13,000 women own 20,000 companies in UAE
Saturday June 02, 2012 10:24:14 PM,
WAM
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Abu Dhabi: The
number of Emirati businesswomen has crossed 13,000 who together
control over 20,000 business establishments in the country, an
official said.
According to the chairperson of the Emirates Business Women
Council and of the Abu Dhabi Businesswomen Council Eng, Fatima Al
Jaber, the women could prove their capability for economic
participation as a result of the economic renaissance in the
country.
Women could enter a number of new fields, which were believed to
be inaccessible for women such as investment and industry, and
prove their important role in the economic and social development,
she said.
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