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Sharjah / Emirates Business
Sharjah Business Women Council (SBWC), an affiliate of Nama Women Advancement Establishment (Nama), successfully held its annual Ramadan Summit, with the event taking place at Al Jawaher Reception & Convention Centre in Sharjah.
Titled ‘Self Reflections,’ the summit – which takes place each year on the side-lines of SBWC’s Ramadan Suhoor – attracted more than 250 business women and society ladies who gathered to listen to the success stories of a number of inspirational speakers. The programme had been devised by SBWC to help motivate and encourage women entrepreneurs to set up enterprises that both contribute to female self-empowerment and to economic development in the UAE.
Among those attending the Ramadan Summit were H.E Ameera BinKaram, Deputy Chairperson of Nama and Chairperson of SBWC; Hala Kazim, counsellor, artist, author and founder of ‘Journey Through Change’ and Asma Hilal Lootah, entrepreneur and founder of The Hundred Pilates Studio in Dubai and The Hundred Wellness Centre project. Also in attendance were the Motivational Speaker Anas Bukhash, Co-Founder of Ahdaaf and Founder & Managing Director of Bukhash Brothers; and Muna Harib Al Muhairi, Founder of Breathing Numbers Humanitarian Act and Director of Branding and Corproate Communications in Dubai Parks and Resorts.
“Sharjah has become an incubator of businesswomen and their projects thanks to the support of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah and his wife, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs. Sharjah Business Women Council serves as a platform to empower women professionally and economically and attract the largest possible number of women and young ladies to the world of entrepreneurship,” said HE Ameera BinKaram, Chairperson of SBWC.
“By the end of last year, in collaboration with our partners in the international foundation Education for Employment, SBWC launched the Jeel entrepreneurship initiative, through which we seek to support Emirati entrepreneurs and businesswomen in Sharjah and provide them with counselling and training services in order to ignite their spirit of innovation and
creativity,†she added.