{"id":98455,"date":"2022-06-11T17:15:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T14:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/?p=98455"},"modified":"2022-06-11T17:15:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T14:15:06","slug":"girls4girls-first-book-club-session-hosted-by-the-who-at-the-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/girls4girls-first-book-club-session-hosted-by-the-who-at-the-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls4Girls First Book Club session hosted by the WHO at the UN"},"content":{"rendered":"

SPECIAL REPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n

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G4G (Girls for Girls) continues to shape the road towards a more empowering present, and future for girls and women through its aim of having a reading culture was kindly hosted by the World Health Organization at the United Nations of the State of Kuwait on June 7th, 2022.<\/p>\n

Dr. Emily Ghoshe, a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from Princeton University, is a senior mentor in the program, formed the Kuwait G4G book club, and led its first discussion. The roundtable was co-hosted by Dr. Assad Hafeez of the WHO, who discussed with Girls4Girls members the white paper by Foreign Policy on the impact women empowerment has on World Peace, and how the best predictor of a state\u2019s stability is how its women are treated.<\/p>\n

Mercedes Vazquez, Territory Channel Manager at Microsoft Kuwait, G4G alums & volunteer, shared her experience: \u201cWe got to learn from each other within a diverse yet inclusive group. I was particularly impressed by Her Excellency Belinda Lewis\u2019s insights on courageous leadership, getting rid of the imposter syndrome, and the necessity of shattering the glass ceiling in male-dominated environments.<\/p>\n

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I would highly recommend this program to everyone. Moreover, empowering women is good for the country\u2019s GDP. I want to thank Nabila for bringing this initiative to Kuwait. She added that gender equality is for the greater common good and essential to economic prosperity and diversification. Adding that, she looks forward to how gender equality will transpire within a digital environment with frameworks like ResponsibleAI and AIforGood.<\/p>\n

The Girls for Girls initiative within the Women\u2019s Cultural & Social Society<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A relatively new program, Girls for Girls, was born at the Harvard Kennedy School in 2017 when a group of women graduates from across the globe recognized that something is holding women back from running for public office in every corner of the world.<\/p>\n

The program was brought to Kuwait by its Country Lead -Ms. Nabila Abu Hantash – She launched it under the umbrella of the Women\u2019s Cultural and Social Society, the oldest women-centric NGO in Kuwait, formed in 1963. This synergetic partnership added credibility and provided the necessary resources to promote G4G\u2019s exceptional deliverables.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Nabila Abu-Hantash, Harvard alumni and a colleague of the Co-founders, took it upon herself to introduce this project to Kuwait as a civic initiative. She is a finance and investment banking professional with 30 years of experience in commercial and investment banking, business development, customer relationship management, and community relations. She has an MBA \u2013 in Finance from George Washington University, an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, accreditation in Leadership, Management, and Decision Sciences from Harvard, and Decision sciences from MIT.<\/p>\n\r\n