[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Women Create History in JCCI Poll

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Thursday, 1, December, 2005 (29, Shawwal, 1426)


      Women Create History in JCCI Poll
      Maha Akeel, Arab News 
        
            

            Lama Al-Sulaiman and Nashwa Taher who created history by getting 
elected to the JCCI board in the historic elections.    
            
      JEDDAH, 1 December 2005 - Two women - Lama Al-Sulaiman and Nashwa Taher - 
created history yesterday by winning election to the board of directors of the 
Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 

      In highly surprising and exciting results to the extremely competitive 
elections, the Lejeddah group, which included Lama Al-Sulaiman and Nashwa 
Taher, swept the 12 seats in the elections. A total of 17 women ran in the 
historic elections, but no one expected any of them to win. It was the first 
time ever that women were elected to the JCCI board.

      "I'm excited and exhausted," Al-Sulaiman told Arab News. "I'm still in a 
shock. I worked hard and went for a win but I also gave myself a leeway so as 
not to be disappointed if I didn't win." She hopes that by winning she would be 
able to do her part as a businesswoman on the board and help in opening the 
door for future participation of women in business.

      Taher, who helps run a group of family companies with interests ranging 
from foodstuffs to contracting, said, "This means there is trust (in women). 
Professionalism is very important ... And this is my message to Saudi women: 
Take your work seriously, without forgetting your role as a mother and wife."

      "We should give them (women) a chance because they have little 
representation in society," one male voter had said on Tuesday, adding that he 
had voted for four women.

      Taher, 44, attributed her success to the support of both her parents and 
husband, as well as her own perseverance.

      The fact that women, who previously were entitled only to vote for the 
Jeddah chamber's board, stood as candidates "was also an unique event which 
contributed to making this election unusual," said Othman Basaqr, a member of a 
task force which assisted the elections committee.

      "This is what everybody seems to be telling me," Al-Sulaiman said when 
asked if she felt she had made history.

      Many observers of the elections expected members of the Lejeddah group to 
win most of the seats due to their early start and well organized campaign. The 
group listed six nominees under the commerce sector and six under the 
industrialist sector. They ran on a seven-point platform: Developing Jeddah's 
economic environment, supporting small establishments, reviewing and 
facilitating government procedures, supporting businesswomen, supporting 
Saudization, supporting the chamber's initiatives nationally and 
internationally, and developing the chamber administratively and technically. 

      The final tally of the votes was: Under commerce sector - Ziyad Al-Bassam 
with 1,475 votes, Mohammed Al-Fadhl 1,248, Lama Al-Sulaiman 1,138, Nashwa Taher 
1,015, Sami Bahrawi 943 and Abdul Ghani Sabbagh with 920 votes. 

      Under the industrialist sector the tally was - Mohammed Jameel with 1,946 
votes, Saleh Binladin 1,658, Mazin Batarji 1,389, Abdullah Al-Muallimi 13,48, 
Mohyeddin Kamil 1,320 and Saleh Al-Turki with 1,268 votes. 

      The Lejeddah group made a statement thanking God for their success, the 
voters for their confidence and the team members for their hard work. They also 
thanked Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah for providing the 
opportunity for the citizens to serve the commercial and industrial sectors. 
They thanked Makkah region governor, the minister of commerce and the public 
for their support, especially of women, and they reitgerated their commitment 
to the country's Islamic values.

      The final tally of the votes was not announced until the early hours of 
yesterday morning. Although the counting of the votes was electronically done 
except for the last 120, the unprecedentedly large number of voters contributed 
to the delay in the announcement which everyone expected to be made by Tuesday 
evening. 

      Five of the winners are members of the previous board of directors. The 
other seven are new to the board. The Ministry of Commerce will appoint six 
members to the 18-member board. This election was distinguished in being the 
first to include women candidates, to have the largest number of candidates and 
attracting the largest number of voters ever.

      Some 21,000 members of the Jeddah chamber, or about half the total 
membership, were eligible to take part in the polls. Election officials said 
both the turnout and the number of candidates were a record in the chamber's 
60-year history.

      In their campaigns, both Al-Sulaiman and Taher vowed to back a center 
that assists businesswomen and to help women working from home.

      Victory "means we will have more work ... There's a lot for us to learn, 
but I'm sure we will manage," said Al-Sulaiman, who holds a doctorate in 
nutrition from King's College in London.

      - With input from agencies
     


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