New Delhi: The Brics Women\u2019s Business Alliance has urged member states to open supply chains and scale women-led enterprises, presenting a policy road map at the Brics Leadership Summit in New Delhi.<\/p>\n
The annual report outlined four priorities: procurement access, corporate value chains, care economy<\/a> infrastructure and workforce leadership. It called for stronger investor connections and digital tools, such as the Unified Payments Interface, to expand financial inclusion.<\/p>\n Chairperson Avarna Jain stressed that women\u2019s economic empowerment is not a sectoral issue but a core economic strategy. \u201cWomen must not only be users, but they must also be creators<\/a>, innovators and leaders,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Among the recommendations were scaling successful cross-border programmes, strengthening digital healthcare, climate-smart agriculture, and intellectual property protections. Jain said women-led development must help define the Brics growth story, not sit alongside it.<\/p>\n The group presented its 2026 annual report to heads of state at the Brics Leadership Summit in New Delhi that concluded on Sunday. India hosted the two-day summit, where heads of 11 members and other partner countries gathered under the Indian presidency.<\/p>\n \u201cAcross Brics, women are building businesses, creating jobs, driving innovation and contributing to growth. The next step is to enable more women entrepreneurs to move from participation to leadership, from small enterprise to scale, and from success in one market to opportunities across Brics,\u201d said Jain.<\/p>\n Leading the workforce<\/p>\n The Women\u2019s Business Alliance\u2019s report on the care economy recognized the importance and its impact on women\u2019s ability to participate fully and lead the workforce.<\/p>\n 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 financing mechanisms that enable women-led enterprises to scale. Jain also referred to the compendium on financial inclusion, which includes scalable practices and solutions from various Brics nations.<\/p>\n