Inauguration of a new advanced women training center in Saida || Newspapers

Swiss Ambassador to Lebanon Rose Flint inaugurated yesterday, Thursday 11th of October, a training center for women of Saida. The center is targeting poor and displaced women, from all nationalities, who have difficulty finding work and will provide them with specialized training in computer work, nursing, math and entrepreneurial skills and other technical skills in the demand by the job market.
This center was set up in collaboration with the Danish Refugee Council and Forum of Palestinian Women in Lebanon. A study was carried out before hand to assess the needed skills in the job market. The study surveyed 1,239 women in Sidon and found that professionalism and life skills are what employers seek in job candidates. It also indicated that the market is over saturated with typical women occupations such as beautician, hairdresser and caterer and that there is a clear demand for accounting, health and business skills. (The Daily Star)