Empowering female entrepreneurs in the Middle East
With the right support, female entrepreneurship will not only participate in driving economic growth but also help contribute to a more equitable society.
Hala bint Mohammed Jaber Al-Ansari is Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Women, Bahrain. Before that she was Head of Media Affairs in the Office of Her Royal Highness the Wife of the King of Bahrain. Until 2000 she was Director of Employee Communications Department at Bahrain Telecommunications Company. She holds an MBA from Golden Gate University and Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Bahrain.
With the right support, female entrepreneurship will not only participate in driving economic growth but also help contribute to a more equitable society.
Bahrain's Supreme Council for Women has put policies into action to reduce the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on women.