The Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation chaired by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and vice chaired by Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel has sponsored and supported the "Training for Employment" initiative involving women sales employees and shop supervisors in partnership with Alnahda Women's Charitable Society.
This project represents the shared objectives of the Alwaleed Foundation and Alnahda Women's Charitable Society toward the economic empowerment of women, especially in training for employment.
Supporting the Ministry of Labor’s decision to employ women sales employees in certain types of shops shops, the foundation in partnership with the society are working on training women who wish to be employed in sales.
This project aims to train and develop potential female employees in the areas of sales and management using an entire team of trained specialists and experienced instructors under the direct supervision of Alnahda Society.
Alnahda Society has trained 130 women sales employees and shop supervisors in sales and the basics of accounting, marketing, customer service, performance assessment, and computer skills. In addition, the training included courses in basic English related to sales and customer service.
The Alwaleed Foundation’s Women Empowerment Initiative aims to support the greatest number of institutions that are active in raising awareness of women's legal rights, an initiative overseen by Nora Al-Malki, executive manager for local projects.
The initiative supports vocational training programs for aspiring career women across various fields, as well as helping women on limited incomes learn to design handicrafts. The initiative covers women with various levels of education, including those with postgraduate degrees, those with no university education and those with no primary education.
Alwaleed Foundation, charity support training females
