Arab Women
Leaders in Agriculture

Awareness and Willpower to Lead and Aspire

About AWLA

About AWLA

We are aware that the MENA region has a great wealth of talented women researchers. It is this potential whether realized or not, which mobilize our efforts to drive the best out of our Arab women researchers towards creating innovative solutions for the sustainability and prosperity of the agriculture future in the region and beyond.


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Words of Inspiration

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.
Maya Angelou
Poet, Civil Rights Activist

In the past women striving for leadership were looked upon as a novelty. Nowadays, because of the success of Arab women leaders, aspiring women now have the opportunity to succeed.
Habiba Al Marashi
Chairperson, Emirates Environmental Group UAE

Don’t train women just so you can say you trained them. Train them so they can really make a difference within the current communities they live in. Observe them and work with them in their everyday environment; this will really help you understand and help them address the challenges they face.
Lina Ismael
Assistant Researcher, Environmental Science, GVC, Palestine

It’s a matter of sustaining your confidence and finding the right resources to figure out how you can solve a problem.
Waffaa Odeh
PhD Student, Jordan

In research institutions and departments, you can’t have leaders that don’t understand science and you can’t have scientists that don’t understand leadership. We have to develop and promote a cohort of scientists that are well versed in the field of leadership and in what it takes to be a successful and impactful leader.
Dr. Ruwaya Alkendi
Assistant Professor, UAE University

Managed by

International Center for Biosaline Agriculture

Founded

Islamic Development Bank

Gates Foundation

CGIAR Research Program on Wheat