Women’s Day blog article contest set

To mark International Women’s Day 2019 on March 8, Afkarech Foundation is hosting a competition for women in the Kingdom (aged from sixteen years and upwards) by inviting them to pen a blog article using the theme #balanceforbetter.  The theme this year for IWD is #balanceforbetter where the organisation is inviting all women interested in writing from age sixteen and up to create a blog using the theme from 500- 800 words where all those shortlisted will appear on  Afkarech Blog.

The winner will receive a gift worth 100BD (265USD). All applicants must submit their blog article by emailing to mariam@afkarech.com in English before March 8.  

Mariam Alammadi founder of  Afkarech, said: “The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘Balance for better’. Balance is not a women’s issue, it’s a business issue.

The race is on for the gender-balanced boardroom, a gender-balanced government, gender-balanced media coverage, a gender-balance of employees, more gender-balance in wealth, gender-balanced sports coverage. “Gender balance is essential for economies and communities to thrive. Collective action and shared responsibility for driving a gender-balanced world are key.

International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, while also marking a call to action for accelerating gender balance.”