Be it an export promotion council relating to textile and apparel industry, like the AEPC, EPCH, or bodies like CMAI, GEA, TEA, Knitwear Club, Ludhiana, GEAR, Jaipur, one would find hardly any women at their helm.
In AEPC, women comprise only about 19 per cent of the staff, which does not include even a single woman in the EC (Executive Committee) of AEPC. It is almost the same story with the CMAI, or for that matter, with any of the other associations/councils.
Vijay Mathur, Additional Secretary General, AEPC, Gurgaon claims, “There is no specific reason for it. Out of the 165 employees, 31 are women in AEPC. Human Resources and Economic divisions are headed by women in the top management. Time has come for women in the garment industry to come forward and participate in policy-making
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