(Women Gateway)

Business Exchange Forum: Bahraini and American Experiences opens today with the participation of around 100 leading Arab and international businesswomen.

Organised by the Bahrain Businesswomen Society (BBS), the forum will continue until November 3 at Movenpick Hotel, with the participation of H.H. Dr. Sh. Hussa  Saad Al Abdulla Al -Salem Al- Sabah, The President of the Council of Arab Business Women.

The event is “A Corporate Ambassadors Programme” and brings a delegation of the US, CEOs and Senior Executives to share their experience in relation to critical business topics of interest in the region.

The forum’s dimensions were selected to meet the development needs of the commercial sector in Bahrain and it was part of Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI).

Three American women, including Julie Kirk who are famous for promoting small and medium businesses and economic empowerment of females will share their views in the forum. Women leadership and the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US and their influences on small and medium business are part of the forum’s dimensions.