AUK Celebrates Women's Week and International Women's Day

The American University of Kuwait (AUK) celebrated International Women's Day with an exciting and empowering weeklong agenda of various activities at the AUK Campus.

The events included debates about gender roles, confidence-boosting discussions circles, panel discussions about domestic abuse and women's progress and success, and a women's march. Most of the events were organized by AUK's Fikir Club, Alpha Psi Omega club, and the Division of Student Affairs.

The busy week came to a close with a lively and influential panel discussion featuring successful women who gathered to speak about the progress and success of women, how far they have come, and the bright future ahead of them. The group of inspirational guest speakers included Mrs. Salma Al Hajjaj, General Manager, Human Resources at Gulf Ban; Zeina Mokaddam, Managing Director at PH7 Publishing House; Balsam Al Ayoub, CEO and Founder of Balsam International; Sarah Chouari, Founder & Artist at ARTSPACE; and Faten Al Kadiri AUK Alumni and HR Administrator for Talent Acquisition & Benefits & Compensation at AUK.

Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Hanan Muzaffar said, "March 8, International Women's day is a time to celebrate the accomplishment of women and to highlight the progress and success that has paved the way for a promising future and what better way to do this than to inspire and motivate our future generations."