‘Nurly Zhol - new opportunities’ Business women forum held in Petropavlovsk (PHOTO)

The main topics of the discussion were: the role of women in developing countries, support of women's entrepreneurship. The Governor of the region Yerik Sultanov has attended the event. "We are actively working on industrialization. Over the first five-year plan we have implemented 32 projects," said Sultanov at the meeting. Business women also talked about the state support in the form of grants and favorable loans. "There are more than 30,000 women entrepreneurs in our country. About 40% of Kazakhstan's GDP is ensured by businesswomen," said the president of the Association of Business Women of Kazakhstan Raushan Sarsembayeva.