There are women running very small enterprises who don't even have the most basic level of business know-how. We assist women entrepreneurs to obtain training at these government-owned facilities, as well as at others established by some private companies. Fourth, women often are not able to get the information they need to run their businesses. We provide it to them because often their involvement in family affairs is so great that they do not have time or they are not able to gain access to information they need for their businesses. We also encourage them to come at least two or three times to one of our local chapters and interact with other members.
Newsletters are also an important means of providing essential information to our membership.
We find it useful to ask members for different topics and ideas for our newsletter. FIWE started in 1966 as an umbrella organization for local organizations around India. FIWE doesn't promote direct membership except from New Delhi where no local group has been formed yet. There was a reason for the separation. We felt that since we were a part of a larger organization, we were unable to work independently on certain issues which are very important to women.