28/09/2016
Asharqia Chamber
launches
in November Women's Economic Forum 2016
Asharqia Chamber represented by the
Businesswomen Center continues its preparations for the launch of the fifth
edition of the Women's Economic Forum, which comes under the auspices of the
campus of the Prince of the Eastern Province, Her Highness Princess Abeer girl Faisal bin Turki, in
the 23 to 24 November, at the Sheraton Hotel in Dammam.
The forum aims
at strengthening the economic role of women, through reviewing of her
needs as a businesswoman, and stating the ways to face the challenges she
faces, as well as contributing
to the active participation in the economic life of being a partner in
development.
For his part, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber said that the
forum this year will witness the participation of some of the speakers
who are specialists in economic affairs, in order to shed light on many of the
issues that contribute to the empowerment of women in the economic field, and
to stress the importance of their role in this matter. For
his part, the head of Asharqia Chamber Abdul Rahman bin Saleh Ataishan, said that the
chamber represented by the Businesswomen
Center continues its preparations on several aspects for the launch of women
economic forum in its fifth version, valuing the patronage of Princess Princess Abeer girl Faisal bin
Turki , for
this year Forum, referring to her interest in supporting the movement of women
in various economic fields in the Eastern Province for a doubling of
contributions to the train of development.
Ataishan said that year forum has a special feature, as it comes amid the start
of the kingdom vision 2030, which emphasized the importance of investment of
the talents and energies of Saudi women and enable them to get the right
opportunities to build their future, which is reflected on the improvement of the
society and the economy together, in addition to its emphasis on the need to raise
the rate of participation of Saudi women in the labor market from 22% to 30%.
For her part, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Businesswomen Council and
a member of Asharqia Chamber Manahel Al Hamdan, explained that the forum this year
starts with a vision that its goal to take the performance of Saudi women to a
high level of effectiveness as a partner in the development process.
Al Hamdan explained that the Forum will witness the participation of a number
of female Highnesses and a group of businesswomen in the Arabian Gulf and Arab countries
and a set of specialists speakers in the economic affairs, in order to shed
light on many of the issues that contribute to the empowerment of women in the
economic field, and to highlight the importance of their role in this context.
