SBWC attends Clinton Global Initiative meet

New York / WAM

The Sharjah Business Women Council (SBWC) an affiliate of the NAMA Women Advancement Establishmen, NAMA, was one of the participants at the CGI 2016 Annual Meeting held from September 19-21 at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in New York.
Ameera BinKaram, Deputy Chairperson of NAMA and Chairperson of SBWC, highlighted efforts and initiatives undertaken by the UAE, specifically Sharjah, in supporting and empowering women professionally and economically.
She facilitated two sessions at the meeting: the first on ‘women’s entrepreneurship’ and the second on ‘employing technology for entrepreneurship expansion’. Among those who co-facilitated the sessions alongside BinKaram were prominent figures including Kazuo Hirai, President and CEO of Sony Corporation, Karina Nagin, Executive Director of Mission: Restore, Katja Iversen, President and CEO of Women Deliver, and Keith Ferrazzi, Founder and Chairman of
Ferrazzi Greenlight.
Highlighting the main reasons for their participation at the CGI 2016 Annual Meeting, Ameera BinKaram, said, “We sought, through our participation in the annual meetings of the Clinton Global Initiative, to familiarise those present with the vision of H.H. Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of H.H. the Ruler of Sharjah, Chairperson of NAMA and Honorary Chairperson of SBWC, and her immense efforts to empower women. We also highlighted the great strides that the UAE, particularly Sharjah, has made in supporting and empowering our women professionally and economically.
The meeting also looked at ways of turning ideas into
tangible results, and promote
the CGI members’ positive
commitment to action plan.