“Facilitating the access of young women to the labor market, by promoting entrepreneurship in universities”

The division of Social and Civil Affairs of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) has labeled the new project of AFAEMME which will impact women in Jordan, Morocco, Palestine and Spain.

“Facilitating the access of young women to the labor market, by promoting entrepreneurship in universities” was labeled by the Senior Officials during its last meeting in September in Barcelona. It will be developed by AFAEMME and four of its member associations: AFEM, the Moroccan Businesswomen Association; JFBPW, the Jordan Forum for Business and Professional Women; the Ramallah Club of Business and Professional Women; and ACEE, the Catalan Association of Business and Professional Women.

This new project will promote self-employment and entrepreneurship among young women university students who are about to graduate in Morocco, Jordan, Palestine and Spain, through organizing different Women Entrepreneurship Days in these countries, and by providing the women university students with free advice to create new businesses. The Women Entrepreneurship Days will consist of seminars on self-motivation; key basics for setting up a company, legislative issues and business planning with a gender perspective, risk assessment and coaching for entrepreneurship, informative sessions about national entrepreneurship incentives, networking with encounters, role models and a talent searching contest.

By implementing this project, talented women we be spotted in the universities and assisted to become future businesswomen. The project will contribute towards the sustainable development of the countries’ economies by having talented women business owners, and to more equality in terms of women/men-led companies.