Saida women workshop on leadership and use of knowledge

On the occasion of the World Youth Day, the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Education Committee, MP Bahia Hariri, sponsored a training workshop targeting girls, young women and women leaders at the Leadership and Communication Academy Center in Old Saida quarter. Addressing the science of leadership and the use of knowledge, the workshop was organized in partnership with the Hariri Foundation for Sustainable Human Development and the Lebanese American University. Among the lecturers, was LAU Assistant Vice President for External Communication and Civic Engagement, Elie Samya, who spoke about leadership and methods of leadership skills, in addition to Haidar Harmanani who addressed the use of modern technology in the transfer of knowledge. Over 30 beneficiaries attended the workshop, including women in leading positions, civil society activists, working women, directors and university and high school students from Saida and suburban areas. In her opening words, Hariri underlined the purpose of the activity which is to develop the role of women so that they can become more effective in the future. She added that the workshop is a call message to the youth to become part of the nation, part of Lebanon, the land of knowledge for the year 2020. (An Nahar, 15 August 2015)