The Qatari Businessmen Association held a meeting with the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion in the Sultanate of
Qatar University (QU) highlighted on Tuesday its role in encouraging female students to engage in the business world and enhance their role in economic and
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11 Mar 2021 - 9:06
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Doha: Qatar’s female labour participation rate of 59.1 percent is currently above the global average and the highest in the Arab world, Qatari Businesswomen Association’s (QBWA) Vice-Chairwoman Aisha Al Fardan (pictured) has said.
Al Fardan was speaking as the featured keynote speaker at a webinar on ‘Qatari Businesswomen: Shaping the Present. Leading the Future’, which was organised by the Qatari Embassy in the US in partnership with Association of Women in International Trade (WIIT), the United States-Qatar Business Council (USQBC), and the QBWA to celebrate International Women’s Day recently.
The virtual event, which was coordinated by the Office of the Commercial Attaché at the Embassy of Qatar, highlighted leadership roles of Qatari women in workforce. The discussion also highlighted the success of Qatari women in the corporate space, executive management, and boardroom decisions.