Citi Celebrates International Women’s Day In UAE
Citi celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD), a UN-designated occasion falling on March 8th each year, through a series of events held at its premises or with local community partners around the world.
Relevant events which are held on the day aim at inspiring women and celebrating their achievements, as well as addressing social and professional challenges facing women around the world.
Across the Middle East, Citi held several events which featured Citi’s various female constituencies. INJAZ UAE, a member of Junior Achievement (JA), organized a ’job shadow’ day for UAE female university students at Citi UAE, whereby students were paired with Citi women across different businesses for one full day in order to gain authentic work experience.
IWD was also an occasion to launch the "Women @Citi" project which will have cross-business representation aiming at supporting and engaging in various employee initiatives such as volunteering activities within the community, networking events and mentoring programs.
This and other events are a continuation of 2012 celebrations when Citi held more than 100 events in 88 cities across 57 countries to mark the day, while 2013 celebrations covered 185 events across 124 cities and 85 countries. They also complement Citi Foundation efforts aimed at empowering women in the communities where we live and work through focused programs run with local and regional NGOs, including:
-University of Dubai: Designing and delivering a rigorous training program on "Entrepreneurship and Business Plan Development" which has, since 2004, addressed the entrepreneurial qualifications of more than 200 women entrepreneurs and armed them with the necessary skills, and knowledge base.
-Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT): Training more than 400 female students in the UAE to develop their financial literacy knowledge.
-America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc. (AMIDEAST): Running the Arab Women’s Entrepreneurship Project (AWEP) since 2010. AWEP is an ambitious MENA-level community project which aims to enhance the skill set of Arab women entrepreneurs in Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan and the UAE from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds who are likely to start or want to expand their own businesses.
"IWD is an occasion for Citi to reiterate its commitment to developing and advancing our female employees in addition to supporting clients and communities with the aim of bridging gender gaps," said Atiq Ur Rehman, Citi’s Chief Executive Officer for the Middle East. "Moreover, we work closely with community partners throughout the region to support women’s causes, an effort which falls within our stated objective as a global corporate citizen."
Emirate: Dubai
Date: Mar 11, 2013
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