The Emirates Businesswomen Awards (EBWA) for 2008 was launched yesterday. The award, which is in its sixth year, recognises the contribution of UAE national and expatriate women in their business or profession.
The launch marks the first stage in an awareness raising campaign to encourage women to participate in the scheme. This will be followed by a series of workshops throughout the UAE to familiarise potential applicants with the goals, objectives, eligibility criteria and rules of application for the award. Each application takes two assessors two to three hours to assess and will be followed by a site visit if necessary. Applicants, who must have worked in the UAE for three years, must be able to demonstrate to the assessment panel how they meet the award's criteria and be able to "write your story," explained chief assessor, Judith Barton. Deadline for submitting applications is 3 April
Barton also said that the ratio of participants had reversed completely over the years. In 2003, the first year in which the award was given, the ratio of UAE nationals to expatriates was 22 per cent to 78 per cent. "It has now done a complete circle," she said.
EBWA's assessment panel will comprise Shaikha Lubna Al Qasimi, UAE Minister of Economy, Rawdha Al Moutawa, president of Emirates Business Women Council, as well as representatives from Dubai Quality Group (DQG) and Shell (which is also an official sponsor), said Marwan Al Sawaleh, DQP's chairman. He also said "women are keen to participate" in the scheme and that former winners of the award will be "ambassadors to encourage and inspire others".
Omar Al Querishi, Shell's communications manager in the UAE, said that sponsorship of the awards plays an important part of Shell's corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. "It comes under our first priority," he said. The EBWA is also sponsored by Paris Gallery.
Speaking about what it meant to win the award, a former winner, Mariam Matar, assistant undersecretary of preventive medicine in the Ministry of Health (MOH) for Public Health and Primary Health Care said: "It meant a lot to win the award. It opened up opportunities," adding: "I want to pass the message to UAE nationals that the award is for everyone, and it is especially for those who have no discovered themselves yet." Source
The launch marks the first stage in an awareness raising campaign to encourage women to participate in the scheme. This will be followed by a series of workshops throughout the UAE to familiarise potential applicants with the goals, objectives, eligibility criteria and rules of application for the award. Each application takes two assessors two to three hours to assess and will be followed by a site visit if necessary. Applicants, who must have worked in the UAE for three years, must be able to demonstrate to the assessment panel how they meet the award's criteria and be able to "write your story," explained chief assessor, Judith Barton. Deadline for submitting applications is 3 April
Barton also said that the ratio of participants had reversed completely over the years. In 2003, the first year in which the award was given, the ratio of UAE nationals to expatriates was 22 per cent to 78 per cent. "It has now done a complete circle," she said.
EBWA's assessment panel will comprise Shaikha Lubna Al Qasimi, UAE Minister of Economy, Rawdha Al Moutawa, president of Emirates Business Women Council, as well as representatives from Dubai Quality Group (DQG) and Shell (which is also an official sponsor), said Marwan Al Sawaleh, DQP's chairman. He also said "women are keen to participate" in the scheme and that former winners of the award will be "ambassadors to encourage and inspire others".
Omar Al Querishi, Shell's communications manager in the UAE, said that sponsorship of the awards plays an important part of Shell's corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. "It comes under our first priority," he said. The EBWA is also sponsored by Paris Gallery.
Speaking about what it meant to win the award, a former winner, Mariam Matar, assistant undersecretary of preventive medicine in the Ministry of Health (MOH) for Public Health and Primary Health Care said: "It meant a lot to win the award. It opened up opportunities," adding: "I want to pass the message to UAE nationals that the award is for everyone, and it is especially for those who have no discovered themselves yet." Source
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