Empowering women in the field of entrepreneurship is a mission that transcends the regulatory and legislative dimensions and depends on structural work within the Moroccan family and school, assured speakers at a symposium held in Geneva on Friday to mark International Women’s Day.
Achieving the desired equality in terms of women’s access to entrepreneurship and economic independence cannot be attained through technical measures but rather requires the social mobilization of all society around the idea that women’s economic participation is in the public interest, they said at the event organized by “Damane”, an association founded by a group of Moroccan skills in Switzerland.
Wadia Ait Hamza, an official at the World Economic Forum in Davos, pointed out that the cultural and educational dimension is crucial in shaping economic behavior, insisting that traditional values are not necessarily anti-equality.
The issue of equality in economic action is a global one, whatever the differences between experiences, he added, focusing in particular on the wage gap issue, a common denominator in most European countries.
Sana Afouaiz, founder of a support organization for women entrepreneurs, shared her experience working with women to launch entrepreneurial initiatives, stressing that psychological and societal obstacles are still discouraging.
Hasnaa Kassous, an activist in women’s empowerment, addressed the issue of boosting women’s developmental role from the perspective of unused capacities, highlighting the prospects offered by modern technologies in integrating women into the economic fabric.
Moderated by Geneva University Professor Christine Kaddous, the meeting was attended by Moroccan executives living in Switzerland and representatives of NGOs working in the fields of human rights and development.
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