Celebrating Entrepreneurship
The Woman|June 2017

The British embassy recently hosted Women in Business After Tea at the Ambassador’s residence. A report.

Celebrating Entrepreneurship

Jonathan Wilks CMG, British Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, Malak Al Shaibani, Director General of National Business Centre, alongside British Entrepreneur Rekha Mehr MBE hosted a Women in Business Afternoon Tea at the Ambassador’s Residence recently.

Over the past four decades, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has encouraged the women of Oman to work side by side with men and pursue their careers, ensuring they have the same rights to education and employment.

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