2016 Francophone Women’s Initiative Award goes to Sarya Hanna & Mariya Latte

Two Lebanese women won yesterday the first prize of the Francophone Women’s Initiative ‎Award for the year 2016. The first winner, Sarya Hanna was distinguished for her ‘Wonderful’ ‎project for the category of ‘emerging enterprises’, based on offering presents that are non-‎physical gifts. In parallel, Mariya Latte won for her ‘Jasmin and Rose’ project featuring  an ‎electronic balcony decoration service under the ‘distinctive idea’ category. Each winner received ‎a sum of USD 10 thousand. In the second place, came Ogri Nakad for her Synkers project, for ‎the category of ‘idea’, representing a developed educational tool for children. Also second, was ‎Tania Atallah for her ‘Fashion Art Photography’ project under the category of ‘emerging ‎enterprises’ which is bascially a school for teaching photography. Both winners received an ‎amount of USD 5 thousand each. During the ceremony, Michele Jean, Secretary General of La ‎Francophonie, citing a number of international reports, pointed out that global economy is now in ‎the hands of women. For his part, minister of economy and trade, Alan Hakim, boasted that ‎globally, the number of businesses created and run by women are double the number of those ‎established by men, representing as such 51% of public wealth. It should be noted, that the ‎women’s initiative award is organized by Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) in the ‎Middle East and Berytech, in cooperation with L’Orient Le Jour daily and Le Commerce Du ‎Levant magazine. (L’Orient Le Jour, September 29, 2016)‎

 

 

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