Goal 5 / 5.3 / 5.3.3
Does your university as a body provide women’s access schemes?
5.3.3 Does your university as a body provide women’s access schemes?
Ahlia University in Bahrain is committed to empowering women through education and fostering an environment that not only stimulates creativity and innovation but also prepares female leaders who can advance and enrich the community culture.
One of Ahlia University's core missions is to provide an educational environment that encourages and nurtures creativity and innovation among all its students, including women. By doing so, the university aims to equip female students with the skills and knowledge they need to become catalysts for positive change in society.
Ahlia University goes a step further by offering dedicated support and assistance to female students, particularly in the field of entrepreneurship. This support aims to bolster the efforts of women in driving economic development. By providing resources, mentorship programs, and networking opportunities tailored to the specific needs and challenges faced by aspiring female entrepreneurs, the university empowers women to become active contributors to the economic prosperity of Bahrain and beyond.
By fostering creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship among women, Ahlia is helping to create a more equitable and prosperous future for all, where women play a pivotal role in shaping their communities and driving economic development.
Ahlia University's commitment to supporting and empowering women is a testament to its dedication to educational excellence and societal progress.
Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Scholarship
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The Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Foundation announces the names of students selected for the late His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Scholarship, may he rest in peace, along with the Her Highness Shaikha Moza bint Hamad Al Khalifa Scholarship under the Riyada Scholarship Program. This program offers numerous benefits, including covering university tuition fees, training and educational courses, internship opportunities, community service, and enjoyable and educational semester meetings.
The program aims to create an environment that fosters the development of youth potential, enhances their academic and educational level, and strengthens their abilities and skills, ultimately creating a new generation of youth capable of leadership and responsibility.
The total number of scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year amounts to 51 scholarships covering partner universities. We wish them all success and prosperity.
Participation in the Media Talent Awards 2023
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Student Zain Hassan talked about her participation in the Media Talent Awards 2023, and her arrival at the finals stage, noting that this participation was interesting as it refined her talent in the media aspect, specifically radio and television, and encouraged her to go out of the ordinary and experience several aspects in this field.
Top 5% of participants in Huawei Seeds for the Future 2023
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Zainab talked about her participation in Huawei Seeds for the Future 2023, which was held in Doha last September, where she was honored for excelling among the top 5% of participants, based on her performance with her team in the Tech4Good competition. According to this achievement, she was selected for a digital flight to China under the full sponsorship of Huawei, to represent the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the trip included a visit to Huawei's state-of-the-art facilities, other leading artificial intelligence facilities, a visit to MWCS24 in Shanghai, a visit to drones designed to operate on drones, and a visit to the MAWAN smart port.
Ambassador for Huawei
https://www.linkedin.com/school/ahlia-university/posts/
Student Shouq Al-Dhari spoke about her role as an ambassador for Huawei, and Shouq said that this taught her valuable lessons in balancing the study with extracurricular activities, pointing out that her role revolves around integrating what she learned from Huawei programs and courses into university curricula, and encouraging students to participate in the ICT competition and the ICT Academy. Shouq noted that she was responsible for promoting Huawei's initiatives and inspiring others to explore new opportunities in the technology industries, stressing the importance of guiding students towards professional growth while contributing to the development of a tech-friendly academic environment and linking education with innovation.
Participation in the HiPO program
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Student Esraa Al-Qattan participated in the HiPO program, presented by the Institute of Public Administration (BIPA), and the student Esraa said that this participation taught her valuable lessons in balancing all life obligations, as the student Esraa and her team won first place in the "Youth of Gold" award through a study they did under the title "The Role of Youth in Preserving National Values", and the student and her team underwent the 48-hour challenge, which they were able to win. The student, Israa, pointed out that this experience helped her a lot to develop the leadership, national and organizational side.
Huawei Seeds for the Future regional competition in Uzbekistan
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Dana expressed her pride in her recent participation in representing the Kingdom of Bahrain in the Huawei Seeds for the Future regional competition in Uzbekistan, with ten talented students from around the world, and said: "Representing Bahrain on the global stage is a historic achievement, the experience was rewarding and full of challenges, and we witnessed the skills of our colleagues, which motivated us to strive for excellence." Dana expressed her happiness that the Bahrain team reached the finals and received the award for the outstanding project. "I extend my sincere gratitude to Dr. Ahmed Al-Jadidi and Ms. Maha Saadoun for their tireless efforts in creating opportunities like this for Bahraini students, and I thank Julie Paul for her guidance throughout the program and our mentor Ammar Al-Natour for his valuable support in improving our project and presentation."
Student Yaqeen Ibrahim achieves first place in the "Startup Weekend" competition
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’With an innovation that contributes to supporting mothers with hearing disabilities’
The Interior Design Department at Ahlia University achieved a new milestone this week, as Yaqeen Ibrahim won first place in the "Startup Weekend" competition, a global competition that allows young people to present innovative solutions and establish startups within 54 hours.
Yaqeen Ibrahim presented an innovative idea aimed at helping mothers with hearing disabilities through a smart bracelet that vibrates when the baby cries, enabling mothers to wake up and take care of their babies while sleeping. This innovation was well received by the judges and participants, and Yaqeen and her team proved their ability to transform challenges into effective solutions that serve the community.
Startup Weekend is an annual event that brings together innovators and entrepreneurs to develop their ideas and turn them into actionable projects, and the victory of Yaqeen Ibrahim and her team is an important step towards supporting innovation in Bahrain, especially in the field of disability-friendly technology.
Yaqeen Ibrahim added after the win: "This event was a very special experience, it taught me a lot about teamwork and creative thinking. I feel proud to have been able to offer a practical solution that serves an important segment of society."
This achievement is the pride of Ahlia University and a vivid example of the ability of its students to shine and innovate in different fields.
Supporting and assisting female students at the university in the field of entrepreneurship to enhance the efforts women in the process of economic development:
After winning the Prime Minister's Award, Sara Najib: My next goal is the Dubai Press Award.’[1]
https://www.ahlia.edu.bh/cms4/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Issue-32.pdf
The journalist Sara Najib won the Prime Minister's Award for Journalism from Al-Ayam newspaper in the category of Best Interview, which she conducted with Mr. Jamal Fakhro. Sara stated, "The interview was based on constructive criticism," which qualified it for the award.
Najib is a journalist in the local news section of Al-Ayam newspaper and is a mother of two children, a son and a daughter. She graduated from the University of Bahrain with a degree in Media and Journalism. She is a board member of the Bahraini Journalists Association for two consecutive terms, serving as the head of the media committee. She is also a member of the Manama Narratives initiative and chairs the Public Relations Committee.
Women have secured all the research awards at the fourteenth doctoral conference.’[2]
The founding president and chairman of the Board of Trustees of Al-Ahlia University emphasized that the university's annual doctoral conference has played a significant role in highlighting and showcasing outstanding researchers who have demonstrated competitive capabilities on a global level. He commended the excellence and distinction exhibited by Bahraini women through their participation in the doctoral student conference and the joint doctoral program between Al-Ahlia University and Brunel University. He expressed his gratitude and appreciation for the efforts made by the faculty members of both universities in achieving this success.
Award-wining Female Researchers at the 14th Ph.D. W.R Symposium’[3]
https://www.ahlia.edu.bh/award-wining-female-researchers-at-the-14th-ph-d-w-r-symposium/
February 23, 2023
The Founding President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Ahlia University Prof. Abdullah Al Hawaj and the President of Ahlia University Prof. Mansoor Alaali confirmed that the Ph.D. symposium, organized annually by Ahlia University in collaboration with Brunel University, London, demonstrated distinguished and competitive researchers, noting that Bahraini women showed an excellent participation in presenting and discussing their scientific papers and studies that tackled the recent issues in order to find effective solutions and provide recommendations for future studies.
In her keynote, Dr. Zakeya Sanad shared her experience in the Ph.D. program. She is an active reviewer and won the ’Young Woman Researcher in Corporate Governance Award’ on 23rd January 2023. Dr. Zakeya provided tips to ease the phase of obtaining a Ph.D. degree. These tips illustrated the importance of listening to the supervisor’s advice, do not compare yourself to others, learning to rest not to quit if you get tired, and establishing a routine. Further pieces of advice confirmed the importance of submitting the research studies to at least 3 ’ 4 journals, participating in workshops and presenting the papers in conferences to receive comments and take advantage of the recommendations from the scientists and other researchers, joining different associations and bodies to be updated of the recent developments.
Ms. Aysha Aljawder discussed part of her research paper titled ’Assessing the adoption of Key Principles for a Sustainable Lean Interior Design in the Construction Industry: The Case of Bahrain’. She illustrated that the annual construction waste is expected to reach 2.2 billion tons globally by 2025, and 30% of building materials delivered to a construction site can end up as waste. Therefore, the study aimed to critically investigate potential factors influencing the effect of lean management for sustainable interior design in the public construction sector.
While Ms. Zainab Majed’s study focused on the effects of flipped classroom practice on improving students’ engagement when interpreting relations between geometrical shapes. The research had highlighted the benefits of collaborative learning practice and technology in the flipped classroom environment. In addition, the findings provided evidence of the positive effect of in-class collaborative working on students’ involvement, cohesiveness, and satisfaction. It also highly supported previous research, acknowledging that flipped classroom promote student motivation as a result of the active learning environment.
The study of Ms. Reem Syed Mansoor concluded that there is a relationship between technology, market accessibility, and market classifications. Hence, the financial markets with advanced technology and better market accessibility conditions are promoted to higher market classifications considering the better environment the provide to investors. This is measured through three factors such as market infrastructure, regulations, and openness to foreign ownership.
Ms. Maryam AlDhaen’s paper titled ’Artificial Intelligence enabled sustainable Banking Sector Ecosystem in Kingdom of Bahrain’, explained the relationship between AI and sustainable decision-making plan, as well as studied how the banking sector faced the challenges of AI. The study concluded that the adoption of AI in the system will lead to effective multiple managed decisions, better than the classical and traditional way.
Ms. Hanin AlDoy presented a literature review of her research which aimed at the emerging employee engagement concepts, the anchoring theories of the development of employee engagement, and the strategies and constructs of employee engagement in the workplace.
For her part, Ms. Maha AlSadoon discussed the benefits of using edge computing, which is represented in reduction of latency by processing the data closer to the costumer, providing more security than computing at the cloud because it is less vulnerable to numerous varieties of threats to its scope, sending data from edge to the cloud takes up spectral resources, there’s just not enough bandwidth for data transportation. Lastly, by processing data at the edge, you eliminate network reliability problems. The study concluded that cloud computing and edge computing are complementary and mutually reinforcing. Despite edge computing’s promise, vital issues still hinder its rapid implementation and development.
Female Researchers won the research awards, where Ms. Zainab Jaber won the best research paper and the second-best presentation, Ms. Reem Sayed Mansoor won the second-best scientific paper and Ms. Maha Al Sadoun won the first-best presentation.
Boxing Session (For Ladies Only)’[4]
https://www.ahlia.edu.bh/events/boxing-session-for-ladies-only/
College of Business and finance are cordially invites you to participate the ’Boxing Session’. Seats are limited with nominal fare, for registration Kindly contact Ms. Bibi almahdi via 17298986 or [email protected].
About the Instructor:
Manal Al Zayani, Chief Fitness Coach of the BurnBox is a Master personal trainer certified by European Institute of Fitness in the UK (2013) and a Health Coach certified by Institute of Integrative Nutrition in New York, USA (2014) with 10 years of experience in fitness and weight loss coaching field.
Yoga & Mindfulness session (Ladies Only)’[5]
https://www.ahlia.edu.bh/events/yoga-mindfulness-session-ladies-only/
College of Business and finance are cordially invites you to attend ’Yoga & Mindfulness session’. Seats are limited, for participations Kindly contact Ms. Bibi almahdi via 17298986 or [email protected].
About the session
Arima Journey is glad to offer Community at ahlia university a gentle yoga practice for all female to uplift their minds, bodies and souls. in this one Hour session, we will breathe, meditate and practice various heart opener yoga poses to cultivate self-love. yogis will float into the rest of their day feeling centered, energized and relaxed.
About Arima Journey for Yoga & Mindfulness
Arima Journey aims to promote mental and physical fitness through blending the powerful practices of yoga and mindfulness. Therefore, the session will offer the yogis a mindful space to reconnect to the soul, to breathe, to meditate, to move, to relax and to find calm in the chaos!
About the Founder Amira Hachem
Her educational background is replete with degrees from the Lebanese American University in Beirut. She has earned an MA Degree in Educational Management and a BS Degree in Business Marketing. Internationally, she successfully completed a Literacy Coach Certification from Teacher’s College Columbia University in New York, USA.
She is a genuine educator with over 20 years of experience in private schools/universities within the Middle East. In June 2021, she decided to craft a new career path and founded
’Arima Journey for Yoga & Mindfulness’. Currently, she is a full-time ’Yogipreneur’ and in September 2022, Arima Journey has been officially registered as a Yoga & Mindfulness company in the Kingdom of Bahrain under the Commercial Registration 157250 Certified by Yoga Alliance, she has successfully completed these certifications:
’ 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT)
’ 95-hour Kids Yoga
’ 20-hour Continuing Education, Yin Yoga
She is also completed the following Mindfulness coursework and certifications:
’ 8-week ’Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction’ certification course
’ The Mindful Teacher’ certification with Mindful Schools in USA
The occasion of the Founding Anniversary of the Supreme Council for Women’[6]
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"On the anniversary of the establishment of the Supreme Council for Women, we all at Al Ahlia University remember the numerous achievements accomplished under the inspiring leadership of Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, the wife of His Majesty the King and the President of the Supreme Council for Women. She has elevated women to the highest leadership positions in various institutions in the Kingdom and granted women many rights and privileges. This has positioned the Kingdom of Bahrain among the advanced countries in empowering women and realizing their ambitions and aspirations.
At Al Ahlia University, we draw inspiration from the activities of the Council to continue our efforts in empowering women as professors, administrators, students, and graduates. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities in all university faculties and departments and to overcoming any obstacles that may hinder the success and aspirations of women.
Dr. Abdullah Al-Hawaj"
Seminar on the Future of Gulf Media’[7]
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Participation of media and public relations students in the fifteenth Gulf Radio and Television Festival "Seminar on the Future of Gulf Media."
Ninth Gulf Conference for Human Development’[8]
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Participation of students and graduates of Al-Ahliyya University in the Ninth Gulf Conference for Human Development, titled "Individual Performance Measurement System and Institutional Excellence."
Zainat Doulari has earned a Master's degree with distinction and received the first-class honors from Al-Ahlia University.’[9]
Researcher Zainat Doulari has obtained a Master's degree with distinction and first-class honors from the Department of Media and Public Relations at Al-Ahlia University. Her thesis was titled "Public Attitudes Towards Digital Advertising Campaigns in the Ministry of Municipalities and Agriculture." The study aimed to explore the public's attitudes towards digital advertising campaigns in government institutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain, with the Ministry of Municipalities and Agriculture as a case study. The research was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Abdul Sadeq Hasan.
The student Marwa Jameel has received an award for the best editing, best directing, and best cinematography in a distinguished and unique event.’[10]
Al-Ahlia University's "Business" department is organizing yoga sessions for female students and employees.’[11]
A number of female employees and students from the College of Administrative and Financial Sciences at Al-Ahlia University participated in yoga sessions led by the professional trainer Amira Hashem. These sessions are aimed at promoting physical and mental well-being by reducing stress and enhancing mental health. The goal is to encourage female students and employees to engage in physical activities that positively impact their academic and overall lives.
Women working in the deanship of admission and registration center, scholarship admission’:
Female Qualify Staff’[12]
AU has quality staff working in collaboration with Directorate of Admission & Registration, Directorate and staff of admissions makes decisions regarding applications, apply forms in the admissions process, both the administrative staff and the coordination are women, the purpose of this unit is to evaluate and choose the applications that meet the admission requirements taking into account gender equity and regardless of race, color, religion, nationality or psyche or learning disability.
For Ahlia University, equity and equality are fundamental bases in its policies, these help to improve the training of professionals, in addition to implementing them within the teaching staff at the facilities, it can be observed that the policies established in the university do not discriminate between women and men because there is a mutual balance.
CENTRE FOR MEASUREMENT & EVALUATION’[13]
https://www.ahlia.edu.bh/center-for-measurement-evaluation/
The responsibilities of the Centre for Measurement & Evaluation (CME) include the creation of policies, the generation of questionnaires and interview surveys, the distribution, collation and interpretation of the results of these questionnaires and any other forms of qualitative and quantitative measures that can help collect and produce data that are important to Ahlia University.
In this case, they are in charge of carrying out the process of measuring the application, admission and completion rate of women who want and study at university, in order to generate possible analyzes and with this generate strategies, if required to include better for women in the education.
The Centre is monitoring the views of alumni and alumnae on the quality of their educational experiences at Ahlia University. Surveys is conducted to gauge the adequacy of the infrastructure, for pilot projects envisioned for the future and any other issues that the Management or the Centre Members view as noteworthy. The data is used for the purposes of improving the quality of teaching and learning, for the evaluation of faculty and staff (including self-assessment), and for gauging the opinions of the faculty and other employees on issues that the Management deems important. The Centre is supervised by an Academic Council consisting of seven members and chaired by Prof. Kailash Madan, Adviser to President for Measurement and Evaluation.
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Ahlia University has a policy of equity and equality which promotes acceptance and belonging regardless of the factors immersed in people such as skin color, disability, age, employment status, national, etc. Therefore, the Center for Measurement and Evaluation (CME) is in charge of developing the acceptance forms which contain equal treatment for both men and women, within this center they are in charge of admissions, applications and acceptances of the participants.
In addition, the Center for Measurement and Evaluation (CME) effectively develops admissions interviews to counteract the established gap between men and women, so that women also have the possibility of being additive within Ahlia University. Regarding the completion rate of studies at Ahlia University are the tuition discounts which can be accessed if the necessary requirements are presented:
In 2021 Professor Abdullah Yousef Al-Hawaj, founding president and chairman of the board of directors of Al-Ahlia University, considered that scholarships would have 50% less in tuition and that to achieve more empowerment and activity of women in the university the number of scholarships that will be offered to women will be larger to contribute more to gender equality.
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Bahraini Women’s Day’[14]
https://www.instagram.com/p/CILR0KoLD4_/
Professor Mansoor Al Aali, Ahlia, University President invited’ Ahlia University’s celebration of The Bahraini Women’s Day 2020.
Hackathon for Bahraini women’[15]
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2t0qOYHDIk/
Ahlia University, supports and promotes the participation of women in events such as the Hackathon for Bahraini women, which aims are to: Discover and enhance the talents and abilities of Bahraini women and enble them to become professionals in the technical fields according to the best internatonal standards. Motiva Baharaini women to join the field of software development and program design. Development women’s technical skills to create smart solutions that simulates the latest events in the world. Deploy the field of designing and developing applications and inventions to benefit the advancement of Bahraini women.:
Ahlia celebrates International Women's Day [16]
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9eWynIBVPu/
Noon" women's exhibition for Arabic Calligraphy’[17]
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuKKixkBkUI/
Under the patronage of Professor Abdullah bin Yousef Al-Hawaj, founding president of the Ahlia University and chairman of its Board of Trustees, the "Noon" women's exhibition for Arabic calligraphy was launched next Saturday evening, organized by Bahraini calligraphers, at the gate of the Financial Harbor.
The Bahrain Calligraphy Exhibition evoked artworks prepared by Bahraini women, who numbered 18 female artists. Their works address multiple issues related to Bahraini women and their achievements and tenders.
Professor Abdullah bin Yousef Al-Hawaj opened the exhibition next Saturday, with a number of artistic and academic elites in the Kingdom, in a unique event that reflects the comprehensiveness of the Bahraini female calligrapher's experience, and presents a wide range of distinguished female talents, and sheds light on the creative skills of Bahraini calligraphers.
Equal Opportunities Conference’[18]
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Under the patronage of Her Excellency Mrs. Fawzia bint Abdullah Zainal, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Equal Opportunities Conference was inaugurated today, Tuesday, which was held by Al Ahlia University in partnership with Brunel University in Britain to address this year the fields of sustainability and future studies
The conference was attended by HE Representative Abdul Nabi Salman, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament. And a number of local and international dignitaries.
4th Equal Opportunities’[19]
https://www.ahlia.edu.bh/4th-equal-opportunity-conference/
Ahlia University, is organizing the 4th Equal Opportunities that will be carried out continuing with the objective of the previous versions, about the opportunities that women have in the different areas and how they have managed to enter them, from different strategies.
Program about Equal Opportunities’[20]
https://www.ahlia.edu.bh/equal-opportunity-in-business-and-society-conference/programme/
The Kingdom of Bahrain is at the forefront of Equal Opportunities in different walks of life. Effort in equality between men and women in business and society is a remarkable achievement by Bahrain when compared to other countries. The Conference on Equal Opportunity in Business and Society is a collaborative research endeavor between Ahlia University and Brunel University. This conference a testimony to the current success as well as a lever to move forward with the equality agenda. There is a bouquet of expertise who will present empirical studies on equal opportunities in several areas and a selection of interactive workshops. This first day of this 2-day event was about real studies on equality issues in business and society. The papers showed the results of these studies and what lessons can be learned for future works. The second day offered three parallel workshops on new methods in Qualitative Research. The workshop facilitated to provide hands-on learning experiences for expert and novice researchers in new powerful methods for research into equal opportunities.
SCWomenInTech Incubation program & virtual challenge’[21]
https://www.facebook.com/ahliauniversitybh/photos/1104063509977256/
Ahlia University supported the event organized to inspired & launch a digital solution with #SCWomenInTech Incubation program & virtual challenge, for women.
Ahlia University with a fundamental policy on equity and equality offers’[22]
Ahlia University with a fundamental policy on equity and equality offers, mentions and recognizes the work of women in its institution.
For Ahlia University, reciproity is paramount in its work, acceptance, socialization, etc. Within the institution there is non-discrimination where students and teachers are not judged based on their gender, skin color, religion, etc.
Therefore, the access plans within the university for women are derived in administrations, scholarships, recognitions, honorable mentions, discounts on academic enrollment, mentoring, etc.
The role of women at Ahlia University is taken into account by the directors, providing them with different means of access and promotion which lead to events, conferences, talks, strategies.
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