Al Baraka Banking Group of Bahrain has been nominated by the Central Bank of Bahrain and the Supreme Council for Women as the Women’s Empowerment Partner for Islamic banking in the country for the year-long campaign to celebrate and promote the role of ‘Women in the Financial and Banking Sector’. The program is being organized under the patronage of Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, wife of the King and president of the SCW. The year-long campaign has already featured a series of events including a number of roundtable and town-hall sessions that have brought industry leaders and women of all levels within the sector together to discuss and debate topics of importance. These events culminate with a main “Women in the Financial and Banking Sector Conference” on 30 November 2015 in Bahrain. Al Baraka Banking Group is one of the largest international Islamic banks in the world. It has been a pioneer in leading innovation and growth in the industry and across all 15 countries in which it operates through a group of diversified subsidiaries. This includes the Islamic markets of the GCC and broader MENA region as well as Southeast Asia.
