Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- At the seventh plenary meeting of the upper chamber of the Oliy Majlis, the issue of sending a parliamentary request to the Cabinet of Ministers on the conditions created for the development of women’s entrepreneurship was also considered.

It was noted that on 13-18 July 2020, the Committee of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis on Women and Gender Equality studied the problems arising in the development of women’s entrepreneurship in Uzbekistan and issues of compliance with legislation in this area using the example of Tashkent and Tashkent region.

It was noted that despite the fact that the number of women entrepreneurs who ceased their activities in 2019-2020 exceeded the number of women who started their own businesses, no systematic analysis was carried out in this area. These problems have not been thoroughly studied, and effective measures have not been developed to solve them.

In particular, in 2019-2020, only 108,782 business entities were created by women. However, during this period 115,920 women entrepreneurs stopped their activities. This creates problems for women such as unemployment, dependence on others.

In addition, there are many families in need of social protection. However, the work on their social support is not carried out at the proper level. Advocacy work has been ineffectively organized to train women who are members of such families, develop entrepreneurship, and start their own business.

The results of the study showed that the situation on the labor market is insufficiently analyzed by the responsible authorities, and information on available vacancies is not reflected in full in the relevant reports. As a result, targeted measures are not being taken to identify women and young people who really need work, as well as to ensure their employment.

The number of unemployed women in difficult living conditions does not decrease due to the fact that work with unemployed and socially inactive women is not organized effectively.

In connection with the above, the Senate of the Oliy Majlis decided to send a parliamentary inquiry to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the conditions created for the development of women’s entrepreneurship.