrepreneurs Summit Women (YESW) with the aim of promoting women entrepreneurship.

The forum has been organizing this summit since 2013. The summit was inaugurated by Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal and attended by young entrepreneurs involved in agriculture, construction, cottage and small business, physical exercise, consulting firms and research. The students who aspire to become entrepreneurs also attended the programme.

The slogan of this year's summit was 'Beyond Barriers'. The conference was sponsored by the International Labor Organization (ILO), Rastriya Banijya Bank and United Insurance. The conference was attended by more than 150 entrepreneurs, experts, new entrepreneurs and students.

Entrepreneurs including Sangita Pandey from Aama Ko Achar, President of Federation of Women Entrepreneurs’ Association of Nepal Niru Rayamajhi Khatri, and Vidushi Rana from Kiran Shoes Manufacturer Pvt. Ltd. (Goldstar) attended the summit. Companies led by women and young entrepreneurs and new startups including Bihe-Nepal, Educase, Makkuse, Suiro also participated in the summit. The programme was coordinated by Sahara Joshi.