Let’s Celebrate Girls and Women Everywhere
It’s important to take a moment to evaluate where we’ve been, where we stand, and where we want to be in the subject of gender equality which is an issue …
Spreading Awareness for Gender Equality: UN Women Sponsored an Exchange Visit to SEKEM
In the framework of achieving gender equality by empowering women, representatives of NGO’s and companies from Upper Egypt were invited by UN Women to visit SEKEM. SEKEMs Gender Strategy that …
Communication and Leadership Skills Training for SEKEM Co-Workers
As a follow up on trainings with female workers from the two SEKEM companies ISIS Organic and NatureTex in 2015 in the context of the project “Empowering Women for a …
SEKEMs Board of Directors: This is Elfrieke van Galen
Next to Dr. Ibrahim and Helmy Abouleish, the SEKEM Board of Directors has seven other members. Four times a year, the board meets in SEKEM to discuss the situation of …
People in SEKEM: Walaa Mohamed
Although she seems to be in her early twenties, something serious and certain lies in her lovely smile. Walaa Mohamed, a young employee working at NatureTex, SEKEMs company for Organic textiles, …
People in SEKEM: Boshra Elwan
When entering the facilities of ISIS Organic, SEKEMs company for Organic food and beverages, you will find, most probably, a confident, active and smiling woman around. This is Boshra Elwan, Quality …
Female Carpenters and Male Kindergarten Teachers: SEKEM Celebrated Girls’ Day
On March 8, the international women’s day, SEKEM organized for the second time a special event for girls and boys as well, referring to gender equality in working life. “One …
People in SEKEM: Hanem Mahmoud Youssef
Hanem Mahmoud is the first woman managing one of the departments in SEKEMs Vocational Training Center. “I appreciate that everything in SEKEM is connected somehow and arts play an essential …
A society with two wings – SEKEM celebrates Equality
On the 13th of September SEKEM launched its Gender Strategy for a Balanced Society in an official event with a lot of high profile guests and emotional speeches. When entering …
Event: Celebrating Equality – SEKEM launches its Gender Strategy
Since the very beginning, SEKEM (and all its institutions) is focussing on gender equality and diversity. Still, in 2015 SEKEM started to formulate a dedicated strategy within the project to empower women …
People in SEKEM: Asmaa Mohammed Ibrahim
First and foremost, my family is my life. But my work, too, contributes a lot to the fact that I am very happy with it“, Asmaa Mohammed Ibrahim confidently states. The …
NatureTex’ Team of Women Visits Heliopolis University
The team of young female employees who seek to support the situation of women on the job at SEKEMs NatureTex plant now paid their friends at the Heliopolis University a …