Women in business Sample Clauses

Women in business. Although there are not many women-owned businesses in Kuwait compared to men, the situation has begun to change with the establishment of the Kuwait Businesswomen Association. The Kuwaiti Businesswomen’s Committee is a member of the umbrella organisation known as the Union of Kuwaiti Women Associations, to which many groups concerned with women’s issues in Kuwait belong. 133 The Kuwaiti Businesswomen’s Committee is a non-profit socio-economic organisation made up of Kuwaiti businesswomen that is completely independent in terms of its structure and activities. Objectives of the Committee are: 1) to strengthen and develop economic relations and trade links between Kuwaiti businesswomen within the country, and to develop relations between them and their 132 Ibid. 133 United Nations (2010): Brief overview of Kuwait’s experience in the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (Beijing + 10). Online at xxxx://xxx.xx.xxx/womenwatch/daw/Review/responses/KUWAIT-English.pdf. Accessed 7.11.10 counterparts in other countries, in the interests of the economic development process in Kuwait; 2) to strengthen the role played by Kuwaiti women in economic decision-making, especially with respect to the pursuit of commercial and economic activities; 3) to encourage women to contribute effectively to the establishment of small industrial and craft-based business enterprises, which constitute a far from negligible part of the national economy; 4) to identify women’s experience and capacities and harness them for the development of all aspects – commercial, economic, scientific, cultural and others – of Kuwaiti society, for the benefit of the country as a whole; 5) to enhance awareness of the legal bases underpinning commercial and economic activities to which Kuwaiti women contribute; and 6) to represent Kuwaiti businesswomen at regional and international economic conferences, receive delegations from organisations that share the Committee’s objectives, and strengthen cooperation between Kuwaiti businesswomen and their counterparts in other countries. The situation of women in business is somewhat different in Oman. It has been suggested that although all businesses have to register with the Chamber of Commerce, there is a lack of gender-disaggregated data on business ownership. It has been suggested that of there are 120,000 registered businesses, of which it is estimated that only 75–80,000 are active. The number of women-owned and operated establishments is approxi...
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