The International Federation of Business and Professional Women, BPW Lebanon, organized its annual ceremony under the patronage of chief of the Council of Arab Businesswomen, Sheikha Hossa Saad al Abdallah Salem Al Sabah. The event saw the honoring of the director general of the ministry of economy and trade, Alia Abbas, and the director of the National News Agency, NNA, Laure Suleiman, who were handed the PWP Golden Card Award. On the occasion, Suleiman maintained that women are key partners in society, stressing that reinforcing their role to this end is the responsibility of all. She called on every Lebanese woman to have confidence in herself and her potentials and pursue education and knowledge in order to contribute to the advancement and development of her society. Abbas for her part, said: “Our meeting today with all the diverse experiences it embraces says again that women are capable of enriching their role, presence and aptitudes if they are given the opportunity...”. (Al Diyar, July 13, 2018)