Brics Women’s Business Alliance calls for supply chain access and scale for women-led business | Today’s news
New Delhi: Women’s trade alliance Brics has called on member states to open up supply chains and scale up women-led businesses, unveiling a policy plan at the Brics Leadership Summit in New Delhi.
The annual report outlined four priorities: access to procurement, enterprise value chains, economy care infrastructure and workforce leadership. He called for stronger investor connectivity and digital tools such as the Unified Payments Interface to expand financial inclusion.
Chairperson Avarna Jain emphasized that economic empowerment of women is not a sectoral issue but a core economic strategy. “Women need to be not only users, but also creators, innovators and leaders,” she said.
Among the recommendations were the expansion of successful cross-border programs, the strengthening of digital health care, climate-smart agriculture and the protection of intellectual property. Jain said women-led development must help define the Brics growth story, not sit alongside it.
The group presented its 2026 annual report to heads of state at the Brics Leadership Summit in New Delhi, which ended on Sunday. The two-day summit was hosted by India, where the heads of 11 member countries and other partner countries met under the Indian presidency.
“Across Brics, women are building businesses, creating jobs, fostering innovation and contributing to growth. The next step is to enable more women entrepreneurs to move from participation to leadership, from small businesses to scale and from success in one market to opportunities across Brics,” Jain said.
Workforce management
The Women’s Business Alliance report on the care economy recognized the importance and impact of women’s ability to fully participate in and lead the workforce.
Noting that good ideas do not become strong businesses without finance, Jain emphasized the need for stronger connections between women entrepreneurs and investors, as well as financial mechanisms that enable women-led businesses to scale. Jain also referred to a compendium on financial inclusion that includes scalable practices and solutions from various Brics countries.
She further noted that in Brics, women are already creating solutions in health, agriculture, food security, tourism and the creative economy.
A series of Brics Women’s Business Alliance knowledge reports were also presented with 10 key recommendations for health, inclusive economy, agriculture, creative economy, innovative development and tourism.
