Women Business Leaders Summit in Jordan

United States Co-sponsors Women Business Leaders Summit in Jordan

The United States is co-sponsoring the Women Business Leaders Summit in Jordan, February 27-28, 2007. The Summit is a public-private sector outreach program designed to facilitate links between American, Jordanian, and the broader Middle Eastern business communities. Fifty women business executives from Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates will be joined in Amman, Jordan by 50 women business leaders from the United States.

Participants in the Summit will share their experiences and exchange best practices in a variety of panel discussions. As part of this two-way exchange, the Arab businesswomen will travel to the United States in the spring to visit American partner companies and exchange views on management styles and business skills. They also will meet with senior government officials and members of Congress in Washington, DC, and attend special program sessions at Georgetown University.

The Summit is being co-chaired by: U.S. Department of State's Office for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, led by Ambassador Karen P. Hughes; The Honorable Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, Chairman of the American Red Cross, President & CEO of Pace Communications and former U.S. Ambassador to Finland; Luma Kawar, wife of the former Jordanian Ambassador to the United States, Karim Kawar, and founder of the professional women's chapter of the International Women's Forum in Jordan.

In partnership with the Department of State, the Summit is being supported by Abercrombie & Kent, the Arab Bank, the Housing Bank for Trade & Finance, the International Women's Forum, the Marriott Corporation and Procter & Gamble.

2007/132, Released on February 26, 2007, Media Note, Office of the Spokesman, Washington, DC. February 26, 2007

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