On October 24th in Amman, Jordan, our 20 young women entrepreneurs who participated in the Fellowship pitched to a panel of judges at Zain’s Innovation Campus at the King Hussein Business Park. From that group of startup founders, just a handful would be chosen to win cash prizes to help grow their businesses. Later that […]
Month: October 2015
The Fellowship for Young Women Entrepreneurs provided top-notch entrepreneurial training for highly successful young female business owners. At the same time, as an Open Hands Initiative program, cultural exchange and exposure comprised central elements of the Fellowship. During the Jordan program, the fellows and staff embarked on rich mini-excursions around the country: touring the Amman Citadel and […]
Open Hands Initiative is proud of all the women entrepreneurs who pitched their ideas at a Demo Day hosted by Zain at their Zinc Innovation Campus on October 24. The day featured concise pitches from outstanding American and Jordanian women entrepreneurs who had just undergone a week-long bootcamp course on entrepreneurship. After hearing from experts on […]
Open Hands Initiative was honored to host Dr. Abeer Dababneh, Director of the Center for Women’s Studies at the University of Jordan and trailblazer in women’s empowerment, for a dinner discussion on overcoming gender stereotypes in the workplace. Dr. Abeer works at the forefront of the women’s movement in Jordan, and advocates for increased female agency in the social, political […]
On the first day of the entrepreneurial bootcamp that forms the core of training for the Fellowship for Young Women Entrepreneurs, the founders heard from two very special Jordanian guests about what makes a great company–and a great entrepreneur. “A Day in the Life of a Startup Founder” featured Lina Hundaileh, a serial entrepreneur and chocolate baroness, […]