Afaemme News

On the 10th Mediterranean Week of Economic Leaders, the Mediterranean Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCAME) has awarded the Mediterranean Prize to the president of the Association of Mediterranean Business Organizations (AFAEMME), María Helena de Felipe, for her contribution to the empowerment of women in the European region. Ascame awards each year the Mediterranean award to personalities, companies, foundations or entities whose actions have a positive impact on the development of the region and on the transmission of values.

The Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation analyses women’s local realities and public policies though consultations and dialogues at a grass-roots level; it sets up local clusters of gender equality actors every year.

AFAEMME vice presidents Dra Amany Asfour and Dra Samira Hadmilijani, will be present at the conference Businesswomen of 22 Arab and African nations among them Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Libya, Tunisia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Syria, Algeria, Ethiopia, Senegal, Guinea, Nigeria, Gambia, Zambia, Tanzania, Mali, Cameroon, Rwanda and Yemen. Exhibition will be on the 2nd - 5th of November 2016, which will include the exhibits of many successful female business owners as well as a fashion and folkloric show on the 4th of November.

As member of the SwitchMed International High Level Jury of experts, AFAEMME was invited to take part to the SwitchMed Connect, an annual gathering of Mediterranean stakeholders with the aim to build synergies, exchange knowledge and scale up eco and social innovations, which was launched for the first time in October 2015. The need for a more sustainable production and consumption emerged from the various meetings and workshops. Nowadays, our Mediterranean region has to afford a huge pressure from the new emerging threats, like the climate change.