The empowerment is linked to the number of unregistered businesses run by women in the Middle East. According to Facebook, 63 percent of women in Saudi Arabia run unregistered businesses. If these businesses were counted, they would add an additional $12 trillion to the Gross National Product (GNP) by 2025, according to Facebook.
Training programs to launch in Saudia Arabia
So, Facebook is partnering with Sheraa Sharjah and Emirates Foundation in the UAE, and Ahead of the Cure in Egypt, to launch programs in Saudia Arabia that will help more women develop online businesses. While it's true that many women are using social media to brand their businesses, they are not using it correctly.
The training program will help women learn how to use social media to grow their businesses. The more women-owned businesses in Saudia Arabia who take advantage of the programs, the more their businesses will thrive and the more empowered women in the Middle East will become.
Read more at www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethmacbride/2017/04/30/facebook-launches-a-platform-to-train-women-business-owners-in-the-middle-east-should-it-do-more/#36f779f740fd
