Kuwaiti Civil Society Group Partners With MEPI to Support Women Entrepreneurs

Posted by Ralph Falzone / August 10, 2010

A woman speaks on her mobile phone in Kuwait City, Kuwait, January 7, 2001. [AP File Photo]

About the Author: Ralph Falzone serves as Director of the Middle East Partnership Initiative Regional Office in Abu Dhabi.

The Kuwait Economic Society (KES), a civil society organization focused on economic development and reform of the country, kicked off its MEPI-funded local grant project, “Women's Leadership and Entrepreneurship,” in June 2010. The goal of this women's empowerment initiative is to create a more enabling trade, investment, and business environment for Kuwaiti women. The project also aims to increase private sector capacity by promoting and supporting women entrepreneurs by catalyzing the Women's Entrepreneurship Development Project, an already established KES program. The initiative… more »

Posted under: Economic Empowerment

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U.S. Establishes Partnerships With Women in Science and Engineering in the Middle East

Posted by Ralph Falzone / May 24, 2010

Women from Masdar Institute for Science and Technology, May 4, 2010. [U.S. Embassy Photo]

About the Author: Ralph Falzone serves as the Director of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Regional Office Abu Dhabi.

With funding provided by the U.S. State Department's Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), the University of Michigan-Dearborn's College of Engineering and Computer Science and its partner, the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), held a training workshop for women working in the science and engineering fields. The workshop, "Association Building and International Research Collaboration for MENA… more »

Posted under: Education

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