Clinton promotes women entrepreneurs in Muslim world

[LeighAnn]

Source: AFP

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday announced business initiatives to benefit women in Muslim countries as part of a broader drive this week to promote US-Muslims economic ties.

"What we're doing is trying to pry open those doors of opportunity for more people to walk through, more people in Muslim-majority countries and more women specifically," Clinton told a breakfast gathering.

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The chief US diplomat promised, for example, to pair women entrepreneurs in Muslim countries with US business mentors who will offer them up to six weeks of training in California's hi-tech Silicon Valley.

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Also this week, Clinton announced the launch of the Global Entrepreneurship Program's first pilot program, in Muslim-majority Egypt, coordinated by a team of entrepreneurs sponsored by the US Agency for International Development.

"We will soon launch our second program in Indonesia, and we plan to expand to a dozen countries within the next two years," Clinton said during meetings with entrepreneurs on Tuesday.


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[SkyDaddy7]

1. You go girl!

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. What about the millions of Muslims in the USA?

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and not to rain on her parade too much

there may be a few Muslims upset about the indiscriminate slaughter of their relatives by the invasions/occupations of their mother countries by the USA . . .

ya think?

:freak: