Launched onWednesday titled (Saudi women .. the power of effect to lead the change )
4 sessions discussing the reality and future of women in the Saudi economy
The women Economic Forum 2016, organized by Asharqia Chamber sponsored by the Wife of the Prince
of eastern region, Princess, Abeer bint
Faisal bin Turki, on Wednesday and Thursday 23 and November 24, 2016 in Sheraton
Hotel Dammam, through four sessions over two days, the reality and future of
Saudi women in the economic sector, with the aim of highlighting their
opportunities and their ability to achieve a balanced participation in the progress
in the economic improvement process in the Kingdom.
The
forum held titled « Saudi women .. the power of effect to lead the change »,presents over two consecutive
days a multiple images of the experiences of women in the Gulf and the Arab
world, and their contribution to raise the level of economic participation, in
addition to reviewing basis and strategies that support women economic
activities and how to take advantage of them, offering a number of academics
and experts specialists in economic affairs and the labor market to offer a
range of issues and challenges facing women also spotting the future plans of
women investments in light of the launch of the Kingdom vision 2030.
A fair treatment and full support from
the country to her
For its part, said a member of the Board of the Asharqia Chamber adminstration, Samira Al Swaig, said that the launch of the fifth edition of the
women economic forum, comes as a completion of the efforts of Asharqia Chamber in the support and improvement
of the business community and the progress of women role in it, so stressing the
importance of women message in the development of her country and of keenness in
businesswomen sector as an essential resource of progress in the desired economic growth,
pointing that women participation in the improvement became a sign of the
progress of nations and its development, and the evidence of the most important
of development reports in the world.
Al Swaig considered that the opportunity is now in
hands of theSaudi women, under a fair treatment and a full support by the country
to her, the vision 2030 items have confirmed saying that women now are present
in various sectors and have equal opportunities with men to compete, stressing
the need of persistence in every one of the businesswomen to achieve her goals,
the work related to trade and industry needs effort and determination and
persistence, this year forum carries the solutions to what challenges businesswomen
may face in development and economic roles, considering that this year forum isan
opportunity to form a total view of the performance of women economic and to
provide a new formulation of her role in
economic life.
Al Swaig concluded by saying that Saudi women
make if not more- than half of the society, and therefor they are human cluster
that can play an active role in the improvement process, pointing that the
forum starts
from the ideal exploitation of women issue in the economic field, and by
reviewing the opportunities for empowerment in the Saudi economy and her ability
to influence and make change in the local economic environment, including what this
environment is witnessing now of major changes with the launch of vision 2030.
The reality of women in the economic sector and future results
And the forum presents according to Chairman of the Executive Board of
businesswomen and board member of Asharqia Chamber administration, Manahel Al Hamdan, several working papers discussing
the developed countries, strategies to the challenges that stops women economic
role, in addition to discussing efforts to empower women in all levels as an
important factor in increasing the rate of economic participation, pointing to
the need for institutions to intensify policies and strategies that directly
affect women economic role.
Hamdan explained that the forum sheds light on the reality of women in the
economic sector and the future results, in light of fast moving environment
where should be a redefine of the role of women in country progress process to
ensure their participation in a bigger way and providing them with a solid basis,
to improve her personal and professional
competencies, referring to what the country has announced of a plan for
economic and development reform in 2030 vision, which paid a great attention to increasing the
participation of women in the labor market from 22% to 30%, considering it as a
quantum leap and a big transformation
that needs a package of a variety of initiatives and supporting programs.
Al Hamdan pointed that the Forum is also issuing opportunities and potentials
for contributions of businesswomen in
the Kingdom to discuss the investment environment have and the big
modernization lately, the economic and the expected role of women, to support
the overall improvement process and achieving the active participation of women
in economic life to achieve a more effective performance.
