Conference Booklet - Arab International Women`s Forum

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Young Arab Women Leaders: the Voice of the Future
Message from the AIWF Chairman
Young Arab Women Leaders – The Voice of the Future
It is my great privilege and pleasure as Chairman and on behalf of the Board
of the Arab International Women’s Forum (AIWF) to welcome you to the
seventh conference in our Young Arab Women Leaders – The Voice of the
Future series, hosted in Doha with the Qatar Business Incubation Centre as
our Host Partner and working in close cooperation with the Qatar Chamber
of Commerce, the Qatar Businesswomen Forum, with PwC and all of our
AIWF Global Partners and Institutional Partners. The AIWF Board and I all
warmly acknowledge and greatly appreciate the full and invaluable support
of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce in organising this important conference.
AIWF is proud to be hosting its first conference in Doha as part of this
initiative, following on from the success of inaugural events in Amman, Beirut
and Dubai in 2012, Palestine in 2013, and London in 2011 and 2014, every
one of these occasions being notable for their eminent guest speakers and
the participation of leading women in business and entrepreneurship, all role
models for the next generation of young Arab women leaders.
The Young Arab Women Leaders – The Voice of the Future initiative is
designed to assist young professionals like yourselves to strengthen your
business and leadership skills and optimise your contribution to society
and business. In Qatar, women have long been prominent in business
and there are many successful, motivated, talented and truly inspirational
businesswomen in the country from whom the next generation of Qatari
women leaders can draw valuable inspiration and insight. We are privileged
to have many of them here with us today.
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Our main objective today is to build a network for young business and
professional women in Qatar, uniting you all as an inspirational group of young
women participants who are all marked for future positions of leadership
within your companies, organisations and communities. We aim to bring
young Qatari women together to realise their full potential and optimise their
contribution to the development of the Qatari economy and to the economic
growth of the MENA region as a whole.
We seek to promote the role of Qatari women in making their own commercial
and economic decisions that are best for their business; to encourage Qatari
women to contribute effectively to business and entrepreneurial growth; and
to emphasise the role played by the private sector in helping Qatari women
develop their business and investment skills.
We are delighted to welcome Guest Speakers today who are all prominent
and accomplished business and professional leaders who will stimulate
discussions and help us to understand more about personal accountability,
leadership and confidence building. We especially look forward to learning
from all participants about the ways in which they personally have transformed
challenges and barriers into success stories and opportunities.
Interactive sessions will explore opportunities for collaboration between
Qatar and the international business community, looking at the role of
women business leaders in growing the national economy; the importance
of ICT skills building for women in business; and the role of social media
in mobilising awareness of women’s successes. We will also address
challenges and opportunities for our young women leaders who are breaking
gender barriers in the region in unprecedented ways, breaking through as
innovators with passion, drive, intellect and ideas and finding creative ways
of overcoming the obstacles that are holding women leaders back.
AIWF has long believed in the importance of networking and mentorship,
and the impact that strong, successful role models can have on empowering
Arab women. We believe that the Young Arab Women Leaders – The
Voice of the Future initiative can pave the way to closing the gender gap
and importantly, the leadership gap, if combined with policies to encourage
women to work and legal reforms to give them freedom of mobility, relax
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restrictive regulations, encourage entrepreneurship and advance their
participation in business, the professions and public life.
Much more is planned for this initiative in 2016 and beyond as we take the
Young Arab Women Leaders programme to more Arab capitals throughout
the region, creating opportunities for young professionals to interact with
their peers and network with role models. It is only when we achieve that
all-important critical mass of women in public life, in policy making and in the
professions by helping young women leaders focus their energy and talent
that we can create an environment for business and entrepreneurship that
genuinely works for all women and a society that is truly prosperous for all
Arab citizens.
We hope that your participation in this conference will be an informative,
valuable and interactive experience for you, and we look forward to welcoming
you to future AIWF events within the Arab world and internationally.
Mrs Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani
Founder Chairman
Arab International Women’s Forum
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Message from
Middle East Territory Senior Partner
PwC
For us at PwC, women are a critical talent group to enable us to continue our
growth and to build trust and help our clients address their most important
challenges. Nowhere is this truer than in the Middle East.
At PwC we seek to provide an inclusive environment for women throughout
their careers, providing them with the resources, role models, mentors and
support which contribute to their success.
Our partnership with AIWF comes from our genuine belief in the mission that
AIWF stands for. We all want to create a better future for our society and
more opportunities for our women and upcoming generations.
If we are going to nurture and develop our next generation of leaders, it’s
important to understand what makes them tick. The world is changing, our
working world is changing, and the aspirations and motivations of all our
people are changing too.
At PwC we’ve been looking at megatrends – demographic change, shifts in
economic power, technological breakthroughs, climate change and resource
scarcity and rapid urbanisation - and the impact they’re having on the world
around us. The Middle East finds itself at the epicentre of these trends that
we believe are having a massive impact on attitudes and perspectives of
women in the workplace.
In a relatively short space of time, we’ve seen a lot of social change, some
of it driven by social media. If you want an example look no further than the
role of Facebook in the revolution in Egypt a few years ago. Social media has
empowered people as never before; it has brought people together, creating
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instant digital communities of people hungry for change and prepared to
make it happen.
Research and media tend to focus on women in leadership and on corporate
boards. However, to achieve sustainable change the public and private
sectors must change the conversation: they must also focus on developing
talented younger women now for future leadership roles. But to get this right,
organisations must better understand how to attract, develop, and retain
female millennial talent.
As part of International Women’s Day, we wanted to know, what the next
generation of female leaders want, in particular our research focused on
female millennials (the group of people born between 1982 and the early
2000’s).
We found that this generation of women are more confident than any
previous generation with 51% of female millennials confident they can rise
to the most senior levels with their current employer. So what’s important to
them? Career progression is important, as is a strong record on diversity,
equality and workforce inclusion. Work life balance is important to nearly
all female millennials, and they value flexible working hours over financial
benefits (we should stress, however, that female millennials are not alone
in valuing work life balance and flexibility; the same can be said for their
male peers.) The female millennial wants and expects regular feedback on
their job performance and despite this generation being highly tech-savvy,
when it comes to important career conversations they value face-to-face
conversations.
Our region’s females aspire to more than their counterparts did even a few
years previously. Females in our region rightly expect and are demanding a
level playing field, and those organisations that can deliver this will succeed
in our region.
We are proud to support AIWF in creating a better future for our region and
more opportunities for our women and our future generations.
Hani Ashkar
Middle East Territory Senior Partner - PwC
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Founder Chairman, Arab International Women’s Forum
Mrs Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani, Founder Chairman, Arab International
Women’s Forum is well known in international government and business
circles as a high-impact change agent focusing on leadership in cultural and
gender issues. An economist and graduate of the American University of
Beirut and Oxford University, she brings a wide range of skills and experience
to her personal mission of encouraging greater cultural understanding
between Arab and international communities, supporting a strong role for
women in that process.
Mrs Al Kaylani holds senior roles in several cultural, commercial and
educational UK and international organisations. These include: Board
Member, The Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard Kennedy School;
Advisory Board Member, The Middle East Institute, School of Oriental and
African Studies, University of London; Advisory Board Member, The Institute
for Women’s Studies in the Arab World, Lebanese American University,
Beirut; Board Director, EastWest Institute, and Board Member The Arab
British Chamber of Commerce in London. Mrs Al Kaylani serves on The
Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance. Mrs Al Kaylani
became the first Honorary Member of the Euro Mediterranean Association
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for Cooperation and Development (2012) and serves as a Freeman of the
City of London.
Haifa Al Kaylani received recognition as one of the Women eNews 21 Leaders
for the 21 Century (2006); was included in the Muslim Power 100 Leaders
in the UK listing (2007) receiving the Education Excellence Award; she is a
recipient of the International Alliance for Women 2008 World of Difference
Lifetime Achievement Award; and was named one of the 20 leading Muslim
women in the UK in The Equality & Human Rights Commission Muslim
Women Lists 2009-2012 and received the United Kingdom Muslim Woman
of the Year Award in 2013.
Haifa Al Kaylani was presented with an Award for an Outstanding
Contribution as a Woman Leader of Palestinian Origin and was honoured
by the Qatari Businesswomen Association and presented with an Award for
her contributions to the growth and development in the Arab region. She
was the recipient of the Global Inspirational Leadership Award 2013 and
was honoured for individual achievements as a role model and having made
contributions worthy of acknowledgement towards the role of women in
Emerging Economies by the Georgia General Assembly.
Mrs Al Kaylani was included in the Power 100 List, compiled by Arabian
Business Monitor and recognised on the Arabian Business Power 500 List
published by Arabian Business Magazine and placed in the highest ever
recording of 118 women in a list of Arab men and women leaders. Mrs Al Kaylani
was inducted in 2013 by the Centre of Economic Leadership & Development
into The Global Women Leaders Hall of Fame as a distinguished achiever
and symbol of female achievement globally. Mrs Al Kaylani received The
Excellence in Life Award presented by The Global Thinkers Forum in Dubai
December 2014.
In 2015, Mrs Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani, received “The Pearl Initiative
Recognition for a Career Focused on Arab Women in Leadership”, presented
by the Pearl Initiative Honorary Chairman HE Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al
Narayan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Social Development in the United
Arab Emirates on the occasion of The Pearl Initiative & United Nations Global
Compact Forum held in Dubai.
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Mr Hani Ashkar
Middle East Territory Senior Partner, PwC
Hani Ashkar is the Territory Senior Partner for the Middle East region of PwC,
which comprises the GCC, Levant and North Africa. He joined PwC in 1994
and was admitted as a partner in 2004. As part of his regional leadership
role, Hani represents the Middle East on PwC’s global Strategy Council as
well as the Central Cluster Leadership Team.
Prior to his appointment as Senior Partner for the ME, Hani led the growth
of our Deals business into its market leading position, adding business
recovery , forensic, deals strategy, corporate finance and capital projects and
infrastructure services to our leading transaction services practice. During
this period of time, Hani was also the country leader in Saudi Arabia, which
witnessed the rapid overall growth of our business there.
Hani started his career with PwC as an auditor, before completing a
secondment to London, where he specialised in transaction services for
private equity and corporate buyers and also participated in a number of
flotations. Upon his return to the Middle East, he helped establish our
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deals business. Hani has advised numerous regional and multinational
corporate and private equity investors on mergers and acquisitions across
the Middle East region, with a particular emphasis on Saudi Arabia and
the GCC. Over the years, he has been involved in over 300 transactions
involving a cross section of industries. Hani also has considerable IPO
and listings experience, where he has advised on numerous IPOs on the
Saudi Stock Exchange. His areas of expertise include diligence, valuations,
structuring and corporate finance.
Hani is a US Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst
(CFA) charterholder. He is a graduate of McGill University in Canada and a
fluent Arabic and English speaker.
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Guest Speakers’ Biographies
(in order of session participation)
Ibtihaj Mohamed Ahmed Al Ahmadani
Chairperson and Founder Al Ahmadani Centre
& Executive Board Member, Qatar Chamber of Commerce
and Industry - Qatar
Ibtihaj is an icon for Qatari businesswomen and represents
them in a variety of forums both in and outside Qatar. As
well as being the Chairperson of the Qatar Business Women Forum, a
member of World Businesswomen Conference, she is a member of GCC
Businesswomen Association and World Businesswomen Association
(London).
Ibtihaj began her career as an assistant administrator in Qatar University
(1989-1995), before serving as a protocol officer in the Emiri Diwan for Her
Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser Al Misnad (1995-1998). She has been
the CEO of Al Ahmadani Group since 1990 and a board member of Qatar
Chamber since 1996; member, Qatari British Businesswomen Association;
and general secretary for Qatari Businesswomen Forum.
Ibtihaj holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Qatar University and
is a mother of four children.
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Mr Abdulaziz Al Khalifa
CEO, Qatar Development Bank - Qatar
Mr Abdulaziz Bin Nasser Al-Khalifa is the CEO of Qatar
Development Bank (QDP) – the leading development and
financing body driving the growth of Qatar’s private sector
and its contribution to GDP. Mr Abdulaziz previously held
leadership positions at QDB, where he was the Executive
Director of Strategy & Business Development for three years, serving
simultaneously as Vice President of several internal and external committees.
Prior to joining QDB, Mr Al-Khalifa worked at Qatar Shell as a Business
Development Manager for nearly three years and held technical and
managerial positions at The Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation
(KAHRAMAA) for six years prior to that. Mr Al-Khalifa holds an MBA from
Qatar University, a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the
University of California and has received several specialised diplomas from
Harvard and Insead Universities.
Mr Al-Khalifa has vast experience in the SME, private and entrepreneurship
sectors. He played a leading role in the launch of several flagship development
initiatives, including the Al Dhameen Partial Guarantee Program, Tasdeer
Qatar Export Development Agency and the Housing Loan Program for Qatari
citizens.
Mr Abdulaziz Al-Khalifa is the: Chairman of Elan Qatar; the Chairman of
the Qatar Business Incubator Center; the Chairman of the Bedaya Center
for Entrepreneurship and Career Development; a Member of the Board
of Directors at Silatech and a Member of the Board of Directors at Qatar
Science Technology Park.
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Mrs Aysha Al Mudahka
CEO, Qatar Business Incubation Center – Qatar
Aysha Al Mudahka is CEO of the Qatar Business Incubation
Center (QBIC), a leading business incubator in the MENA
region. CEO since July 2014, Aysha Al Mudahka leads a team
of professionals devoted to supporting local entrepreneurs,
and whose mission is to develop the next QAR 100 million companies in
Qatar. Through QBIC’s work with start-ups and scale-ups, combined with
coaching and mentoring, QBIC is closely aligned with the Qatar National
Vision 2030 by encouraging a strong, diversified private sector.
Aysha Al Mudahka began her career working at the Qatar Financial Centre
and the Qatar Finance and Business Academy. In 2007 Aysha Al Mudahka
volunteered at INJAZ, a non-profit organisation dedicated to educating Qatari
youth where she worked her way up to become INJAZ Qatar’s Executive
Director in March 2011. Aysha Al Mudahka remains a board member at
INJAZ Qatar.
In addition to Aysha Al Mudahka’s commitment to her professional career,
she dedicates a significant amount of time pursuing her personal passions:
the empowerment of women and entrepreneurial ventures. Mrs Al Mudahka
is a founding member of Roudha Centre, a woman’s Entrepreneurship and
Innovation center, and she is a member of the Global Shapers Community,
which falls under the World Economic Forum. She is a Tomouh member
which is a network of hand-selected top achievers in any academic or
professional field in the GCC countries.
A Qatari National born and raised in the State of Qatar, Aysha Al Mudahka
has a strong academic background in business, and completed postgraduate programs at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, and most recently graduated from HEC
Paris with an Executive MBA.
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Mr Wadih AbouNasr
Country Senior Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) -Qatar
Wadih is Country Senior Partner for Qatar as of 1 July 2015.
He is responsible for the Qatar market strategy, leading 12
partners and 250 staff to achieve the strategy and budget as
set by the lines of service.
For the last 4 years he was the Chief Operating Officer for PwC’s Middle East
Tax Line of Service made up of 30 partners and 450 staff in 12 countries.
He was responsible for the execution of the strategy in terms of senior
recruitment, client relationships and financial aspects of the business.
Wadih has been the tax leader of PwC Lebanon responsible for a tax
department in PwC Lebanon of 25 professionals delivering taxation advisory
and compliance in both direct and indirect taxes as well as tax structuring,
transfer pricing and M&A work to local and international clients cross -ndustry.
Wadih brings a deep understanding of business and operational issues
and has considerable experience of a wide range of local and international
clients. He has contributed to a number of articles such as “Recent trends in
VAT and GST systems around the world” and “The Impact of the OECD and
UN Model Conventions on Bilateral Tax Treaties”.
Wadih is a member of the Quebec Order of CPA (Chartered Accountant) and
a Lebanese CPA. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce as well as
a graduate diploma in Accountancy from Concordia University in Montreal,
Canada.
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Sheikha Alanoud Hamad Al Thani
Qatar Country Operations Manager, Silatech – Qatar
BSc (Hons) in Economics with Government, London School
of Economics and Political Science; MSc in Economics
for Development, University of Oxford; enrolled in Qatar
Leadership Centre Program. Since 2014, Qatar Country
Operations Manager at Silatech. Previously worked for
Amnesty International, volunteered with several nonprofit institutions, and
worked in affiliation with various UN agencies and international organisations
on issues related to education and development in conflict zones. Authored
various reports on education and development focusing on the MENA region.
Member of the Board: Bedaya Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career
Development; Tomouh; How Women Work; Future Foreign Policy, UK.
Recipient of honours and awards, including: Young Arab Achiever (2011);
His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani’s Academic Excellence
Award (2008 and 2011). She speaks fluent English, Arabic, and French.
Ms Norma Taki
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Dubai - United
Arab Emirates
Norma is a Partner in the Deals team in the Middle East
Region and currently leads the retail and consumer sector
for that team. She is a deals specialist and has been advising
multinational and regional investors on transactions across
the Middle East. In her seventeen years with PwC in the region, she has
led numerous acquisitions with clients to analyse, structure and execute
successful deals in different sectors and has worked across several industries
and geographies, with a focus on the retail industry. She specialises in
financial due diligence and valuation services.
She is currently the Deals People Partner for the region helping develop the
people agenda as well as being a coach to directors and senior managers
in her team. Norma is highly involved in delivering technical and soft skills
courses across the Middle East and has tutored several courses in Europe.
She is part of PwC’s regional Women in Business Initiative and Mentor
Programme.
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Ms Buthaina Al-Ansari
Senior Director
HR-Ooredoo & Women Leading Change Qatar – Qatar
Buthaina Al Ansari is a born leader and actively promotes
positive change for her country and the emerging talent
of Qatari women. As Senior Director, HR of Ooredoo, she
leads with passion and integrity and continues to challenge
the status quo. As an entrepreneur and Chairperson of Qatariat T&D, she
collaborates with innovative and best-in-class organisations to raise the
benchmark and quality of expertise in Qatar. Qatariat services include Training & Leadership, Media & Publishing and Business Consulting.
Ms Al Ansari has a Master’s Degree in Business Management & HR Strategic
Planning from Qatar University and an MScHR Master’s Degree from the
American University of Cairo.
Buthaina Al Ansari is an Ambassador WLC Qatar – Women Leading Change
Qatar, a Board Member of the Qatar Business Women’s Association, a
member of MENA Business Women’s Networks and a Qatar Professional
Women Network Circle of Purl Mentor.
Ms Al Ansari’s awards and achievements are as follows: L’Officiel Qatar’s
Most Inspirational Arab Woman of the Year Award September 2012; Voted
7th by Comms MEA in the Top 50 Female Telecoms Executives September
2012; Voted 19th by ArabianBusiness.com 100 Most Powerful Arab
Women 2012; Initiated Al-Jiwana Program (Women Leadership Program)
Ooredoo, 2013; Initiated Women in focus in Ooredoo 2013; Voted 23rd by
ArabianBusiness.com 100 Most Powerful Arab Women 2013; Author of the
book “Qatari Women Before and After Oil & Gas” 2014; Judge of “Star of
Science” season 6 in 2014 and wrote the book “Sheroes” in 2015.
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Ms Ameera Binkaram
Chairperson, Executive Committee, Sharjah Business
Women Council – United Arab Emirates
Since 2010, Ameera has been the Chairperson of Sharjah
Business Women’s Council. She is also the President of
the Board of Trustees and a founding member of Friends of
Cancer Patients Society (FoCP) established in 1999. Since
2011, Ameera has been the chairperson for the Emirates Women Award and
in 2012 she was honoured to be awarded the UAE’s “Humanitarian of the
Year” by the Arab Women Award, an organisation whose jury committee she
has since been invited to lead.
As Chairperson of SBWC Ameera is focused on Arab women’s economic and
professional empowerment and leadership in the region. A true ambassador
for progressive values, she is focused on a broad range of human, animal
and environmental issues. She was also elected to head the Women’s
Chapter for the world’s oldest and largest international non-profit business
association for CEOs - the CEO Clubs. She also serves on the board of
Education For Employment (EFE), a non-profit organisation dedicated to
youth employment, with a network of six locally-run, non-profit affiliates
across the Middle East and North Africa.
Ameera is a honorary Board Member of Sharjah Tatweer Forum and a
graduate of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), the US
Department of State’s premier professional exchange programme set up for
current and emerging foreign leaders in a variety of fields. In a similar vein
Ameera recently graduated from the Buscerius Summer School Program, an
international conference on Global Governance for successful leaders and
business executives.
Ameera is also a member of the Olave Baden-Powell Society, which
supports the mission of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl
Scouts (WAGGGS) to enable girls and young women to develop their fullest
potential as responsible citizens of the world, and she sits on the board of the
WAGGGS Development Fund headed by Princess Benedikte of Denmark.
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Hanan Abdullah Al-Samari
Executive Director , Princess Madawi Fund for Women Development,
Riyadh - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Hanan Abdullah Al-Samari graduated from King Saud University with a
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 2006. She started her career
working at the Development and Training Department at Aljazira Bank and
she successfully completed a management-training programme (MTP) at
the Bank. She was promoted to the position of a Director in one of Aljazira
Branches in Riyadh in 2010 in recognition of her outstanding performance
and distinguished skills during the four years of services.
Hanan joined Princess Madawi bint Massad bin Abdulaziz Women’s
Development Fund “Deem Al Manahil” in 2011 and since then she has
consistently been assigned to lead highly demanding, high-impact
initiatives and projects. She played key leadership roles in the design and
implementation of these projects. She was named as the Executive Director
of Deem Al Manahil and the editor in chief of Deem Al Manahil Magazine.
Hanan is a member of various development committees that supportand
encourage women to start their own business; in addition she is well
experienced, highly efficient and motivated in supporting small and medium
enterprises. Hanan is appreciated by those who know her and have worked
with her for her relentless efforts in supporting and encouraging women to
develop their own skills and be part of a productive society.
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Ms Jawaher Alkuwari
Head of Event and Public Relations Committee, Qatar
Business Women Forum and Chairman of Jo Lamode
Retail Boutique – Qatar
Jawaher Al Kuwari is considered a pioneer in retail where
she has been encouraging designers and products from
GCC as well as being the first Qatari buyer who entered this
field at a deservedly high level through Jo La Mode Boutique. This highly
renowned boutique in the State of Qatar carries the latest designs of the elite
Gulf designers from Abayas to traditional costumes. The Boutique features
more than 50 local/Khaliji upscale fashion brands and organises events and
meetings between designers and high level clienteles in a stylish setting,
especially at the launch of their fashion lines each season, aiming to introduce
the designers to the Qatari market and to encourage communication and
innovation amongst Qatari women in the Gulf.
Ms Noha Hefny
Director of Corporate Affairs, PepsiCo, Middle East &
Africa – United Arab Emirates
Noha Hefny is the Director of Corporate Affairs for the Middle
East & Africa region at PepsiCo. She joined PepsiCo in
September 2008 as an Internal Communications Manager for
South Asia, Middle East & Africa Region. She then moved on
to a broader role of Asia, Middle East & Africa Communications Manager and
then she was promoted to Senior Manager. In October 2013, she became
a member of the Middle East & Africa region leadership team and assumed
her current role to head corporate affairs for this important region.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a specialisation
in International Relations and a minor in Philosophy from the American
University in Cairo (AUC).
Noha is responsible for a broad range of areas including executive, external
and internal communications, sustainability and driving corporate reputation.
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Key accomplishments include her leadership and oversight of PepsiCo’s
Tomooh (“Ambitions”) programme in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt, which
empowers Arab youth through education achieving multiple successes since
her tenure. She has initiated numerous partnerships between PepsiCo and
various organisations to support entrepreneurship in the region. She has been
a key driver of PepsiCo’s partnership with the Arab International Women’s
Forum (AIWF), an NGO working to advance professional development for
women in the Arab world. She is also driving visibility for PepsiCo through
her strategic leadership of media relations and engagement with key
stakeholders of relevance to PepsiCo.
Prior to joining PepsiCo, she had a shining international career with the
United Nations with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
She also worked for the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO).
She is also the author of the Regional Communication strategy for the American
University in Cairo (AUC)-Egypt John Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and
Civic Engagement and has a passion for working with young people.
Noha has lived and worked abroad most of her life and her interests include
writing, meditation, yoga and photography.
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Dr Alanoud Alsharekh
Consultant Researcher, Supreme Council of Planning
and Development – Kuwait
Dr Al-Sharekh conducts research on regional sociopolitical,
cultural and security issues, and has been Visiting Fellow
conducting research on GCC demographics at the LMEI,
SOAS, Senior Fellow at the International Institute of Strategic
Studies, Senior Political Analyst at the Kuwait National Security Bureau and
worked as a gender politics consultant for UNIFEM, Freedom House, and
the UNDP on academic and social outreach projects in Kuwait and the
GCC. She holds a BA from King’s College, London and a Master’s and PhD
from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Her teaching posts
include Kuwait University, Gulf University of Science and Technology, the
Arab Open University, visiting lecturer at Uppsala University, Sweden, and
Fulbright Scholar on Women and Islam at Whittier College, USA. She has
published several books and articles on gender and kinship policies in the
GCC, including ‘The Gulf Family’, and ‘Popular and Political Cultures of the
GCC’, examining the persistent importance of family and tribe in modern
Gulf politics and society. Her work won the Arab Prize for best publication in
a foreign journal for 2013-2014, and the Voices of Success Kuwait Award in
2012.
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Ms Maryam Al Subaiey
Founder of Qtalent, Co-founder of Qatar Together,
Entrepreneur and Writer – Qatar
Maryam Al Subaiey is a Qatari writer and entrepreneur. She
graduated with an MSc in Development Studies from SOAS
University and is currently running her own talent company.
She was behind the innovation of the new Qatar Television,
as she was the Director of Programs and Creation. She published her
first collection of Children’s books during Doha Book Fair 2011. She also
published her poems in “Gathering the Tide: An Anthology of Contemporary
Arabian Gulf Poetry” in 2012. Also, in 2009 she co-edited the founder of
the 3rd Qatar Narrative book “Dreesha”, a photo-essay book that reflects
glimpses of Qatar.
Her essay “Qatarization - implementation challenges” won first prize in
the Brooking Centre essay competition 2010. Maryam is the founder of
UChange Qatari youth initiative and Q Talent company which supports local
talents. Through her company she works on several local projects which
promote talent investment in the Creative Industries. Maryam is also an
active volunteer with INJAZ and is also a member of ALWANE Alliance for
women’s empowerment. She created a documentary about women’s home
businesses which was showcased at the ALWANEE 2012 Summit in Jordan.
She was part of the team who broke the world record by teaching the longest
reading lesson in Arabic in April 2014. Maryam has won the 1st place in the
“Al-Fikra” competition 2014 in the professional category for her idea Q Talent.
Maryam is also co-founder of the Qatar Together initiative which encourages
youth to achieve the goals of Qatar 2030 vision. She is also a member of
Arabian Gulf youth initiative and TOMOUH network for successful youth in
the Arabian Gulf.
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Ms Lara Koujou
Social Investment Manager at Qatar Shell, Doha- Qatar
Lara has been working in the oil and gas industry for 15 years
in various communications and social investment positions.
Lara has been the Social Investment Manager for Qatar
Shell since 2011. She manages the organisation’s large strategic Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) portfolio and its related communications and
media relations focusing on delivering long-term sustainable positive impact
to Qatari society.
Prior to that, she was the Senior Business Communications Advisor for
Qatar Shell. She managed and delivered all the communications activities
of two of the largest energy projects in the world Pearl GTL and Qatargas 4
during the build-up phase. She also handled media relations, stakeholder
management, issues and crisis management as well as events management.
Lara has joined Shell in 2003, and has held various External & Business
Relations roles in Shell Abu Dhabi and Shell regional headquarters in Dubai.
Before joining Shell, she worked for Abu National Oil Company (ADNOC).
Lara holds dual Lebanese and British nationality. She has obtained her
Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the Lebanese
American University in Beirut.
She is passionate about humanitarian work, as well as social and sustainable
development and has volunteered with Earth Watch for Project Better World
in Kenya
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Sheikha Noor Al Thani
Vice-Chairman of Qatar Business Women Forum and
Chairperson of Black Ires – Qatar
Fashion Design and Merchandising Graduate from Virginia
Commonwealth University- School of the Arts in Qatar.
Diploma in Life Management Skills. Design and Development
Consultant in Qatar Armed Forces Uniform Project. Certified
Trainer and Transformational Life Coach. Base Level Instructor in Shaolin
Wing Chun Kung Fu. Chairman of a number of companies, specialising in
Project Management, sustainable events management, cause marketing,
design consultancy, interior design and green technologies. President of
Doha Oasis NGO, chairman of Qatar National Program for Sustainable
Development (Estedama) and Qatar National Recycling Program
(Tadweer). Interested in sustainable development, capacity building, change
management and community outreach.
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Conference Programme
28 October 2015
0830 – 0930 0930 – 1000 Introduction to The Young Arab Women Leaders Programme – Keynote Address
Founder Chairman, Arab International Women’s Forum – United Kingdom
Ms Ibtihaj Al Ahmadani
Chairperson and Founder Al Ahmadani Centre & Executive Board Member, Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Qatar
Registration & Refreshments
Opening Session
Guest of Honour and Honoured Speaker
Mr Abdulaziz Al-Khalifa
CEO, Qatar Development Bank - Qatar
Mrs Aysha Al Mudahka
CEO, Qatar Business Incubation Center – Qatar
Mr Wadih AbouNasr
Country Senior Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) – Qatar
1000 – 1100
Session II
Exploring Opportunities for Collaboration between
Qatar and the International Business Community-The
Role of Women Business Leaders
Education, training, skills development and the empowerment of women and youth are the pillars of economic development, progress and prosperity. There are now excellent opportunities for the exchange of knowledge and best
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practice, and for women in Qatar to achieve their strategic
objectives by collaborating and innovating other women
business owners in key partner regions. In this session,
we will explore opportunities for collaboration between
women leaders in Qatar and the international business
community, focussing on opportunities in business, education, recruitment and entrepreneurship.
Sheikha Hanadi Nasser Bin Khaled Al Thani
Founder & Chairperson of Amwal, Vice Chairman and MD, Nasser Bin Khaled (NBK), Doha - Qatar
Sheikha Alanoud Hamad Al Thani
Qatar Country Operations Manager Silatech – Qatar
Ms Norma Taki
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Dubai - United Arab Emirates
1100 – 1130 Tea & Coffee Break
1130 – 1230
Session III
Exploring Initiatives & Opportunities for Collaboration
between Women in Business : Transforming Barriers
into Opportunities
A third of internet start-ups in the MENA are run by women,
a higher percentage than in Silicon Valley, and a statistic
that comes close to the global average of 37%. Increasing
the participation of women in the economy will require a
collaborative effort between the public and private sectors.
As more women overcome obstacles to doing business
in the MENA region, an improved entrepreneurial, political
and social environment for women will follow. This session
explores challenges, prospects and success stories, drawing
from existing and proposed schemes in Qatar and throughout
the MENA region that can boost women-owned SMEs.
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Ms Buthaina Al-Ansari
Senior Director
HR-Ooredoo & Women Leading Change Qatar - Qatar
Ms Ameera Binkaram
Chairperson, Executive Committee
Sharjah Business Women Council – United Arab Emirates
Ms Hanan Al – Samari
Executive Director
Princess Madawi Fund for Women Development, Riyadh - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1230 – 1330 Session IV
Opportunities and Challenges
for Young Women Leaders
With over half of the Arab world’s population under the age of
30, we see job creation, education and capacity building as
top priorities for the region. Empowering youth in emerging
economies to become entrepreneurs and job creators,
ultimately employing and developing other young people is
key to building a strong, viable and educated Arab middle
class. What are key recommendations for addressing
challenges for young women leaders in the region? How
can we promote the unprecedented opportunities that are
now available to Arab youth, opportunities that would have
been considered unthinkable only a generation ago?
Ms Jawaher Alkuwari
Head of Event and Public Relations Committee, Qatar
Business Women Forum and Chairman of Jo Lamode
Retail Boutique - Qatar
Ms Noha Hefny
Director of Corporate Affairs
PepsiCo, Middle East & Africa - United Arab Emirates
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Dr Alanoud Alsharekh
Consultant Researcher, Supreme Council of Planning and
Development – Kuwait
1330 – 1430
Buffet Lunch & Networking
1430 – 1530
Session V
Women & ICT: Skillsbuilding, Training & Trends and The Role of the Social Media
Women are increasingly taking their place in the global
economy, as employees, entrepreneurs and executives.
We are already seeing the economic impact of women’s
leadership in the MENA region, with women-owned
businesses inspiring growth and opening up new markets.
The success of our young Arab women leaders is at the
heart of future growth and prosperity for the region. In
this session, we will share perspectives on how Qatari
women entrepreneurs can leverage regional momentum
to advance rapidly in business and why technology is so
critical to the future of the Arab world.
Social media usage has skyrocketed throughout the Arab
world, with millions of Arabs using it in their daily lives, in
the way they do business, in the way they interact with
governments, brands and other people. Arab women
perceive social media as being very useful both as a
business tool and as a means of increasing women’s civic
participation in the Arab world, contributing to their political
and economic development. In this session, we explore the
exponential growth of social media use in the Arab world,
and the role of social networking sites such as Facebook
and Twitter can play in promoting and mainstreaming the
successes and challenges of Arab women entrepreneurs.
Ms Maryam Al Subaiey
Founder of Qtalent, Co-founder of Qatar Together,
Entrepreneur and Writer – Qatar
Ms Lara Koujou
Social Investment Manager at Qatar Shell, Doha - Qatar
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1530 – 1630
Session VI
Reflections on Leadership – My Story
With more women playing prominent roles in company
boardrooms and family businesses, in this session we
invite women leaders from Qatar and across the region
to offer reflections on leadership, share success stories,
exchange experiences on how best to deal with the
inevitable challenges of entrepreneurship.
Sheikha Noor Al Thani
Vice-Chairman of Qatar Business Women Forum &
Chairperson of Black Ires – Qatar
Ms Pernille Kruse Madsen
Attorney and Founder of The Human Practice FoundationDenmark
Ms Leysan Keller
Co-Founder of Initiative “Karriere mit Kopftuch” (Career with a Headscarf) & Co-Founder of “DB Cultures” - a Civic Society Initiative within German Federal Railways (Deutsche Bahn AG), Berlin - Germany
1630 - 1730
Session VII
Breaking the Gender Mould in the MENA Business
Community: Why Change Starts with our Young
Women Leaders and the Way Forward
AIWF seeks to inspire, support and empower young Arab
entrepreneurs in achieving their business and personal
potential, equipping them with the skills that will help them
adapt to a fast-moving market and an unpredictable global
economy. Change is a constant in this part of the Arab
world, and the business leaders who thrive are those
with remarkable agility who can adapt to meet any crisis
or leadership challenge head on. In this session, leaders
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from prominent corporations throughout the region will
discuss the economy, business dynamics, and the unique
leadership demands of the region, as well as obstacles
to entrepreneurship based on their observations and
experiences.
Ms Sarah Al Rahim
Senior Director of Talent Management, Ooredoo Group – Qatar
Lina Abirafeh, PhD
Director, Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW), Lebanese American University, Beirut - Lebanon
1730 - 1745 Closing Remarks
Sessions moderated by
Ms Suzanne Afanah, Managing Partner, ADVVISE
& Former Minister of Tourism & Antiquities - Jordan
1745 – 1830
Reception and Refreshments at QBIC
2030 hrs Official Conference Dinner at the Torch Hotel
generously hosted by the Qatar Chamber of Commerce & Industry
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Ms Pernille Kruse Madsen
Attorney and Founder, The Human Practice Foundation Denmark
Born in 1979, I grew up in Karlebo, Denmark. In 2006,
I completed my master’s degree in law at Copenhagen
University. From 2006 to 2009, I worked as an Assistant
Attorney at Gorrissen Federspiel, a renowned Danish law
firm, while at the same time completing a Graduate Diploma in Finance at
Copenhagen Business School.
In 2011, after having worked as an Attorney at Gorrissen Federspiel and
later on in another Danish law firm, Horten, I accepted an offer to work as
Senior Legal Counsel for Maersk Drilling, a company of the Maersk Group.
Despite being very happy with my job at Maersk Drilling, I, however, decided
to resign my position in late 2012 in order to find my “true calling”.
After a year of travelling and after having returned to Denmark, I met a
group of very inspiring people with whom I founded the organisation Human
Practice Foundation. The mission of the organisation is inter alia to build and
provide access to schools for children in Eastern Nepal as well as improving
the educational level. Up until now, the organisation has been responsible for
the completion and initiation of several school projects in Nepal.
Today, I can say that I have indeed found my true calling in being the CEO of
Human Practice Foundation. Seeing the results we create and the difference
we make is truly a gift.
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Ms Leysan Keller
Co-Founder of Initiative “Karriere mit Kopftuch” (Career
with a Headscarf)& Co-Founder of “DB Cultures” - a
Civic Society Initiative within German Federal Railways
(Deutsche Bahn AG), Berlin, Germany
central Russia.
Leysan Keller was born to the Muslim minority of Tatar
people, who live in the autonomous republic of Tatarstan in
Graduating in Philology at the State University of Humanities in Moscow she
spent two years in Shanghai, China, travelling through South-East Asia.
Having moved to Germany, Leysan is working in Berlin as a HR Development
Manager at DB Services, a fully-owned subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn
AG - German Federal Railways with its 300,000 employees. Here, she
developed the vocational training program “Zukunfts-Camp” (“Future Camp”)
for disadvantaged young people, mostly from immigrant backgrounds, as
well as refugees. This Program received the Special Award of the Capital
Award for Integration and Tolerance in 2012.
Jointly with a group of young leaders from all walks of the corporation, Leysan
founded “DB Cultures”, a Civic Society Initiative within German Federal
Railways. It aims at building bridges between cultures and consists of
several targeted projects, including the Muslim Club. This initiative promotes
understanding of a peaceful Islam and, thus, the respect for the wishes and
dreams of the Muslim employees.
In parallel Leysan co-founded the initiative “Karriere mit Kopftuch” (Career
with a Headscarf) in German Society, uniting many professionally successful
Muslim women wearing a headscarf. This initiative stems from the
discrimination of the Muslim women in Germany’s national labour markets.
Leysan has participated in several Executive Training Programs at Harvard
University’s prestigious Kennedy School of Government. In private, she
trains martial art Taichi and received numerous medals in international
competitions. Recently, in July 2015, she was awarded a silver medal at the
national & international Golden State Wushu Championship in the USA.
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Ms Sarah Al Rahim
Senior Director of Talent Management, Ooredoo Group
- Qatar
Sarah is a global expert delivering innovative talent strategies
and leadership and organisational development through
commercially-minded collaboration. Leveraging 18 years of
experience across diverse industries spanning 40 countries,
she provides culturally-congruent solutions that catalyse international
organisations toward sustainable, high-performance results. Her authentic
leadership style, embracing both her Western and Eastern heritage,
resonates strongly with board and team members alike.
Lina Abirafeh, PhD
Director, Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab
World (IWSAW), Lebanese American University, Beirut Lebanon
Dr Lina Abirafeh is the Director of the Institute for Women’s
Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American
University (LAU) in Beirut, Lebanon. Prior to this, she has
20 years of experience addressing gender issues in both development and
humanitarian settings. Her focus is on gender-based violence in emergency
settings - conflict, post-conflict, and natural disaster. She has worked with
many UN agencies and international NGOs in countries such as Afghanistan,
Central African Republic, Lebanon, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Haiti, and
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, amongst others. Dr Abirafeh has
also conducted research trips to Bangladesh, Fiji, Kenya, Singapore, South
Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda on various gender issues
and has published much of this work in books and journals.
Dr Abirafeh completed her PhD in 2008 under the auspices of the London
School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Department of International
Development, researching the effects of gender-focused international aid in
conflict and post-conflict contexts, with a specific focus on gender-based
violence. Her book, “Gender and International Aid in Afghanistan:
The Politics and Effects of Intervention” was published in 2009. She received
her Master’s degree in international economics and development from the
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Advanced International Studies
(SAIS).
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MODERATOR
Suzanne Afanah
Managing partner, Advvise, Former Minister of Tourism
and Antiquities - Jordan
Suzanne Afanah is a former Minister of Tourism and
Antiquities, a communications professional and award
winning journalist, with well over 22 years of experience as a senior executive
in media, television and mass communications. During her 12 years in
television, Suzanne assumed different posts including producer, political
correspondent, anchor-woman and Chief Editor at Jordan Television, and
at major networks including Middle East Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)
and Cable News Network (CNN). As a contributor to CNN’s Emmy Award
winning show “The World Report” Suzanne Afanah won the “Best Political
Story Award 2000”. She also served as Managing Director of Jordan’s
Satellite Channel and later as Vice Chairman of Jordan Radio and Television
Corporation.
Appointed by Her Majesty Queen Rania in 2002 to the executive committee
of the Arab Women’s Summit, Suzanne led efforts to create the Arab Media
Network and launched an award-winning media campaign to empower Arab
women which was broadcast to nearly 100 million viewers. For seven years
Suznne Afanah led communications, branding, and social responsibility at
Zain, one of the leading telecommunication providers in the Middle East
and Africa and one the top five brands in the Middle East. She joined
government in 2010, assuming the portfolio of Minister of Tourism and
Antiquities. She is currently the managing partner at Advvise, a media and
communications group. She also serves on the boards of the King Hussein
Cancer Foundation, the Jordan Media Institute, Jordan River Foundation,
the International Women’s Forum, the Center for Defending the Freedom of
Journalists and The Children’s Museum.
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A Development Organisation
Leading The Way Forward
The Arab International Women’s Forum (AIWF) has a clear aim to
support and enhance the role of women in the social and economic
development of their countries and across the Middle East region.
The Arab International Women‘s Forum (AIWF), established in 2001 as an
independent not for profit organisation, is a unique network linking Arab
women with their international counterparts and serves as the voice of Arab
women, showcasing their development, ability and competence in business,
professional and public life, creating greater global awareness of women’s
success and prospects in the Arab world.
Now in its second decade of fulfilling its mission of Building Bridges,
Building Business, the Arab International Women’s Forum has been an
agent of change for women in the Arab region, encouraging their potential
to take greater leadership roles and reach higher levels of responsibility in
all sectors of business, public life and in civil society while at the same time
contributing to the progress and prosperity of their families and communities.
AIWF has been recognised for its vision and successful achievement
of outstanding and timely initiatives with two landmark Reports and
Recommendations in 2005 and 2007 on Women as Engines of Economic
Growth in the Arab World which set the benchmark for building and
promoting its policy recommendations and strategies that have a focus
on capacity building and training, economic competitiveness, sustainable
human development and the empowerment of women, through partnership,
increased connectivity, innovation and collaboration, for women in the Arab
world. To mark the end of its first decade, AIWF widened its remit to connect
women in the Arab world with women in the other emerging economies
by launching its enhanced Programme for Building Bridges, Building
Business: Emerging Economies, Emerging Leaderships determining
that its future direction would be on continuing to strengthen its focus on
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the importance of education, leadership training, capacity building and selfdevelopment for women and youth and urging governments and the private
sector to work together to achieve much needed job creation initiatives.
AIWF has received international recognition in the Arab world and internationally as a powerful advocate of women in business for the advancement
of women, and its growing role to promote and advance legislative rights
for the participation of Arab women has been distinguished by collaboration
with, among others, the League of Arab States, the European Commission
and European Parliament, United Nations organisations and agencies, the
World Bank, the MENA-OECD Investment Programme, women’s business
councils in the Arab States, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, International Chambers of Commerce and many globally recognised institutes
of higher and further education.
The Young Arab Women Leaders – The Voice of the Future initiative was
launched in 2011 by AIWF in partnership with its Global Diamond Partner
PwC, through which AIWF and PwC are committed to equipping young
women leaders with the skills to start, grow and lead successful businesses,
increasing access to technical and professional education and strengthening
links between women in the UK and the MENA. An inaugural Conference was
held in the City of London in 2011 and thereafter, AIWF and PwC extended
their joint initiative to the Arab region and outstanding events have been held
in Amman, Jordan; Beirut, Lebanon; Dubai, United Arab Emirates and in
Birzeit, Palestine, prior to returning again to the City of London in 2014. All
of these events have provided a platform for young aspiring Arab women to
support, engage and network with mentors in political, economic and social
leadership roles in the Arab world. The seventh Conference of the Young
Arab Women Leaders series will be held in Doha, Qatar in November 2015.
AIWF could not have made the impact it has over the last decade without
the support of its Global Partners: PepsiCo, Pfizer Inc, Shell, Willis, Sharjah
Business Women Council, PwC, Jumeirah and Sungjoo Foundation, all
of whom are committed to strong inclusiveness and diversity policies and
developing and training women. Also of great importance to the work of
AIWF are the MoU partnerships with the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce,
the Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance, the Mudara Institute
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of Directors, the Pearl Initiative, the Dubai Business Women Council and
Memac Ogilvy. In raising awareness and strengthening its connections with
global media, from June 2007 AIWF has enjoyed a continuing relationship
with the Financial Times (FT) which has culminated in four FT special reports
on Arab women in business. AIWF supported the publication of Domains of
Influence: Arab Women Business Leaders in a New Economy, which is a
unique testament to the impact of Arab Women in today’s global environment
of entrepreneurship and economic empowerment and which was shortlisted
for the fourth prestigious Prix Pictet.
In 2015, AIWF is pleased to partner with the International Bar Association
Legal Practice Division (IBA/LPD) Initiative for Women Business Lawyers
and the Arab Women’s Legal Network to embark on a new key initiative to
assist women in commercial law in the Arab region, commencing with a joint
event in Amman, Jordan in September.
Supported fully by its powerful network of global partners, the Arab
International Women’s Forum continues to build on the commitment made
at the end of its first decade to work towards sustainable empowerment for
women and youth and to champion a concerted drive at the highest levels
to advance gender equality in the Arab world. Promoting an enhanced role
for Arab women in their economies and their communities will contribute
towards the sustainable development and prosperity in the Arab world to
which every citizen aspires and truly achieve progress for all.
Arab International Women’s Forum
Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square,
London W1J 6BD, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7887 7630
Fax: +44 20 7887 6001
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Website: www.aiwfonline.com
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Qatar Chamber of Commerce & Industry is one of the oldest chambers
in the GCC. Designed to support the burgeoning business climate in the
country, the chamber was a governmental body until 1990 when it was
granted its own autonomy with the legal authority to represent all the private
sector’s activities in the State of Qatar. By providing key support services,
networking opportunities and leadership, the Chamber has helped oversee
one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing economies in the world. As
the sole chamber in Qatar, QCCI utilizes its well-established connections in
the region and beyond to promote free and expanded trade and create new
business opportunities
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Qatari Businesswomen Forum
The establishment of the Qatari Businesswomen Forum was pursuant to
the resolution of the Board of Directors (BoD) of the Qatar Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (QCCI) Number 1 of 2001, which states as follows,
“Having reviewed Article No. (4) of the Law No. (11) 0f 1990, the BoD has
decide to establish the Qatari Businesswomen Forum and consider it one
of the Chamber’s committees, aiming at setting the appropriate atmosphere
to assist Qatari businesswomen to practice their role in the economic
development process.
The Forum’s objectives:
1. Establishing of a forum for the Qatari businesswomen that will contribute to supporting and promoting the status and role of Qatari women.
2. Consolidating relationships and establishing cooperation and coordination between the businesswomen community and the various economic sectors and governmental bodies.
3. Enhance and develop economic and social relationship among businesswomen.
4. Promote women’s role in economic decision-making and propose adequate ways to increase their participation in development projects and various economic activities.
5. Represent Qatari businesswomen in global, Arab and regional forums and conventions, and participate in membership of 39
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similar international and regional entities and organizations.
.
6. Receive equivalent delegations with common objectives to contribute to bolstering of communicative relations and building bridges and effective channels of communication.
7. Represent women in various sector committees set up by the Chamber.
8. Improve performance of Qatari women indifferent jobs and professions they occupy.
9. Encourage women to take responsibility in the society in order to enhance development in all economic, social, political and cultural fields.
10. Create equal opportunities in such fields and seek the improvement of the Qatari women status in economic, social and political arenas.
11.Develop closer cooperation between voluntary and women entities in Qatar and their similar counterparts in the GCC states, the Arab World and at international level.
12. Establish projects that realise the goals of the Women’s Forum.
For more information please visit our website at
http://www.qbwf.org.qa or email us at [email protected]
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About QBIC
Qatar Business Incubation Center (QBIC) is one of the largest specialised
mixed-use business incubators in the MENA region. QBIC empowers
committed entrepreneurs to start and grow companies by incubating,
developing, connecting and investing, and QBIC is dedicated to the longterm success of entrepreneurs.
QBIC was founded by two of the leading entrepreneurship institutes in Qatar:
Qatar Development Bank (QDB), and the Social Development Center (SDC).
With a mission to develop the next QAR 100 million companies in Qatar,
QBIC is closely aligned with the Qatar National Vision 2030 by encouraging
a strong and diversified private sector.
One of QBIC’s flagship initiatives is LeanStartup, turning innovative ideas
into start-up businesses. LeanStartup is a ten-week entrepreneurial
programme that provides real world, hands-on learning experience on how
to successfully start a company. Find out more at: www.qbic.qa
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AIWF Conference Programme Acknowledgments
The Arab International Women’s Forum wishes to extend a special
acknowledgment and deep appreciation to the Qatar Chamber of Commerce
and the Qatar Businesswomen Forum, for their kind support and to the Qatar
Business Incubation Centre as our Host Partner.
The Arab International Women’s Forum wishes to acknowledge with kind
thanks and deep appreciation the valued support and special contribution
to the success of the AIWF Young Arab Women Leaders; the Voice of the
Future Conference provided by our Global Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Middle East.
The Arab International Women’s Forum wishes to acknowledge with thanks
and deep appreciation the valued participation of our Guest Speakers who
so willingly have contributed their time, expertise and experience.
The Arab International Women’s Forum wishes to acknowledge Ms
Suzanne Afanah, Managing Partner, Advvise & Former Minister of Tourism &
Antiquities, Jordan for all her efforts in moderating the Conference Sessions.
She has our deep appreciation and sincere thanks
The Arab International Women’s Forum wishes to acknowledge with kind
thanks and deep appreciation the special contribution and valued support of
AIWF Global Communications Partner, Memac Ogilvy, who have performed
the role of official PR Partner for this event.
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AIWF would like to acknowledge with appreciation
AIWF Global Annual Partners
AIWF Global Corporate Benefactor Partner
AIWF Global Platinum Partners
AIWF Global Diamond Partners
AIWF Institutional Partners
AIWF Global Communications Partner
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AIWF MAIN ACTIVITIES: 2002-2015
(commencing with most recent)
28 October 2015: 7th AIWF Young Arab Women Leaders: The Voice
of the Future Conference Doha, Qatar to be held on 28 October at the
Qatar Business Incubation Center in Doha, Qatar in cooperation with the
Qatar Chamber of Commerce, Qatar Businesswomen Forum at the Qatar
Chamber of Commerce, PwC and the Qatar Business Incubation Center.
7 September 2015: AIWF - International Bar Association Legal Practice
Division Women Business Lawyers Initiative – Amman, Jordan “Jordanian
women in legal professions: challenges and opportunities” Conference held
in partnership with The Arab International Women’s Forum and The Arab
Women’s Legal Network.
6 September 2015: AIWF Get Together Reception - Jordan Chapter held
at the Kempinski Hotel, Amman
4 June 2015: AIWF Get Together Reception – UK Chapter held at the
Jumeirah Carlton Tower, London, UK
24 October 2014: Connecting the Next Generation of Young Arab
Women Leaders – London, UK with host partner PwC
23 October 2014: AIWF Official Gala Dinner “Building Bridges Building
Business between the City of London, the Arab World & the International
Community” held at the Mansion House, London, UK
22 October 2014: AIWF Annual Conference “From Partnership to
Prosperity: Women in the Arab World, the United Kingdom & the
International Community” hosted by Willis International at its headquarters
in the City of London, UK
24 September 2014: AIWF First Get-Together and Reception hosted by
Fattal Group in cooperation with PwC - Beirut, Lebanon
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8 June 2014: Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between AIWF
& the Pearl Initiative to promote women in the GCC through the senior ranks
20 May 2014: AIWF Get-Together and Reception hosted by Coutts –
London, UK
23 October 2013: First Arab-German Women’s Forum “From Partnership
to Prosperity: Women in the Arab World, Germany & the International
Community”
10 December 2012
Young Arab Women Leaders: The Voice of the Future Conference –
Dubai, UAE
20 September 2012: Second Young Arab Women Leaders: The Voice of
the Future - Beirut, Lebanon
26 June 2012: Young Arab Women Leaders: The Voice of the Future
Conference - Amman, Jordan
15 – 17 May 2012: AIWF Annual Conference held 15-17 May at American
University of Sharjah. AIWF was in partnership with the Financial Times in
the publication of their Special Report on The Arab Awakening.
21 March 2012: Arab international Women’s Forum & the Arab-British
Chamber of Commerce Joint Roundtable Dinner under the theme
Common Vision for Sustainable Growth.
20 March 2012: Arab international Women’s Forum & the Arab-British
Chamber of Commerce Joint Reception held at the Chamber‘s London
Headquarters.
11– 13 May 2011: The AIWF Special 2011 Programme “Building Bridges,
Building Business: Emerging Economies, Emerging Leaderships”
launched in London in May 2011 to mark the tenth Anniversary of the
founding of The Arab International Women’s Forum in London, comprising:
Anniversary Dinner at the Mansion House; Tenth Anniversary
Conference entitled “Women in the Arab World, Africa and
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Asia:Emerging Economies, Emerging Leaderships, Shaping the World
Together” held at Lancaster House and AIWF & PwC one-day Seminar
IWF: Emerging Arab Women Leaders – the Voice of the Future at More,
London.
14 – 17 May 2010: AIWF First Conference in Damascus, Syria :
“Prosperity through Partnership: Women Leaders in Modern Syria, the
Arab World & the International Community”
22 February 2010: AIWF/ABCC Panel Discussion & Networking
Reception at the Arab British Chamber of Commerce, London.
28 January 2010: AIWF New Year Reception at The Connaught Hotel,
London & launch of 2010 Programme “Prosperity through Partnership”
4 January 2010:
AIWF-PepsiCo Signing Ceremony, Dubai of
Memorandum of Understanding to make PepsiCo, AIWF’s first and only
partner with Benefactor status
October 2009: Seminar on “Directorship, Development and Diversity:
Challenges for Women in Governance” - Amman, Jordan
July 2009: Signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation and
Understanding between AIWF & Arab British Chamber of Commerce
– London, UK
March 2009: AIWF Paris Conference: “From Partnership to Prosperity:
Women in the Arab World, France and the International Community” –
Paris, France
December 2008: AIWF Book Launch Domains of Influence at the ABBC
- London, UK
June 2008: “ Partners for Change: Realizing the Potential of Arab
Women in the Private and Public Sectors” Conference at The World
Bank - Washington DC, USA.
February 2008: 10 Downing Street Reception to honour AIWF Work –
London, UK
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December 2007: “Powering the Future – Arab Business Women in a
Modern Economy” at The Dubai International Financial Centre – Dubai, UAE
March 2007: “Globalisation, Trade and Entrepreneurship: Enhancing
Business Opportunities between the City of London, the Arab World &
the International Community” at The Mansion House - London UK
January 2007: “Women as Engines of Economic Growth - Moving
Forward” at The Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London UK
April 2006: “Building Bridges, Building Business between the City of
London, the Arab World and the.International Community” - Dinner at
The Mansion House - London, UK
September 2005: Report & Recommendations – “Women as Engines of
Economic Growth in the Arab World” at The Foreign and Commonwealth
Office - London UK
June 2005: “Ten Years after Barcelona: Women and Integrated Rural
Development” at the League of Arab States – Cairo, Egypt
April 2005: Ten Years after Barcelona: “Empowering Women as
Catalysts for Economic Development” at the European Parliament in
Brussels
June 2004: Women in the Arab World, Partners in the Community &on
the World Stage at The League of Arab States - Cairo, Egypt
October 2003: “Women in the Arab World: Windows of Opportunity
Opening Wider in Business & Public Life” - London, UK
July 2003: “Arab Women in the XX1 Century” - AIWF Conference Madrid, Spain
April 2002: “Women in the New Economic Order: The Increasing Role
of Arab Women in Business and Society” - London, UK
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