1. Tamkeen’s Role in
Women Economic
Empowerment in the Kingdom
of Bahrain
Sunday, 25th May 2014
Hala Sulaiman
Senior Manager and Head of
Marketing Communications
Tamkeen (Bahrain)
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Bahrain Map and location in the Gulf

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Total Population Projected for 2014 : 1,316.5
2011 Stats :
Total : 1,195,020 Male: 741,483 Female: 453,357
Bahraini : 584,688 Male: 295,878 Female: 288,810
Non-Bahraini : 610,332 Male: 445,605 Female: 164,727
Total Work Force : 666,629 (by end of fourth quarter of 2013)
Bahrainis : 152,473 Non-Bahrainis 514,156
Public Sector : 66,811
Bahrainis : 56,865 Non-Bahrainis 9,946
Private Sector : 496,090
Bahrainis : 95,608 Non-Bahrainis 400,482
Domestic Workers : 103,728
Kingdom of Bahrain : Area : 765.3 km²

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One Objective of Tamkeen
Creation of an environment conducive to
increasing Bahraini women
inclusion in the labour market.
One of Tamkeen’s functions and competencies
Contribution to the removal of obstacles
that limit women participation in the labour force.
Tamkeen’s role in supporting women

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Tamkeen’s Staff
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The female
employees are
approximately
equal to male
employees
Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Male Staff 16 17 17 17 25 27 30 30
Female Staff 11 15 16 22 30 31 32 33
Female % 41% 47% 48% 56% 55% 53% 52% 52%
Total 33 32 27 39 55 58 62 63
Tamkeen Staff
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
16 17 17 17
25 27
30 30
11
15 16
22
30 31 32 33
Male Staff
Female Staff

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Tamkeen's Female staff
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Females in professional and
managerial positions reached 79%
Total No. of Female Staff
33
Female staff in professional
and managerial positions
26
Percentage of female staff in
professional and managerial
positions 79%
Tamkeen Female Staff in Professional and
Managerial Positions
0
10
20
30
40
Total No. of Female
Staff
Female staff in
professional and
managerial positions
Tamkeen Female Staff in
Professional and Managerial
Positions

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Tamkeen’s business trips
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Years Total Male Female
Percentage of
Female
2006 22 15 7 31.80%
2007 9 5 4 44.40%
2008 15 12 3 20.00%
2009 24 14 10 41.60%
2010 34 21 13 38.20%
2011 22 15 7 31.80%
2012 18 14 4 22.22%
2013 28 14 14 50.00%
Business trips for female employees

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Training and development
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Year Total Males Females
Percentage of
Female
2006 28 12 16 57.10%
2007 48 23 25 52.10%
2008 41 23 18 43.90%
2009 34 8 26 76.40%
2010 43 17 26 60.40%
2011 45 14 31 68.80%
2012 33 12 21 63.64%
2013 59 23 36 61.02%
Training for Tamkeen female staff

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Female Beneficiaries – Human Capital Development
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No. of Female Beneficiaries in
Human Capital Development Programmes up to December 2013
Programme Female
Beneficiaries
Male
Beneficiaries
Total No. of
Beneficiaries
Work Readiness and Corporate
Culture
15,416 14,146 29,562
Fund Training and Development 17,923 18,220 36,143
Provide Management and Leadership
Training
1,360 1,483 2,843
Development Workforce Intermediary 3,946 3,401 7,347
Support Entrepreneurship in
Educational Institutions
667 737 1,404
Total 39,312 37,987 77,299

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TEXT
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Human Capital Development Expenditure for Women
Amount Spent on Female Beneficiaries in
Human Capital Development Programmes up to December of 2013
Programme
Spend on Female
Beneficiaries
BHD / US $
Spend on Male
Beneficiaries
BHD / US $
Total
BHD / US $
Work Readiness and Corporate Culture 3,103,555
8,231,164.22 USD
2,847,879
7,553,067.28 USD
5,951,434
15,784,231.49 USD
Fund Training and Development 25,692,834
68,141,836.00 USD
26,118,587
69,271,006.54 USD
51,811,421
137,412,842.54 USD
Provide Management and Leadership
Training
1,458,561
3,868,355.84 USD
1,590,475
4,218,214.57 USD
3,049,036
8,086,570.41 USD
Development Workforce Intermediary 18,136,483
48,101,087.26 USD
15,631,570
41,457,625.09 USD
33,768,053
89,558,712.35 USD
Support Entrepreneurship in Educational
Institutions
258,202
684,796.33 USD
285,299
756,662.25 USD
543,501
1,441,458.58 USD
Total 48,649,635
129,027,239.65
USD
46,473,810
123,256,575.72
USD
95,123,445
252,283,815.37
USD

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Women beneficiaries - Business Support Programmes
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Programme Male Female Total Female percentage (%)
Enterprise Development Programme 6,129 2,387 8,516 28.0
Finance Scheme 3,722 2,824 6,546 43.1
ICT Finance Scheme 50 - 50 0.0
Fashion Design - 88 88 100.0
Transportation - 50 50 100.0
Photography - 15 15 100.0
Mohasaba Scheme 835 365 1,200 30.4
Enterprise Support Fund 2,243 987 3,230 30.6
Entrepreneurs Netowking Events 1,117 1,288 2,405 53.6
Entrepreneurship Workshops 257 204 461 44.3
Fishermen Scheme 1,100 - 1,100 0.0
Farmers Scheme 484 6 490 1.2
Incubator Scheme 90 65 155 41.9
Diversification Support Scheme 2 2 4 50.0
e-Tendering Scheme 497 120 617 19.4
Feasibility Study 4 2 6 33.3
Preseeds Capital 13 3 16 18.8
+973 Scheme 46 62 108 57.4
Al Basta Scheme 76 120 196 61.2
Large Company Support 23 1 24 4.2
Mantoojati Scheme 2 3 5 60.0
Operationalize Business Scoring Model 22 - 22 0.0
Grand Total 16,711 8,593 25,304 34.0

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Tamkeen’s journey in Support of Women
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Tamkeen and Bahrain’s Supreme Council for Women
signs MOU for mutual cooperation

13. 13
HRH Princess Sabeeka Award
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Tamkeen wins
HRH Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al
Khalifa’s Prize for
Women Empowerment

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Signing with Bahrain Women Union
TEXT
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To train Bahraini women in basic
computer applications. The BWU
will provide training in basic
computer skills to around 900
Bahraini women, in addition to
training targeting around 5500
Bahraini female job seekers in the
local labour market.
All trainees must be Bahraini
nationals and over 18 years of age.
The total cost of this initiative is
BD136,700 (362,552.02 USD)
Tamkeen and the Bahrain Women Union
signed a memorandum of understanding.

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Tamkeen support women in Aviation
Tamkeen and Gulf Air encourage more Bahraini females to join the
National Carrier
Tamkeen and Gulf Air signed an agreement, during the Bahrain
International Air show, to encourage more Bahraini Nationals, especially
females, to join the national carrier in key customer-facing positions with a
major focus on opportunities to become members of the airline’s cabin
crew. The programme targetted 150 positions.

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KG wage subsidy scheme
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Tamkeen has signed with Bahrain University to train 300
teachers to acquire a diploma with a total cost of
BD540,000 (1,432,173.32 USD). 5 groups totalling 100
trainees has finished the training.
The programme has succeeded in
encouraging 50% of the applicants
to register in SIO to usualise the
benefits.
1559 female beneficiaries in different kindergarten
and received the monthly stipend for 2 consecutive
years. The total support reached BD 467,750
(1,240,553.84 USD)

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Tamkeen and inJAz in girls schools
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Tamkeen Employment Support Scheme
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10 female trainees
engineers to be
supported.
BD 4,500 (11,934.78 USD)
for 18 months
Total BD 81,000
(214,826.00 USD)

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Diversified Business Support Programmes
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20. Riyadat –Business Incubator
2020
Women
Incubator
Programme
budget is
BD500,000
1,326,086.41
USD
The programme
supports 60
entrepreneurs
to subsidise the
rent in Riyadat
Mall

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Photography scheme for Women
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The programme provided support
for 15 women to acquire
photography skills
Support
totaling
BD16,850
44,689.11
USD

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Fashion Design for Women
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The
programme
has provided
support to
serve 90
women
210,000 BD
556,956.29
USD
in support

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Transportation Scheme for Women
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The
programme
provided
support for 80
women to own
their own
vehicle

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Women Job seekers exhibition

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Supporting Bahrain Businesswomen Society
Train females
to acquire a
marketing
strategy to
market their
businesses
30
beneficiaries
served a with
total budget of
BD76,600
203,156.44
USD

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• Tamkeen Website: www.tamkeen.bh
• Bahrain Economic Development Board : http://www.bahrainedb.com
• Supreme Council for Women: www.scw.gov.bh
• Bahraini Businesswomen Society http://bahrainbusinesswomen.com/
• Business Professional Women Club Bahrain : http://bpwbahrain.com/
• Ministry of Culture : http://www.moc.gov.bh/en/
• Central Information Organisation : http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_eng/
• Labour Market Regulatory Authority: www.lmra.bh
Important Links and Websites