Ford is celebrating this year's International Women's Day with a few of the brightest women minds in Saudi Arabia by organizing the very first women-only Henry Ford Entrepreneurship Academy workshop with Effat University March 7-9. International Women's Day is not only a chance to recognize and value ladies's contributions to the global workforce, but a chance to get in touch with the masses to assist build a far better, a lot more comprehensive, sex equivalent working world.

President of Ford motor Company Fund and Community Solutions Jim Vella, together with Simonetta Verdi, Director, Government and Community Relations for Ford Middle East and Africa, last week met with President of Effat University Dr. Haifa Jamal Al-Lail, Dean of Grad Studies and Research study Dr. Malak Al Nory, Director of business Innovation

Centre Dr. Muhammad Khan, and Executive Director of International Affairs Ms. Lisa Zuppe, to review the influence females have in business in Saudi Arabia, and the value of supplying females in the Kingdom with the essential tools to continuously make their mark in the local economy. Effat University is the initial exclusive establishment of college for females in Saudi Arabia. Its objective is to qualify tomorrow's affordable leaders with a world-class education by supplying an interdisciplinary atmosphere for research, social work, and life-long learning.

" Highly-educated women in Saudi Arabia have verified to be a leading pressure in the Kingdom's business world and encouraging women business owners have actually ended up being a growing public visibility," said Verdi. "The Henry Ford Entrepreneurship Academy workshops are designed to match the work carried out by the Saudi government, which has actually recently created programmes to motivate even more female business owners to sign up with the workforce."

Greater than 60 percent * of Saudi women have at the very least an academic degree, however still most of them are unemployed, while around 63 percent of Saudi women have non listed yet successful services, and rely upon mobile phones and computers to do business.

These are the females the HFEA intends to infuse with a range of vital new abilities, tools and the For news releases, related materials and high-resolution pictures and video, browse through www.media.ford.com. Comply with at www.facebook.com/fordmiddleeast, www.twitter.com/fordmiddleeast, www.instagram.com/fordmiddleeast or www.youtube.com/fordmiddleast

business way of thinking should nurture creative concepts, examining the expediency of their strategies, and to help the fledgling entrepreneurs launch and expand new ventures.

" We are delighted to team up with Henry Ford Entrepreneurship Academy to give entrepreneurs in our community with valuable programmes, and give them devices to lead their companies to success," stated Dean of Grad Studies and Scientific Study Dr. Al Nory. "Effat University takes pride in supporting equipping women in Saudi Arabia since the university was established, and it is really an honour to be part of this initiative." Confirming a need to showcase the skills aspiring businesswomen in the Kingdom possess, more than 200 have enlisted for the first women-only HFEA workshop, and will certainly be commemorating International Women's Day on March 8 with like-minded empowered individuals with Ford and Effat University in Jeddah.

Occurring over 3 days from March 7-9, 2017, the workshop's individuals will certainly receive innovative training from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Effat University professors and understandings from local business owners on the actions and activities for producing and receiving the new ventures.

Ford Electric motor Company and Ford Fund are supplying a raising variety of possibilities around the world that help females in reaching their complete education, financial and social potential.

Taking advantage of the experience of past HFEA workshops, HFEA, VCU and Effat University will certainly provide an excellent chance for local future business leaders to master their efforts, and affect them to assume and imitate entrepreneurs.