SCW Secretary-General among women of influence…

Hala Al Ansari, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Women, has been named one of the Women of Influence in the Arab World 2021 by the international CEO Magazine.

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Al Ansari was honored for her
contributions to creating and implementing strategies, programs, and projects to
advance Bahraini
women and maintain female representation in diverse fields.

According to the magazine, Al
Ansari seeks to track the execution of the National Strategy for the
Empowerment of Bahraini Women and the National Gender Balance Model, where she
helped to introduce and enforce a multi-faceted approach.

Al Ansari has worked in both the
public and private sectors. She began her career in telecommunications and
later rose to Head of Media Affairs at Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka Bint
Ibrahim Al-Khalifa, Wife of HM the King’s Office. She was assigned the Supreme
Council for Women’s Secretary-General.

She is a member of several
national and international institutions and committees.

Al Ansari holds a Master’s Degree
in Business Administration from the Golden Gate University in the US and a
diploma in leadership from the University of Oxford.

The women on this year’s Arab
world and Middle East list have significantly impacted their countries’
corporate and social environments.

The magazine is based on a simple
metric that tests women’s attempts to promote gender equality in identifying
the most prominent women.

The chosen women have diligently
committed to society’s leadership through example, empowerment, motivation, and
serving as a force for good.

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