Hitachi Energy to appoint Andreas Schierenbeck as new Chief Executive Officer, Claudio Facchin to step down on June 30, 2024

Zurich, March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hitachi Energy today announced that Andreas Schierenbeck will be appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2024. Claudio Facchin, Hitachi Energy CEO, will step down at the end of June 2024. Andreas will engage with the Hitachi Energy Board, Executive Team and Claudio to ensure a smooth transition prior to the handover on July 1, 2024.

Andreas joins Hitachi Energy from HH2E, a new green-hydrogen production company, where he is currently co-founder and board member. He previously worked as CEO of Uniper from 2019 to 2021, where he launched the company’s decarbonization strategy. Prior to that he was the CEO of thyssenkrupp Elevator, where he led the transformation of the company into a global leader leveraging digital technology from 2013 to 2018. Between 1992 and 2012, Andreas held various management positions within Siemens, including President and CEO of Siemens Building Technologies in the US between 2010 and 2012 and Senior Vice President in the Siemens electric utility sector in Switzerland. He holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the TU Dresden and an Advanced Management Certificate from Harvard University in the US. Andreas is a German citizen.

“I would like to welcome Andreas to Hitachi Energy to lead the next phase of exciting growth for the business. I would also like to express my appreciation to Claudio for his great leadership transitioning and transforming the company over the last four years from the carve-out of ABB’s Power Grids business through the Hitachi ABB Power Grids Joint Venture (JV) into Hitachi Energy, a fully-owned subsidiary of Hitachi Group”, said Keiji Kojima, Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO of Hitachi, Ltd. “I look forward to continuing to support Hitachi Energy’s growth plan under the leadership of Andreas, and I wish Claudio all the best for the journey ahead.”

“Following a planned transition and a thorough selection process, we have appointed Andreas Schierenbeck as the successor to Claudio Facchin”, said Alistair Dormer, Chair of Hitachi Energy and Executive Vice President, Executive Officer and General Manager of Green Energy & Mobility Strategy Planning Division, Hitachi Ltd. “Claudio can be proud of his four years as CEO, and it has been a pleasure working with him during the past two years, supporting him and the Executive Team to deliver the transformation into Hitachi Energy, the leading power grids technology and solution provider. The Hitachi Energy 2030 growth plan centered around the commitment to continuously invest in innovation and partnerships to serve our customers is a solid foundation to build on, and I look forward to working with Andreas and the entire Hitachi Energy leadership team as we accelerate the delivery of the Hitachi Energy growth plan. Andreas’ experience of delivering transformational growth across sectors will help Hitachi Energy to scale growth and synergies with Hitachi.”

“It’s been an honor and a privilege to lead the transition to Hitachi Energy, working alongside the Executive Team and the entire Hitachi Energy organization across the globe”, said Claudio Facchin, CEO of Hitachi Energy. “The authentic passion and unwavering ownership of this team has been a limitless source of energy and motivation for me personally. Together with Hitachi teams, we have worked with customers and partners to advance the world’s energy system to be more sustainable, flexible and secure. The extraordinary achievements of Hitachi Energy would not have been possible without the continuous support from Hitachi Group. I look forward to onboarding Andreas, together with the Executive Team and the Board of Hitachi Energy, until the handover on July 1, 2024.”

“I am thrilled to embark on this journey as the new CEO of Hitachi Energy, steering the company towards new horizons in an era of transformation, where the demand for electricity is surging due to the rapid electrification of transport, buildings, and industries”, said Andreas Schierenbeck. “It is a profound honor to lead an experienced team so deeply committed to quality, innovation and sustainability as we help our customers and society accelerate towards a greener future. Together, we will continue to expand Hitachi Energy’s profitable business, ensuring that our collective efforts contribute significantly to a sustainable and electrified future.”

Hitachi Energy to appoint Andreas Schierenbeck as new Chief Executive Officer

About Hitachi Energy
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries. We integrate more than 150 GW of HVDC links into the power system, helping our customers enable more wind and solar. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ more than 40,000 people in 90 countries and generate business volumes of over $10 billion USD.

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About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi drives Social Innovation Business, creating a sustainable society through the use of data and technology. We solve customers’ and society’s challenges with Lumada solutions leveraging IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products. Hitachi operates under the business structure of “Digital Systems & Services” – supporting our customers’ digital transformation; “Green Energy & Mobility” – contributing to a decarbonized society through energy and railway systems, and “Connective Industries” – connecting products through digital technology to provide solutions in various industries. Driven by Digital, Green, and Innovation, we aim for growth through co-creation with our customers. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2022 (ended March 31, 2023) totaled 10,881.1 billion yen, with 696 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 320,000 employees worldwide. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company’s website at https://www.hitachi.com.

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Dentsu Appoints Shirli Zelcer to Chief Data and Technology Officer

Steve Simpson joins as President, Data, Audiences and Technology; Shiva Vannavada appointed as President, Data and Technology Solutions

Shirli Zelcer

Chief Data & Technology Officer, dentsu

TOKYO, March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dentsu (brand: dentsu; Head Office: Dentsu Group Inc.; Location: Tokyo; Representative: President and Global CEO Hiroshi Igarashi) today announced the appointment of Shirli Zelcer as Chief Data and Technology Officer (CDTO), sitting on dentsu’s Group Management Team. In this role, Zelcer will be responsible for all of dentsu’s client-facing data-driven, analytics and technology-enabled products and platforms, driving innovation and sustainable growth for clients.

Dentsu also announced today that Steve Simpson has been appointed as President, Data, Audiences and Technology, dentsu and Shiva Vannavada as President, Data and Technology Solutions, dentsu. Simpson will join the Global Media Practice leadership team to support the development of a winning Media Practice community that delivers continued excellence in its offering to clients, driving client growth and transformation. In his newly created role, Simpson will be responsible for the strategic planning and delivery of a globally-scaled, data-driven and technology-enabled audience platform that drives growth for clients, while Vannavada will focus on creating synergies across product and platforms, AI innovation, analytics and across Dentsu Global Services (DGS).

Zelcer brings over 20 years of experience in analytics and insights, business advisory and organizational design, AI and data science, and cloud and marketing technologies. She was most recently the Global Head of Analytics and Technology at Merkle, where she led a global division of over 5,600 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. In her new role at dentsu, Zelcer will be responsible to innovate the vision, roadmap, development and commercial impact of dentsu’s data and tech strategy across our three core practice areas: Media, CXM and Creative, working closer with Practice leads and Jean Lin, Global President – Global Practices, dentsu. The role will lead a newly formed team brought together from these Practice areas to drive consistency, interoperability and ultimately to deliver growth to dentsu’s clients through more unified capabilities.

Joining from Publicis, in his new role, Simpson will lead a global team of experts from across data management, identity, personalization, media activation and dynamic creative production, and partner with dentsu’s global products and platforms team to integrate and scale the platform across dentsu’s Global Practices.

Simpson will also be accountable for evolving dentsu’s global media delivery platform. Enabled by programmatic media delivery, enriched with 1st, 2nd and 3rd party data, it will leverage dentsu’s leading Merkury products suite to drive client competitiveness.

Having previously served as Global Chief Product and Technology Officer, dentsu Solutions, Vannavada’s expanded responsibilities as President, Data and Technology Solutions will include driving cross-practice and product collaboration, nurturing dentsu’s AI Connective community and leading his team to contribute to tech-enabled solutions and strategy.

“Innovation across data and technology are two of dentsu’s most critical points of differentiation, having led the market for many years in the development, adoption and application of proprietary platforms which give our clients the edge,” said Hiroshi Igarashi, President and Global CEO, dentsu. “We are very proud to appoint Shirli, Steve and Shiva into these new strategic roles which bring together our efforts across the organization, honing our capabilities and ensuring that dentsu and our clients remain at the forefront of innovation.”

The leadership of the broader Data and Tech organization at dentsu includes: Head of Product, Matt Seeley, and Sunil Rao leading Analytics, and Peter Rogers leading Data Platforms. DGS will also now report into Zelcer’s Data and Technology structure and in turn, Zelcer will report into Michael Komasinski, CEO, dentsu Americas & Global President – Data & Technology, dentsu.

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“During her time at Merkle, Shirli brought together teams from around the world to collaborate on vital programs, ranging from data infrastructure implementation to advanced media mix modeling, personalization strategies and the development of bespoke AI solutions,” commented Michael Komasinski, CEO, dentsu Americas & Global President – Data & Technology, dentsu. “With her vast experience of successfully partnering with clients, alongside a proven ability to solve business challenges with cutting-edge technology solutions, I’m truly excited to see the impact that Shirli will have in her new expanded global role at dentsu.”

“It is a very exciting prospect to move into this new role at a time when not only is dentsu at a pivotal moment in its history, but data and technology have never evolved at a faster pace,” remarked Shirli Zelcer, Chief Data and Technology Officer, dentsu. “As a group, we have already made some big moves into AI over the last few years, but I truly see the combination of AI with dentsu proprietary and partner technologies as a major differentiator for our clients. I’m looking forward to broadening the impact I can have across dentsu and working closely with the talented leaders and teams across our tech community.”

Steve Simpson, President, Data, Audiences and Technology, dentsu, said: “I am thrilled to join dentsu at this exciting time of transformation and innovation. Data and technology are at the heart of the media industry and the integrated opportunity across Practices at dentsu in vast. I look forward to working with the talented teams throughout dentsu to build a world-class platform that will deliver value and innovation for our clients, helping them achieve their business goals.”

Shiva Vannavada, President, Data and Technology Solutions, dentsu, commented: “Since I began my journey at dentsu, we have been actively planning our future with AI and I am excited to take on this new expanded remit as we enter into what will undoubtedly be a transformational year for AI and the products and solutions we build using it. At dentsu, we don’t consider AI as a standalone technology, it is part of the fabric of our data, technology and product capabilities, ingrained into every practice and present in every agency brand. This makes us naturally more collaborative, more integrated and faster to market for our clients, and I look forward to working with teams across dentsu to break new ground in what is possible across data and tech for our clients.”

About dentsu

Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity. As part of Dentsu Group Inc. (Tokyo: 4324; ISIN: JP3551520004), we are headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and our 71,000-strong employee base of dedicated professionals work across four regions (Japan, Americas, EMEA and APAC). Dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society.

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ONESIAM Experience Unites for “World Water Festival: The Songkran Phenomena” – Reaffirming Global Destination Status with Unparalleled Celebratory Experience

BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 7 March 2024 – Siam Piwat solidifies its position as Thailand’s leader in crafting world-class destinations by uniting efforts to showcase the unmatched ONESIAM Experience. This initiative brings together the allure of global hotspots situated in the heart of Bangkok – Siam Paragon, Siam Center, and Siam Discovery – with the iconic ICONSIAM along the Chao Phraya River, ICS, and Siam Premium Outlets Bangkok, the only world-class luxury outlet in Thailand. The collaboration also includes the integration of the ONESIAM SuperApp. Joining forces, they collaborate to bring forth a miraculous spectacle, crafting the iconic “World Water Festival: The Songkran Phenomena.” This grand and spectacular event is set to unfold throughout April 2024.This year’s event is set to surpass all previous years in scale and uniqueness, especially since ‘Songkran in Thailand’ was honored as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO at the end of last year.

Throughout April, the ONESIAM Experience is advancing via collaboration of 5 top destinations to craft an iconic event. The World Water Festival: The Songkran Phenomena is set to deliver extraordinary experience to both Thai and international visitors. It establishes itself as the ultimate Songkran Festival destination, a must-visit for everyone. In anticipation of the Songkran Festival and the vibrant hues of summer, preparations are underway, with each shopping center, including Siam Paragon, Siam Center, Siam Discovery, ICONSIAM, and Siam Premium Outlets Bangkok, gearing up to showcase its unique highlights and special features. Engaging activities and exclusive shopping opportunities tailored to reflect the distinct character of each venue.

Siam Paragon is set to host the “Siam Paragon Ultrasonic Water Festival 2024,” from April 9-16, 2024. This grand celebration aims to captivate a global audience by showcasing an exceptional blend of global artists, music and entertainment, alongside the marvels of Thai culture. Siam Paragon embarks on its ‘Co-create & Collaborate’ initiative with globally renowned British artist Philip Colbert. Colbert, celebrated for pioneering a novel Pop Art style characterized by distinct lines and vibrant colors, brings his original creation, “Lobster Man,” into this collaboration for the first time in Thailand. His work will be transformed into a vast ‘Giant Inflatable Playground,’ embracing a “splash” theme.

Siam Paragon is also setting the stage for entertainment with the ‘World Stage – Music Festival,’ a platform that gathers famous artists to add vibrancy to the festivities by JOOX Music.

Concurrently, Siam Paragon is bringing revered ancient Buddha statues, to be enshrined for public veneration. This auspicious opportunity is offered to all for garnering good fortune during the Thai New Year Festival and will be accessible for worship from April 12-16, 2024, at the Fashion Hall on the 1st floor of Siam Paragon.

Siam Center is set to embrace the summer festival season with the “Siam Center Splashtastic Fun Fest,” spotlighting the newest trends in ‘Fashion & Innovation’ such as Water Interactive Screen’ and ‘3D Aquatic Installation’ which is scheduled from April 1-30, 2024.

A special highlight of the event is the showcase of fashion and design through an exclusive collection curated by Thai and emerging new-generation designers. This collection places a spotlight on Thai batik, a wisdom of Thai craftsmanship, reimagined in a contemporary style.

Siam Discovery is preparing to embrace the summer festival with the event themed “Siam Discovery: The Summer Exploratorium,” scheduled from April 3-16, 2024. This event extends an invitation to all under the motto ‘Come Play with Us,’ focusing on sports and street art. The shopping center is setting the venue for a ‘3×3 Basketball Tournament’, attracting over 100 teams, including superstars, celebrities, artists, and national team athletes, to compete. Alongside this, a ‘Splash Party’ will enhance the atmosphere with light and sound displays from screens surrounding the competition area, complemented by a variety of other activities.

Other highlights of the event feature renowned Korean street artist JAYFLOW, who will bring his creativity to craft street art basketball characters infused with the lively spirit of the Songkran Festival for all to enjoy. Additionally, visitors can browse new fashion collections from Thai designers, specially crafted to celebrate the Songkran Festival.

ICONSIAM, in collaboration with government and private sector partners, is organizing Thailand’s grand Songkran event, “THE ICONIC SONGKRAN FESTIVAL 2024 ICONSIAM Miraculous Chao Phraya Maha Songkran 2024.” This year’s festival is themed “THE ICONIC SPLASH FESTIVAL Miraculous Songkran World Heritage,” and is set to take place from April 10-21, 2024. The festival will showcase the rich tapestry of customs and traditions, aiming to welcome tourists from across the globe with a blend of hospitality and contemporary Thai entertainment.

By transforming the River Park area into a venue for a grand Songkran celebration, the event is designed not only to create a momentous occasion but also to elevate Songkran in Thailand to the status of a world-class festival by celebrating Thai cultural heritage and blending it with contemporary elements. Participants will be treated to the elegant and stunning Miss Songkran parade, showcasing traditional Thai beauty. To foster good fortune, attendees will have the chance to pour water over the city’s sacred Buddha image. Additionally, the festivities include enjoying the vibrant Songkran water splashes along the Chao Phraya River and being entertained by performances from top music artists.

Siam Premium Outlets Bangkok is launching a campaign to commemorate the Songkran Festival, featuring special promotions from top brands exclusively for tourists.

Everyone is invited to partake in the “World Water Festival: The Songkran Phenomena.” Come join the ONESIAM Experience in embracing the enchantment of the Songkran Festival and welcoming the vibrant hues of summer all through April. 

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‫شركة سهم كابيتال تستعرض أحدث حلول التكنولوجيا المالية والذكاء الاصطناعي في مؤتمر ليب 2024

الرياض، المملكة العربية السعودية – Media OutReach Newswire – 7 مارس 2024 – تستعرض شركة سهم كابيتال المالية، وهي شركة وساطة رائدة مرخصة من هيئة السوق المالية السعودية (برقم 22251-25)، حلول التداول الشاملة الخاصة بها في جناح H1A.C100 في ليب 2024 (LEAP 2024)، وهو الحدث التقني الأكثر حضوراً في العالم. خلال فعاليات المؤتمر كشفت شركة سهم كابيتال عن أحدث حلولها، والتي تضم مُقدِمة برامج تُدعى “عليا” (Aliyah) تم تصميمها بواسطة الذكاء الاصطناعي لتوجيه المستثمرين للاستفادة من الفرص الاستثمارية.

توفر الشركة حلول تداول شاملة مع التركيز على ابتكارات التكنولوجيا المالية، بما في ذلك تطبيق “سهم”، وهو الأول من نوعه في المملكة العربية السعودية، حيث يجمع بين أسعار السوق في الوقت الحقيقي والأخبار على مدار الساعة طوال أيام الأسبوع وتعليم المستثمرين وأدوات التحليل. ولهذا يتميز التطبيق عن غيره من منصات التداول من خلال عدم ضرورة قيام المستخدمين باستخدام عدة تطبيقات لاتخاذ قرارات الاستثمار عبر الأسواق.

ويقدم التطبيق أيضًا تصميمًا أنيقًا وسهل الاستخدام لواجهة المستخدم، تتضمن وظائف مجمعة مثل مؤشر الأسهم المتوافقة مع الشريعة الإسلامية، مما يلبي الاحتياجات الفريدة للسوق المحلية. علاوة على ذلك، يوفر تطبيق سهم معلومات شاملة عن السوق، بما في ذلك الملفات التعريفية التفصيلية للشركات المدرجة وتقويم الأحداث المالية ومخططات التحليل الديناميكية وإحصائيات السوق الرئيسية.

كشفت هديل بديري، المدير العام لشركة سهم كابيتال، خلال الحدث عن “عليا”، والتي تم تطويرها ضمن تطبيق سهم. تقدم “عليا” معلومات ودعم في الوقت الفعلي، مما يساعد المستثمرين على فهم ميزات المنتج وتحديد خيارات مستنيرة. تتقن عليا اللغتين العربية والإنجليزية، وتتحسن باستمرار من خلال التعلم من المحتوى الذي تقدمه، وتصبح تدريجيًا أكثر واقعيةً وانخراطًا.

ظل تطبيق سهم، منذ ظهوره لأول مرة في ديسمبر 2023، من بين أفضل خمس تطبيقات مالية من حيث الإيرادات في كل من متجر التطبيقات (App Store) وجوجل بلاي (Google Play) في المملكة العربية السعودية. تسعى شركة سهم كابيتال جاهدة إلى تبسيط الاستثمار من خلال الاستفادة من أحدث ابتكارات الذكاء الاصطناعي والتكنولوجيا المالية وتزويد المستثمرين السعوديين بأدوات تداول سهلة الاستخدام ورؤى محدثة عن السوق.

لمزيد من المعلومات حول شركة سهم كابيتال وحلولها المالية، تفضل بزيارة موقعها الرسمي على https://www.alsahm.com/.

نبذة عن “سهم كابيتال”

شركة “سهم كابيتال” (المعروفة سابقًا باسم “شركة رأس المال القيم المالية”) شركة مسجلة في الرياض، وهي مشروع مشترك بين شركة “ڤاليبل كابيتال غروب ليميتد” وشركة “إي دبليو تي بي أرابيا كابيتال”، كما أنها عضو مسجل في السوق المالية السعودية (تداول)، وكذلك في الشركتين التابعتين لتداول؛ شركة مركز إيداع الأوراق المالية (إيداع) وشركة مركز مقاصة الأوراق المالية (مقاصة). الشركة أيضًا عضو في جمعية التكنولوجيا المالية في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، وجمعية الشرق الأوسط وأفريقيا وآسيا للعملات الرقمية والبلوك شين.

Sahm Capital Showcases latest Fintech and AI Solutions at LEAP 2024

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 7 March 2024 – Sahm Capital Financial Company, a leading brokerage firm licensed by the Saudi Capital Market Authority (No: 22251-25), showcased its all-in-one comprehensive trading solutions at booth H1A.C100 in LEAP 2024, a global technology event taking place in Riyadh. Throughout the four-day event, Sahm Capital also unveiled its latest AI-generated solutions, featuring an AI presenter named ‘Aliyah’, designed to help investors capitalize on investment opportunities.

With a focus on Fintech innovation, the company provides comprehensive trading solutions, including the Sahm App, the first of its kind in KSA to combine real-time market quotes, 24/7 news, investor education, and analysis tools, distinguishing itself from other trading platforms by removing the necessity for users to juggle multiple Apps for cross-market investment decisions.

The App also offers a sleek and user-friendly UI design, complete with bundled functions such as a Shariah Compliant Stocks indicator, catering to the unique needs of the local market. Furthermore, Sahm App provides comprehensive market information, including detailed listed company profiles, a financial event calendar, dynamic analysis charts, and key market statistics.

During the event, Hadeel Bedeeri, General Manager of Sahm Capital, unveiled ‘Aliyah’, an AI-generated presenter developed within the Sahm App. Aliyah provides real-time information and support, aiding investors in understanding product features and making informed choices. Proficient in both Arabic and English, Aliyah constantly improves by learning from the content she presents, progressively becoming more lifelike and engaging.

Since its debut in December 2023, Sahm App has remained a top-five grossing finance App in both App Store and Google Play in KSA. Leveraging cutting-edge AI and Fintech innovations, Sahm Capital strives to simplify investing, offering Saudi investors easy-to-use trading tools and up-to-the-minute market insights.

For more information about Sahm Capital and its financial solutions, visit their official website at https://www.alsahm.com/.

About Sahm Capital

Registered in Riyadh, Sahm Capital (previously known as VCFC) is a joint venture company of Valuable Capital Group Ltd and eWTP Arabia Capital. Sahm Capital is also a registered member of the Saudi Stock Exchange, Tadawul, as well as its affiliates, the Securities Depository Center Company (Edaa) and the Securities Clearing Center Company (Muqassa). The company is also a member of Mena Fintech Association and Middle East Africa and Asia Crypto and Blockchain Association (MEAACBA).

OIC condemns Israel’s approval of 3,500 colonial units in West BankRevolution leader warns Israel, US, Britain that what is coming is greater

JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned on Thursday the ongoing of the Israeli colonial settlement policy in the occupied Palestinian territory, the latest of which was the approval of the construction of about 3,500 new colonial units.

The organization affirmed, in a statement, that Israeli colonists are invalid, illegitimate and unlawful, under international law, the Geneva Conventions and relevant United Nations resolutions, including UN Security Council Resolution No. 2334.

It called on the international community to assume its responsibilities in putting an end to all crimes and violations committed by the Israeli occupation throughout the occupied Palestinian territory, including the city of Jerusalem.

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Revolution leader Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi on Thursday revealed important and amazing changes in the path of developing the Yemeni Armed Forces’ capabilities allowing implementing qualitative and shocking operations against the enemy.

In a speech he delivered over the latest developments and updates on the Yemeni, Palestinian and regional arena, Sayyed al-Houthi warned the Israeli, American, British and all enemies that what is coming is greater in every sense of the word, adding all they must do is end their aggression, lift their siege, and stop the crimes of genocide against Gaza.

Al-Houthi said “What is coming is greater and there are great signs. We suit the action to the word. The enemy, the friend, and our dear people will see the level of achievements of strategic importance that place our country in its capabilities among the limited and numbered countries in this world.”

The revolution leader called on the Yemeni people to take to al-Sabeen Square and other squares across Yemen tom
orrow.

The leadersaid ‘I call on our people by the call of Allah , the call of the Qur’an and al-Aqsa, and by call on the Palestinian people to go out in the millions tomorrow in al-Sabeen Square and the rest of the squares, in solidarity with Palestine and its cause.’

Sayyed al-Houthi added that taking to the streets is part of Jihad and expresses loyalty, values, morals, and humanity with the people of Palestine.

He explained that taking to the streets will deeply express true solidarity with the Palestinian people and reflect steadfastness and continuity against the enemy’s bet, claiming that it will be affected by the passage of time and forgetting the pivotal Palestinian issue.

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The revolution leader said “The largest movement of the Yemeni people towards any issue they have faced is their movement to support the Palestinian people against the Israeli aggression on Gaza. Our Yemeni people have never moved with such a level of movement in demonstrations, rallies and various activitie
s.”

He stated that the Yemeni people did not go out in al-Sabeen Square at the height of the US-Saudi aggression every week, but rather once or twice a year, but they moved in an unprecedented manner and with a sense of responsibility towards the oppression of the Palestinian people.

The revolution leader described the movement of the Yemeni people at the level of rehabilitation and mobilization as unprecedented compared to the previous stages in confronting the US-Saudi-Emirati aggression.

He stated that the number of missiles that were launchedin naval operations and into occupied Palestine in the past 5 months is more than what was launched into Saudi Arabia and the UAE in eight years of aggression against Yemen.

Al-Houthi stressedthat the momentum of the armed forces in their operations with drones, missiles, and naval forces is not comparable to any period during the years of aggression against the country.

He went on to say, “We seek to do more with Palestine than we did for ourselves, our country,
and our people, and our people moved to support the Palestinian cause more than they moved for their cause, themselves, and their oppression, including the armed forces moving with more effectiveness and momentum than before during the past stages.”

The revolution leader reiterated that the events that the Yemeni people went through made them rise in their awareness, their sense of responsibility, their capabilities, and their practical activity.

The leader stressed that the enemies sought during the last stage to destroy everything that builds and develops the people, but they failed in their strategy.

Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi stated that the number of support operations for Gaza carried out from the beginning of the Battle of ‘al-Aqsa Flood’ until today amounted to 96 operations and 403 ballistic and winged missiles and drones were launched in the support operations for al-Aqsa Flood.

He said that 61 ships were targeted in complex and puzzling operations for the enemies, as the ships move
in the sea and far from the Yemeni coast, although there are occupied provinces that separate the missile force from the coast there, and operations are carried out in the Gulf of Aden.

Al-Houthi added the remoteness of the ships, their technical and technical camouflage, and the deception in information have been overcome,” considering that discovering the ships and hitting them accurately and with ballistic missiles for the first time is an achievement in every sense of the word.

The revolution leader stated that there was a technical and tactical achievement and a major breakthrough that the Americans recognized, and the American military personnel expressed their astonishment.

Al-Houthi pointed out that the number of operations carried out in the Red and Arab seas amounted to 64 operations, and the operations carried out in occupied Palestine amounted to 32 operations, indicating that the support operations carried out this week amounted to eight operations, during which seven ships were targeted with
19 missiles and a drone.

He added “One of our most prominent operations from Friday to Thursday was targeting the American and Israeli ships and setting them on fire. New weapons were used in the recent operations, and the Americans and the British were surprised by the attacks.”

The revolution leader also confirmed that the enemies are unable to limit the operations despite their attempts, but they have failed in every sense of the word, and they are trying to distort the operations of the Yemeni armed forces.

He considered the activities, rallies and demonstrations, which amounted to 2,539 and 26,770 activities, an essential part of the situation and integrated with the military operations, and a back and support for them, pointing out that the popular and community vigils amounted to 76,051 vigils, 148,299 student vigils in universities and schools, and 40,969 evening vigils.

The leader stated that the number of women’s activities and endowments amounted to 2,422, the central women’s endowments amounte
d to 232, the seminars reached 11,838, and 42 giving and spending convoys, including the movement and interaction of the Yemeni people, which is rarely matched by any people or any country in the world.

Al-Houthi added “We applaud, motivate, and encourage everyone to take the necessary action that befits the level of responsibility and the extent of the oppression of the Palestinian people. In just two weeks, 358 marches and demonstrations took place, 3,032 events were held, and 5,372 popular vigils were held.”

He continued “Within two weeks, 6,939 student vigils were held in universities and schools, and 10,398 evenings,” pointing out that the advantage of the Yemeni people’s interaction is consistency and continuity, because the Arab situation is momentary interaction, then coldness and lack of a sense of responsibility.

Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi stated that boredom, apathy, and lack of interaction are a very unfortunate state that expresses a great weakness in the level of faith and awaren
ess that a person carries, and a great responsibility towards the terrible crimes and unparalleled oppression of the Palestinian people.

He stressed that continuity, steadfastness, and progressive work is what indicates faith, awareness, maturity, and wisdom, and expresses a sense of responsibility.

He stressed the great importance of combat training and military qualification, and the courses continue and the outputs are many, as the combat courses reached more than 282,000 trainees during the period of the aggression on Gaza, the military parades reached 350,000, the maneuvers reached 719, and the military march reached 652 rallies.

The leader explained that the American is continuing its aggression against Yemen to support the Israeli enemy and to protect the Israeli crime in Gaza.

He pointed out that the American-British bombing during this week amounted to 18 raids and naval bombardments, all of which were failures and had no effect.

The leader said that a citizen was martyred and six others were in
jured in the American-British aggression during this stage.

The revolution leader indicated that there have been 344 raids and naval bombardments since the beginning of the American-British aggression against Yemen, all of which have failed and will not limit Yemeni capabilities.

He stressed that there is a successful, rapidly increasing path in developing military capabilities of Yemen.

He said “There are important and amazing results, thank Allah, in developing military capabilities and the speed of achievement. At the beginning of the American-Saudi aggression against our country, the missile range was approximately 40-45 kilometers, then it reached a level of more than a thousand kilometers.”

Al-Houthi added “… at the level of range, superior accuracy in hitting, and destructive capacity, there is American astonishment, especially in yesterday’s strike that hit an American ship. There is astonishment at the accuracy of the hit and the power of destruction.”

He also confirmed that there is a speedy
progress than the American techniques through which it is trying to limit or confront the Yemeni military capabilities.

The leader pointed out that the American failed in its aggression and will never reach a result, neither in limiting the capabilities, nor in stopping operations of Yemen.

He stressed the only way to stop the Yemeni navy operations is to stop the aggression and lift the siege on Gaza.

“Escalation will not benefit the enemies, but will have effects on them, and they will lose on the economic level. The heavy loss involves not only the Israeli enemy, but also the Americans and the British.” , and the impact on their economic situation is increasing day by day.,” he continued.

Al-Houthi stated that the military cost for the enemies is high and the more they mobilize in the Red and Arab seas, the more it will cost them, stressing that the Yemeni people will continue to develop military capabilities under the care of the Almighty God.

The continuation of the Zionist-American aggression:

The
revolution leader explained that the Israeli-American aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza continues for the 22nd week, relying on its brutal behavior with all means of extermination, and committing mass murder massacres with American bombs, mass starvation, and epidemics.

The leader considered the Israeli-American crime in Gaza is a witnessed crime committed by the European-American Zionist enemy in full view of the peoples of the entire world.

Al-Houthi pointed out that genocide crimes are being committed in Gaza in an era when Western countries present themselves as being at the peak of interest in values and morals.

He pointed out that the crime of genocide that occurs daily in Gaza harms human society, and it is shameful to watch it and not take action to stop it, indicating that the enemy invents crimes in new forms in Gaza, targeting women and children and everyone who goes out to search for food.

Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi confirmed that the Zionist enemy uses starvation
as a direct means of extermination, and this happens daily, and it intends to kill hundreds of Palestinians when they gather to obtain limited food and humanitarian relief aid.

Al-Houthi said “When Palestinians gather to get the meager meals dropped by planes, the enemy begins targeting and killing them, in front of hospitals, in schools, camps, and on the roads.”

Continuation of daily massacres:

The revolution leader stated that the enemy increased the number of genocide crimes in Gaza during this week, with an average of at least seven massacres every 24 hours, including killing, famine, and disease, there is severe suffering for the Palestinian people for the continued stifling siege on the Gaza Strip.

Al-Houthi stated that the Israeli enemy targets even the hungry people who go out to fish in the sea in the Gaza Strip, and it is shameful for human society to remain silent about the oppression of Gaza and suffice with condemnation and sympathy without practical steps to stop it.

He held America fully
responsible for the war crimes of genocide and starvation in Gaza, and the Israelis would not have been able to do what they did in Gaza without American support and its participation.

Al-Houthi pointed out that the total amount of food supplies the American dropped did not amount to three or four truck loads, and with operational coordination with the enemy to kill anyone who gathered to obtain them. The Americans behave in an aggressive manner with the Palestinian people.

He added “The American generously provided tens of thousands of bombs and tons of explosives to be dropped on the heads of Gaza residents. He, the American, comes to deliver a few meals to the Palestinians in Gaza, and is trying to provide the method of dropping food from the air as an alternative to the legitimate entitlement to entry of medicine and food.”

Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi pointed out that there are land and sea corridors through which aid can enter to satisfy the hunger of the people of Gaza, but the Americans
prevent that, explaining that the meals dropped from the air, many of them reach the sea, and a little reaches the people, and they are not worth anything in front of the suffering faced by the residents of the Gaza Strip.

Al-Houthi also confirmed that the American provided 100 free arms deals to the Israeli enemy while obstructing any serious move to bring food and medicine into Gaza as a means of torturing the Palestinian people, and there are more than seventy thousand tons of bombs and explosives that were thrown at the Palestinian people in their cities and homes.

Health status:

The revolution leader touched on the health situation in Gaza and its state of complete collapse, and the remaining hospitals suffering from a lack of fuel and medicine, indicating that there are some reports that speak of a million cases of infectious diseases among the people of Gaza without the availability of medicine.

The leader stressed the failure of the American Zionist enemy to achieve its declared goals despite the
great level of destruction, killing and starvation, pointing out that the resistance in the Gaza Strip is fighting on behalf of the entire nation.

Enemy economic losses:

Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi touched on the enemy’s continuing and escalating economic losses, saying ‘There is a very large depletion as a result of the costs of the war.’

He pointed out that the Yemeni naval operations inflicted great economic losses on the Israeli enemy, and there is a common Israeli-American disappointment for not breaking the will of the Palestinian people and their fighters.

Al-Houthi pointed out that the Zionists have no hope of achieving a decisive victory in Gaza, but rather they are arrogant and use the method of genocide and committing massacres.

He mentioned that Zionist leaders talk about their goals of eliminating the resistance movements in Gaza as unrealistic and impossible to implement, indicating that the huge amount of Zionist crime, brutality, disgrace and dishonor expresses failure and dis
appointment.

Global position:

The revolution leader reminded everyone of the unanimous global position on the criminality and brutality of what is happening in Gaza and the demands for a ceasefire, with the exception of America and Britain, stressing that the protest denouncing the direct American role in Gaza is escalating.

Al-Houthi addressed the protests that Biden is facing in electoral forums among the masses over the American role in the aggression against Gaza, praising Brazil’s position and the position of its president, which is clearer and bolder than the position of some Arab leaders.

He appreciated the advanced positions of Colombia, its president, Venezuela, and South Africa and the practical measures they took in severing relations with the enemy, noting the positions of some non-Islamic countries that some regimes and rulers in the Arab and Islamic world did not reach.

Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi pointed out that as a result of the failure and scandal, the Americans are moving
under the title of a temporary truce in Ramadan instead of deserving of stopping the aggression and siege, indicating that the enemies want to continue their occupation of Gaza, and are seeking to use the title of truce to achieve military goals.

Al-Houthi criticized the condemnatory positions of some Islamic countries regarding what is happening in Gaza through statements that are not sufficient and that pressing practical steps must be taken.

Arab responsibility:

The revolution leader highlighted the double responsibility that falls on the Arabs to support the Palestinian people, humanely and religiously, stressing that the Americans and the Israelis are a danger to the nation through the criminality, aggression, and brutality they practice, which was evident today in Gaza.

He said “There is no friendly approach or real peace with any Arab country in the American and Israeli approaches, nor in their strategies,” pointing out that one of the effects of oppression in Gaza is supposed to be an understandin
g of the enemy, its criminality, its aggression, and its tyranny.

Al-Houthi stated that the program with normalizing countries is not for peace, but rather for interest, destruction and control of countries, indicating that enemies do not want to obtain interests in a legitimate way that takes into account the rights of peoples.

Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi pointed out that the Americans are adopting an aggressive colonial outlook to take care of the interests of the Israeli enemy in a way that enables it to control it as its exclusive agent, while the stupidly normalized countries have opened the way for the Israeli enemy to penetrate everything.

He explained that through naturalization, the enemy can infiltrate the official apparatus, and there is a broad program to control the normalized countries, and seeks to influence the ideological structure, identity, and belonging in the normalized countries with distorted morals and values. It also seeks demographic change in some normalized countries
, within broad programs of control and acquisition.

The revolution leader reiterated that the nation has no choice and no escape except through serious action and support of the Palestinian people, and to deal with what builds the nation to confront the danger of enemies, pointing out that the official positions in the Islamic and Arab world are still very weak and do not go beyond statements.

Al-Houthi stated that Islamic statements on the Palestinian issue are formulated in a way that the Israeli desires.

The position at the popular level:

Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi explained that at the popular level, the oppression of the Palestinian people is supposed to have an impact on awareness, awakening conscience, and practical action, and the oppressed peoples are required to take action, even if at the level of boycotting American and Israeli goods and products.

He said ‘The companies supporting the enemy were supposed to declare bankruptcy due to their reliance on Arab and Islamic markets, and
had it not been for the jihad in Palestine and Hezbollah in Lebanon, the enemy would have caused great damage to the nation.’

He indicated that the peoples have greater opportunities to act and the blame and responsibility are greater for them.

He added, “In the context of great disappointment and negligence, there are fronts of support with the actual position, foremost of which is the Hezbollah front, which continues with quantitative and qualitative momentum, effectiveness, influence, and direct engagement, as a strong support front for the Palestinian people, and directly confronting the Israeli enemy.”

The revolution leader confirmed that the Iraqi front continues to target the Israeli enemy, and the hope is that its operations will escalate more and more.

Source: Yemen News Agency

Palestinian women on eve of International Women’s Day…Unparalleled suffering in whole world


The world remembers tomorrow, Friday, International Women’s Day, which falls on the eighth of March of each year, in light of the increasing victims of the Zionist-American aggression among Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip, and the great suffering experienced by the women of the Gaza Strip, which is unparalleled in the whole world and throughout all history.

In this context… The Deputy Ambassador of the State of Palestine in Algeria, Bashir Abu Al-Hatab, said in a speech on the occasion of the demonstration, which carried the slogan “Palestinian women are the icon of struggle”: “Palestinian women are essential partners in the struggle work and resistance to the Zionist enemy alongside the Palestinian man.”

He stressed its main and important role in maintaining the spirit of resistance, despite the oppression and abuse it is subjected to at the hands of the Zionist enemy forces.

He added: “The suffering of Palestinian women has intensified, especially in the Gaza Strip, since the beginning of the Zioni
st aggression on it, which has been going on for more than five months, as they suffer from what no woman in the world has suffered.”

He continued: “Palestinian women live in very difficult conditions, giving birth on the side of the road and being denied water and medicine, in one of the most heinous crimes committed in all history.”

He pointed out that “the Palestinian people are subjected to a war of genocide that affects 2.13 million Palestinians, and Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip receive the largest share of this dangerous aggression and pay a high price, as they are subjected to various violations and in brutal ways.”

“On the other hand… The world is unable to force the Zionist enemy to stop its massacres, despite the decisions of the International Court of Justice and hundreds of UN resolutions.”

Today, Thursday, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics published a report in which it reviewed the situation of Palestinian women, on the eve of International Women’s Day, and revealed the e
xtent of the suffering suffered by Palestinian women since the start of the Zionist aggression on the seventh of last October.

The Palestinian report confirms that nine thousand females have been martyred since the beginning of the Zionist-American aggression on the Gaza Strip, out of a total number of 30,717 martyrs, since the beginning of the aggression.

The report shows that 75 per cent of the 72,156 wounded were female, with women and children accounting for 70 per cent of the 7,000 missing. He pointed out that females constitute 49% of the total population in Palestine, reaching 2.76 million females in mid-2024 (1.63 million females in the West Bank and 1.13 million females in Gaza Strip).

With regard to the occupied West Bank, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported that there are four Palestinian women who have been martyred, out of a total of 423 martyrs in the West Bank since the seventh of last October.

The report also pointed out that during the past year, 300 women from the West Bank have be
en arrested, including 200 since the start of the Zionist aggression on the Gaza Strip.

At the level of the occupied city of Jerusalem, the enemy arrested 165 women, 84 of them during the Zionist aggression on the Gaza Strip.

On the other hand, the report stressed that at the level of the Gaza Strip, there are no accurate data available in light of the crime of enforced disappearance that the Zionist enemy continues to carry out against Gaza prisons.

The data of the Palestinian Commission for Prisoners’ Affairs indicates that the enemy is still arresting 56 female detainees in its prisons, 44 from the West Bank, three from the Gaza Strip, and nine female detainees from the occupied 48 territories, including five female detainees who have been sentenced, 40 female detainees who are under arrest, and 11 female detainees under administrative detention. Among the female detainees in enemy prisons, there are two minors.

Health data in the Gaza Strip confirm that there are many challenges facing pregnant women,
as there are about 60,000 pregnant women in the Strip, with an average of 180 births per day.

About 15 per cent of these women are likely to suffer complications of pregnancy and childbirth that are difficult to treat due to lack of medical care, and the number of premature births in women has increased by almost a third due to factors such as stress and trauma, and some have miscarried out of fear, resulting in a 300 per cent increase in abortions.

The Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Affairs of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club revealed in a joint statement that the Zionist enemy prisons administration announced at the end of last November that there were 260 female detainees from the Gaza Strip who were classified as resistance.

Juzoor Association for Citizens’ Rights says that the world celebrates on the eighth of March the International Women’s Day with the aim of emphasizing the advancement of their conditions and ensuring their rights, foremost of whi
ch is equality, justice and the right to a decent life.

The human rights association adds: At a time when women in many countries of the world suffer from a decline in ensuring their rights, we find that Palestinian women, despite all the slogans adopted by the countries that claimed and still claim to be working to ensure women’s rights globally, but because of the Zionist colonial occupation, they have been suffering for decades from deprivation of enjoying freedom under an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.

Institutions concerned with the affairs of Palestinian prisoners stressed on Thursday that this year is the bloodiest against Palestinian women throughout the history of the years of the Zionist occupation, in light of the comprehensive aggression and genocide that has been ongoing in Gaza since the seventh of October, in addition to the war crimes and grave violations they have been subjected to, most notably field executions, systematic arrests, and the accompanying horrifi
c violations, including sexual assaults.

The prisoners’ institutions also affirm that the enemy continues to violate the rights of Palestinian women prisoners in detention and interrogation centers, prisons, hospitals, medical clinics, checkpoints and checkpoints, and that these violations affect all categories of Palestinian females, including teachers, students, mothers, children and others.

The prisoners’ institutions recommend that the United Nations and all member states pressure the enemy entity to respect and abide by international law and international human rights law, and to implement the Convention against Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

The Washington Post published an article by writer Karen Atya in which she said: “The brunette lady Kamala Harris, Vice President Joe Biden, should not be the beautiful face of the ugly US policy in the Gaza Strip, as the Biden administration has used b
rown women as velvet gloves and iron fists, whenever it comes to the Zionist aggression on the Gaza Strip, in which more than 30,000 Palestinians were martyred, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.”

In her speech, Harris acknowledged the tragedy of Gaza, a misfortune in this when she said: “We have seen reports of families eating herbs or animal feed, women giving birth to undernourished babies without any medical attention, children dying of malnutrition. It demanded an immediate ceasefire, at least in the holy month of Ramadan, and demanded the release of prisoners and the usurping entity’s authority to allow humanitarian supplies into Gaza.

It is worth mentioning that on International Women’s Day, the whole world must realize with certainty that the will of the Palestinian mother and woman will not be broken by the intransigence of the fascist Zionist enemy and its persistence in committing more massacres and the war of genocide against innocent and unarmed civilians.

Source: Yemen News Agency

Dozens of innocent civilians massacred as Israel goes ahead with its genocidal onslaught on Gaza

GAZA: Dozens of innocent Palestinian civilians, including children, were killed or injured this evening in a series of Israeli aerial or artillery attacks targeting various areas of the war-torn Gaza Strip, according to local and medical sources.

In the city of Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, approximately nine Palestinians were killed and several others wounded following the Israeli bombardment of homes belonging to the Khattab and Al-Attar families.

Simultaneously, at least one person was killed and dozens were injured, some critically, when Israeli occupation forces opened machine gunfire on civilians awaiting for aid trucks near the Al-Nabulsi and Al-Kuwait roundabouts in the west and south of Gaza City. The victims were subsequently transported to the Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

Meantime, at least one civilian was killed and three others injured as a result of the Israeli military’s bombardment of a home belonging to the Al-Attaout family in Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip.

In Khan Yunis, so
uthern Gaza, an Israeli bombardment targeting a house owned by the Abu Rezq family near the European Gaza Hospital resulted in five injuries.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has so far resulted in 30,717 fatalities, most of whom are children and women, with 72,156 documented injuries, according to the Ministry of Health.

This toll remains provisional as thousands of victims are feared dead under rubble or left in the streets, with Israeli forces hindering access for ambulance and civil defense crews.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA

Development Minister Highlights Economic Advancements for Jordanian Women

Amman: Minister of Social Development and Chair of the Ministerial Committee for Women’s Empowerment, Wafa Bani Mustafa, highlighted on Thursday the significant strides made for Jordanian women under the Economic Modernization Vision, attributing them to collaborative efforts by the government and local and international allies.

Bani Mustafa, overseeing the culmination of the “Advancing Women’s Economic Participation in Jordan” project, emphasized an uptick in women’s engagement in the economy and notable enhancements in Jordan’s global standing on pertinent indices, such as the Women, Business, and Law Index by the World Bank.

She outlined several achievements from the past year, notably the introduction of a bus service catering to female agricultural workers in various regions, addressing their transportation needs while ensuring safety and dignity. Approximately 171 women benefited from this initiative.

Legislative gains and revisions to laws like the Labor and Social Security Law and the Companies Law
also contributed to improved indicators in women’s economic participation.

Plans are underway, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labor, to enact a new flexible work system to facilitate women’s employment and foster supportive work environments, she added.

Expanding nursery services, particularly home-based ones, saw training and support for 80 women to establish their own projects in this sector. A specialized system for nurseries, simplifying registration procedures and encouraging associations to establish them, aims to transition women from informal to formal employment, recognizing the sector’s potential for female empowerment.

Bani Mustafa highlighted forthcoming initiatives, including the implementation of a gender equality benchmark to be adopted by public and private sector institutions. Financial inclusion strides include an agreement with the Development and Employment Fund offering soft loans to women entrepreneurs at favorable terms, she noted.

Implemented with European Union funding, the
project toward enhancing women’s economic participation in Jordan, spearheaded by the EuroMed Feminist Initiative in partnership with local organizations, signifies a concerted effort towards gender-inclusive economic development.

Source: Jordan News Agency

President Abbas appoints Hussein Hamayel as Governor of Jericho

RAMALLAH: President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree today appointing Mr. Hussein Jadallah Hamayel as the Governor of the Jericho Governorate of the West Bank, Palestine.

The newly appointed governor is expected to swear-in before President Abbas at a later date.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA

Yemeni Delegation Explores Jordanian Agricultural Practices

Irbid: A Yemeni delegation, accompanied by members of the Jordan Agricultural Engineers Association, visited on Thursday Kafr Soum Agricultural Cooperative Association to learn about Jordan’s cooperative practices and their role in sustainable development, aligning with the royal vision.

The delegation explored the association’s initiatives, programs, and projects, focusing on its contributions to youth and women’s employment and support for small-scale ventures.

Association President Ahed Obaidat detailed the process of producing natural pomegranate products, highlighting the association’s success in developing 14 distinct varieties, including pomegranate musk, pomegranate vinegar, and pomegranate coffee.

Source: Jordan News Agency