الشارقة في 8 أغسطس / وام / نجح "مجلس سيدات أعمال الشارقة" في ظل الفرص التي يشهدها قطاع الأعمال في الإمارات في دمج أكثر من 500 امرأة بمنظومة الأعمال المزدهرة، خلال الربعين الأول والثاني من العام الجاري.
وفي هذا الصدد أطلق المجلس عدة مبادرات وبرامج لتعزيز ثقافة ريادة الأعمال في الإمارات وخارجها، وتشجيع التعاون والابتكار بين رائدات الأعمال في الشارقة مع نظرائهن في مختلف دول العالم .
ونظم المجلس لتحقيق أهدافه في تمكين ودعم النساء في قطاع الأعمال، مجموعة متنوعة من الأنشطة التي استهدفت تطوير مهارات وقدرات العضوات، وزيادة تواصلهن مع شركاء إستراتيجيين، وفتح آفاق جديدة لهن في مجالات مختلفة.
وتضمنت تلك الأنشطة اجتماعات تعريفية، وفعاليات تواصل، وورش عمل قادها خبراء في عالم الأعمال، ومشاركات مجتمعية ساهمت بمجملها في رفع مستوى الوعي والثقة بين رائدات الأعمال.
وتعاون المجلس مع مراكز مرموقة في الإمارات، لعرض أعمال أعضائه من رائدات الأعمال، وتسهيل فرص التواصل مع التجارب الرائدة في قطاع الاستثمار والأعمال.
وخلال تلك الفترة، أطلق المجلس 45 مبادرة لدعم رائدات الأعمال، بهدف تعزيز ثقافة الأعمال الحيوية في الإمارات وخارجها.
وأكدت مريم راشد بن الشيخ، مديرة "مجلس سيدات أعمال الشارقة" إيمان إمارة الشارقة والمجلس بأن تمكين النساء وتزويدهن بالمعارف والمهارات المطلوبة تمثّل المحركات الرئيسة للنجاح المجتمعي، فضلاً عن دعمهن عبر إقامة شراكات مع المؤسسات الحكومية والخاصة في دولة الإمارات وخارجها، وتوفير بيئة ملائمة لازدهار أعمالهن.
وقالت : "نحن فخورون بهذه النتائج المميزة التي تعكس جهودنا الإستراتيجية لصقل مهارات رائدات الأعمال، وتقديم الاحتواء الشامل لهنّ في القطاع الاقتصادي هذا العام".
Sharjah Business Women Council (SBWC) connects 500+ women to UAE’s thriving business ecosystem in H1 2023…reports Asian Lite News
It’s been a busy start to the year for members of the Sharjah Business Women Council (SBWC), who have made big leaps in their journeys of learning and business networking, expanding their professional horizons comprehensively in the first six months of 2023.
SBWC has continued to drive its successful efforts to empower its thriving member community of 2,000+ business women and aspiring entrepreneurs, directly impacting the career trajectories of over 500 women.
From organising introductory meetings across the UAE to hosting networking events and expert-led workshops, SBWC brought members closer to new prospects in fashion, F&B, perfumes, and other sectors.
الشارقة في 8 أغسطس / وام / نجح “مجلس سيدات أعمال الشارقة” في ظل الفرص التي يشهدها قطاع الأعمال في الإمارات في دمج أكثر من 500 امرأة بمنظومة الأعمال المزدهرة، خلال الربعين الأول والثاني من العام الجاري.
وفي هذا الصدد أطلق المجلس عدة مبادرات وبرامج لتعزيز ثقافة ريادة الأعمال في الإمارات وخارجها، وتشجيع التعاون والابتكار بين رائدات الأعمال في الشارقة مع نظرائهن في مختلف دول العالم .
ونظم المجلس لتحقيق أهدافه في تمكين ودعم النساء في قطاع الأعمال، مجموعة متنوعة من الأنشطة التي استهدفت تطوير مهارات وقدرات العضوات، وزيادة تواصلهن مع شركاء إستراتيجيين، وفتح آفاق جديدة لهن في مجالات مختلفة.
وتضمنت تلك الأنشطة اجتماعات تعريفية، وفعاليات تواصل، وورش عمل قادها خبراء في عالم الأعمال، ومشاركات مجتمعية ساهمت بمجملها في رفع مستوى الوعي والثقة بين رائدات الأعمال.
وتعاون المجلس مع مراكز مرموقة في الإمارات، لعرض أعمال أعضائه من رائدات الأعمال، وتسهيل فرص التواصل مع التجارب الرائدة في قطاع الاستثمار والأعمال.
وخلال تلك الفترة، أطلق المجلس 45 مبادرة لدعم رائدات الأعمال، بهدف تعزيز ثقافة الأعمال الحيوية في الإمارات وخارجها.
وأكدت مريم راشد بن الشيخ، مديرة “مجلس سيدات أعمال الشارقة” إيمان إمارة الشارقة والمجلس بأن تمكين النساء وتزويدهن بالمعارف والمهارات المطلوبة تمثّل المحركات الرئيسة للنجاح المجتمعي، فضلاً عن دعمهن عبر إقامة شراكات مع المؤسسات الحكومية والخاصة في دولة الإمارات وخارجها، وتوفير بيئة ملائمة لازدهار أعمالهن.
وقالت : “نحن فخورون بهذه النتائج المميزة التي تعكس جهودنا الإستراتيجية لصقل مهارات رائدات الأعمال، وتقديم الاحتواء الشامل لهنّ في القطاع الاقتصادي هذا العام”.
Lauding SBWC’s successful start to the year, Mariam Rashid Bin Al Shaikh, Director of SBWC, said: “In Sharjah and SBWC, we believe that empowering women with the right knowledge, skill sets and connections in a variety of market sectors, and offering them an enabling environment are key drivers of societal success. We are extremely happy with the results of our strategic efforts to upskill and integrate more women into the UAE’s economy this year.”
“In efforts to promote a more vibrant business culture in the UAE and beyond, SBWC has launched 45 targeted initiatives to support female entrepreneurs. Our global network of 48 nations opens new markets and opportunities, and our single-window service for women seeking business set-up opportunities in Sharjah ensures seamless entry into the market”, she added.
الشارقة في 8 أغسطس / وام / نجح “مجلس سيدات أعمال الشارقة” في ظل الفرص التي يشهدها قطاع الأعمال في الإمارات في دمج أكثر من 500 امرأة بمنظومة الأعمال المزدهرة، خلال الربعين الأول والثاني من العام الجاري.
وفي هذا الصدد أطلق المجلس عدة مبادرات وبرامج لتعزيز ثقافة ريادة الأعمال في الإمارات وخارجها، وتشجيع التعاون والابتكار بين رائدات الأعمال في الشارقة مع نظرائهن في مختلف دول العالم .
ونظم المجلس لتحقيق أهدافه في تمكين ودعم النساء في قطاع الأعمال، مجموعة متنوعة من الأنشطة التي استهدفت تطوير مهارات وقدرات العضوات، وزيادة تواصلهن مع شركاء إستراتيجيين، وفتح آفاق جديدة لهن في مجالات مختلفة.
وتضمنت تلك الأنشطة اجتماعات تعريفية، وفعاليات تواصل، وورش عمل قادها خبراء في عالم الأعمال، ومشاركات مجتمعية ساهمت بمجملها في رفع مستوى الوعي والثقة بين رائدات الأعمال.
وتعاون المجلس مع مراكز مرموقة في الإمارات، لعرض أعمال أعضائه من رائدات الأعمال، وتسهيل فرص التواصل مع التجارب الرائدة في قطاع الاستثمار والأعمال.
وخلال تلك الفترة، أطلق المجلس 45 مبادرة لدعم رائدات الأعمال، بهدف تعزيز ثقافة الأعمال الحيوية في الإمارات وخارجها.
وأكدت مريم راشد بن الشيخ، مديرة “مجلس سيدات أعمال الشارقة” إيمان إمارة الشارقة والمجلس بأن تمكين النساء وتزويدهن بالمعارف والمهارات المطلوبة تمثّل المحركات الرئيسة للنجاح المجتمعي، فضلاً عن دعمهن عبر إقامة شراكات مع المؤسسات الحكومية والخاصة في دولة الإمارات وخارجها، وتوفير بيئة ملائمة لازدهار أعمالهن.
وقالت : “نحن فخورون بهذه النتائج المميزة التي تعكس جهودنا الإستراتيجية لصقل مهارات رائدات الأعمال، وتقديم الاحتواء الشامل لهنّ في القطاع الاقتصادي هذا العام”.
Member businesses were offered exposure at key community events like the Ramadaniyat event at Sharjah’s House of Wisdom, the Azyan event at Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre (JRCC), and during several International Women’s Day engagements. Members’ businesses were showcased to target audiences through pop-ups at over 10 locations across Sharjah at various community events and partner organisations.
Moreover, SBWC Talks, an exclusive platform for members to share knowledge, explores best practices, and learn from successful business professionals, hosted Saeed Ghanem Al Suwaidi for a talk titled “The Roadmap to Business Success”.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said ASEAN is a region with high economic potential and rapid development, mainly thanks to the active participation of women…reports Asian Lite News
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday that women entrepreneurs have and will continue to play a significant role in helping boost economic growth of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the post-Covid-19 era.
Addressing the second ASEAN Women Leaders’ Summit in Phnom Penh, which was held in a hybrid format, Hun Sen said women entrepreneurs are a key driving force for sustainable and resilient socio-economic recovery and development toward building a common future and prosperity, reports Xinhua news agency.
He said ASEAN is a region with high economic potential and rapid development, mainly thanks to the active participation of women.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.(photo:Hun Sen/Facebook)
“The economies of ASEAN countries depend heavily on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), led by women,” Hun Sen said.
“Within the ASEAN framework at present and in the future, women will continue to play a significant role, especially in recovering and boosting sustainable, inclusive and resilient ASEAN economic growth,” he added.
Hun Sen, whose country is the rotating chair of ASEAN for 2022, said in Cambodia, MSMEs, accounting for 98 per cent of the total number of enterprises, contributed around 58 per cent to the national economy, and created around 73 per cent of total jobs.
“Of which, women establish and manage approximately 61 percent of the total number of MSMEs,” he said.
“The royal government of Cambodia has identified and promoted women as the backbone of national socio-economic development, by increasing investment in gender equality and promoting the role of women in development across sectors, and at all levels.”
ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said it was highly reassuring to see that the women entrepreneurs in J&K had broken into the traditional male-dominated domains, a report by Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
In her first visit to Kashmir as the Union Finance Minister after taking over in May 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman earlier this week conducted a series of meetings with women entrepreneurs in Srinagar. Amid inaugurating developmental works to the tune of Rs 165 crore, she had a detailed interaction with a group of women entrepreneurs, including four Kashmiri journalists, who have been running their own publications and printing presses.
Immediately after arriving in Srinagar by a special aircraft with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha from New Delhi, Sitharaman, according to sources present in the meeting, was thrilled to learn that the valley’s female journalists were operating their own businesses in the moribund media industry, facing unprecedented stress since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020.
The Minister appreciated that the valley’s women journalists were operating as independent editors of sports and off-beat magazines. She asked Sinha to provide them with maximum possible support from his government including allotment of land for their printing units in a special category in different industrial estates.
The interaction included 60 women entrepreneurs working in a variety of sectors, including beekeeping, dairy, handicraft, journalism, copper works, and furniture manufacturing. It featured success stories of the women entrepreneurs who have been benefited under different schemes initiated by the J&K government.
Sitharaman praised the UT government’s efforts for creating a successful women entrepreneurship culture. She said it was highly reassuring to see that the women entrepreneurs in J&K had broken into the traditional male-dominated domains. She listened to inspiring stories of women entrepreneurs and how they rose above the challenges to benefit their society at the grassroots level.
“The land of Kashmir is the land of Maa Sharada and that absolute power-packed knowledge-driven energy is what has come out here. I appeal to you to move around the country and share your stories”, she proposed to her audience.
Later Sitharaman interacted with the operators and beneficiaries of the flagship UMEED programme in the rural development and cooperative sector. Sinha elaborated on the objectives of UMEED and asserted that a financial assistance of Rs 1,000 crore had been extended to 54,325 Self Help Groups (SHGs) which had enrolled over 4.5 lakh women in Jammu and Kashmir.
Sinha emphasised that his government was empowering women entrepreneurs through a slew of focused programmes such as ‘UMEED’, ‘SAATH’ and ‘HAUSLA’. “Through these programs a new confidence, a new spirit is being created by making them more capable so that half of the population could play a participatory and constructive role in the journey of J&K’s progress”, he said.
Sinha said that encouraged by the success of UMEED, the UT government had set a target of connecting one lakh additional rural women to the programme in the current year. Along with this, J&K Livelihood Mission has launched the ‘SAATH’ initiative, under which a training programme has also been started to select 500 women entrepreneurs from rural areas to expand their business.
“Since 70 percent of the population of Jammu and Kashmir is dependent on agriculture, we have started another innovative program on women empowerment in rural areas. A cadre of ‘Krishi Sakhi’ and ‘Pashu Sakhi’ with 938 women has been created in different districts of the UT, which will train 75,000 women farmers associated with agriculture and horticulture for sustainable and integrated farming. The initiative will also give impetus to the reforms in the agriculture sector, the backbone of the economy”, Sinha said.
‘UMEED Women Haat’ has been started with the aim of providing a market to the self-help group of women, through which they can not only sell their manufactured goods at one place, besides facilitating market linkages for the future. The 40 Model Clusters for women, e-Marketing platforms and ‘Digipay Sakhi’ are going to channelize the inner strength and potential of women and allow them to scale new heights.
Sitharaman, with LG Sinha, inaugurated works worth Rs 130.49 crore pertaining to Health, Education, Urban Infrastructure and Disaster Management. She also laid the foundation stone for the Union Territory Level Emergency Operation Centre and SCADA control building at Budgam, involving estimated expenditure of Rs 34.88 crore under the Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project (JTFRP).
The sub-projects are part of the JTFRP which is assisted by a credit of $250 million from the World Bank. The project was started in Jammu and Kashmir in the aftermath of the devastating floods of September 2014, which severely affected low-lying areas of Anantnag, Srinagar, and adjoining districts causing immense damage to housing, livelihoods and roads and bridges.
JTFRP has been under implementation by the Government of J&K as part of the Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP) for J&K since April 2016. The project aims at both restoring essential services disrupted by the floods and improving the design standard and practices to increase resilience.
The high social impact of JTFRP was felt in the coronavirus pandemic response by the UT Government wherein an amount of $50 million was allocated and utilized for the COVID-19 response, by activating the Contingency Emergency Response Component (CERC) under the project. Medical equipment worth Rs. 290 crore and 30 oxygen generating plants at a total cost of Rs 75 crore were procured thereby giving a boost to the health infrastructure to cope with the challenges posed by the pandemic.
On the occasion, Sitharaman launched two youth-oriented employment generation schemes of Mission Youth viz. Rise Together (Community Entrepreneurship Development program) and Nav Parivartan (Youth Innovation Promotion Program). She also handed over cheques of Rs 1 lakh each to students of LG Super 75 scholarship. The dream of the Prime Minister to develop each part of the country equally is fulfilled vigorously and J&K is participating in this journey in letter and spirit, she said.
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