Manama: Benefit, the kingdom’s innovator and leading company in Fintech and electronic financial transactions, is marking the importance of women leadership in Bahrain.
It is in line with the Supreme Council for Women’s (SCW) vision for women in the kingdom, which has recently celebrated the 20th anniversary.
Benefit has applauded the council’s efforts in spearheading and paving the way for Bahraini women, and supports their mission to consolidate the principle of equal opportunities to ensure competitiveness of Bahraini women in the kingdom.
Benefit’s chairman Mohamed Al Bastaki said, “Our efforts to achieve empowerment and include women in high leadership roles are embedded throughout our organisation. We consistently push for gender diversity, not just on our board, but we also have several women as part of our executive management team.
Al Bastaki
“We believe that empowering women and ensuring representation in our company is part of our values and our duty to support the women of our nation. We also want to applaud the SCW under the leadership of Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa for their 20th anniversary.
Board member Tala Abdulrahman Fakhro said “I’m proud to serve on a gender diverse board in line with the SCW’s National Gender Balance Model – one of their pioneering initiatives that was set up to further increase gender equality and spread a culture of inclusion.
Ms Fakhro
“Early this year, Bahrain ranked first in the Gulf and second in the Arab world in the field of economic participation and opportunities in the annual report of the World Economic Forum, Davos, on measuring the gender gap in 156 countries in the world.”
Hadyah Mohammed Fathalla said, “I believe true success and innovation are achieved when a company integrates diversity and inclusion within its value system and across all its operations. Bahrain has been a pioneer in the GCC for advancing women and broadening their horizons. We as a country have created successful case studies under leaders that understand the value of equality and entities that lead these efforts on a national scale.”
Ms Fathalla
Umkulthoom Al Abbasi said, “As a country, we have witnessed national policies that were put in place to achieve women empowerment in various fields. Especially in the financial sector, Bahraini women have taken on high-level leadership roles without obstacles or discrimination, which reflects the kingdom’s efforts to make those opportunities available for all.”
Ms Al Abbasi
Sawsan Abulhassan said, “We are setting examples for other women, and companies like Benefit that make it possible to spread that message. As a nation, we recently celebrated two decades of remarkable milestones that have been creating endless opportunities through key initiatives in the Kingdom.”
Ms Abulhassan
Muna Al Hashemi added that this is a new era for women in the kingdom and comes at a time when “we are applauding the role of SCW in advancing Bahraini women in the past 20 years”.
Ms Al Hashemi
“Bahrain women have contributed to the nation’s vision for the future and will continue to do so in several diverse sectors.”
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