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Can Tupperware Empower Iraqi Women?
01.02.12 | iraqWorld Economic ForumTupperwareRollins CollegeOrlandSEcretary of StateBabylon UniversityDr. Amel Abed Mohammed Alifemale leadershipwomen entrepreneurs
Tupperware revealed a new program last week dubbed Tupperware Global Links Program, a year-long program aimed at uplifting women entrepreneurs in Iraq, a move they hope will help foster economic growth. The company, a World Economic Forum (WEF) participant, developed the idea with the U.S. Secretary of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues and Rollins College.
The program will sponsor a female Iraqi professor for one year. The chosen professor will come to the U.S. for a year and 1) have an “externship” at Tupperware HQ in Orlando and 2) spend the year in residence at Rollins and participate in curriculum focused on entrepreneurship, women business ownership and financial self-sufficiency. The professor will then use the experience and knowledge gained to help train students back in Iraq.
Dr. Amel Abed Mohammed Ali, professor and head of the Department of Industrial Management in Babylon University’s College of Administration & Economics, will be the first professor in the program, which spans the calendar year.
