titleBahrain Conglomerates Interviews <subtitle type="text"></subtitle> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://marcopolis.net"/> <id>https://marcopolis.net/</id> <updated>2024-05-07T23:04:52+00:00</updated> <author> <name>Marcopolis</name> <email>info@marcopolis.net</email> </author> <generator uri="http://joomla.org" version="1.6">Joomla! - Open Source Content Management</generator> <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://marcopolis.net/bahrain-conglomerates-interviews/feed/atom.htm?SETSTYLE=1"/> <entry> <title>Bahrain: An Interview with Mona Almoayyed of Leading Conglomerate Y K Almoayyed and Sons 2021-04-11T09:35:10+00:00 2021-04-11T09:35:10+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/bahrain-an-interview-with-mona-almoayyed-of-leading-conglomerate-y-k-almoayyed-and-sons.htm Sandra Francisco sandra@marcopolis.net <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" alt="Mona Almoayyed, Managing Director of Y K Almoayyed and Sons" src="images/stories/BahrainReport/2021/interviews/Y_K_Almoayyed_and_Sons/Mona_Almoayyed_Managing_Director_of_Y_K_Almoayyed_and_Sons.jpg" height="111" width="200" /> <p>Mona Almoayyed explains what are the competitive advantages of leading conglomerate Y K Almoayyed and Sons, and talks about the impacts of COVID on the Group. She also discusses her involvement in women’s rights, migrants’ rights, workers’ rights and environmental works in Bahrain as part of her participation in the Shura Council, and explains what makes the family business unique.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" alt="Mona Almoayyed, Managing Director of Y K Almoayyed and Sons" src="images/stories/BahrainReport/2021/interviews/Y_K_Almoayyed_and_Sons/Mona_Almoayyed_Managing_Director_of_Y_K_Almoayyed_and_Sons.jpg" height="111" width="200" /> <p>Mona Almoayyed explains what are the competitive advantages of leading conglomerate Y K Almoayyed and Sons, and talks about the impacts of COVID on the Group. She also discusses her involvement in women’s rights, migrants’ rights, workers’ rights and environmental works in Bahrain as part of her participation in the Shura Council, and explains what makes the family business unique.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> Women's rights in Bahrain: Steady Progress Towards Equality 2013-04-17T00:00:00+00:00 2013-04-17T00:00:00+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/womens-rights-in-bahrain-steady-progress-towards-equality.htm Jacques Yétérian editor@marcopolis.net <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="womens-rights-in-bahrain-steady-progress-towards-equality-1704.htm"><img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" src="images/stories/BahrainReport/2013/interviews/yk-almoayyed/Mona-Almoayyed-Managing-Director-Y.K.-Almoayyed-&amp;-Sons.jpg" alt="Mona Almoayyed, Managing Director of Y. K. Almoayyed &amp; Sons" width="181" height="100" /></a></p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;">Mona Almoayyed, Managing Director of Y. K. Almoayyed &amp; Sons</p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Women and men in Bahrain are paid the same wages; there is no differentiation according to the labor law. On the other hand, for women there are lots of privileges. For example, for maternity with the new labor law it is 60 rather than 45 days.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="womens-rights-in-bahrain-steady-progress-towards-equality-1704.htm"><img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" src="images/stories/BahrainReport/2013/interviews/yk-almoayyed/Mona-Almoayyed-Managing-Director-Y.K.-Almoayyed-&amp;-Sons.jpg" alt="Mona Almoayyed, Managing Director of Y. K. Almoayyed &amp; Sons" width="181" height="100" /></a></p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;">Mona Almoayyed, Managing Director of Y. K. Almoayyed &amp; Sons</p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Women and men in Bahrain are paid the same wages; there is no differentiation according to the labor law. On the other hand, for women there are lots of privileges. For example, for maternity with the new labor law it is 60 rather than 45 days.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> Doing Business in Bahrain: Cautious Optimism About 2013-2014 Grows 2013-04-02T16:04:38+00:00 2013-04-02T16:04:38+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/doing-business-in-bahrain-qcautious-optimism-about-2013-2014q-grows.htm Jacques Yétérian editor@marcopolis.net <p><a href="-doing-business-in-bahrain-cautious-optimism-about-2013-2014-grows-0204.htm"><img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" src="images/stories/BahrainReport/2013/interviews/yba-kanoo/Fawzi-Ahmed-Kanoo,-Deputy-Chairman-of-Yusuf-Bin-Ahmed-Kanoo.jpg" alt="Fawzi Ahmed Kanoo, Deputy Chairman of Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo" width="181" height="100" /></a></p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;">Fawzi Ahmed Kanoo, Deputy Chairman of Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo</p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Today, we have about 6,000 people working for us Gulf-wide and about 700 people in Bahrain. We have seen the first two months of the year as encouraging and even though in January business is normally down we have seen encouraging results. So I personally believe we are on the right track and that we will have a good year in 2013.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> <p><a href="-doing-business-in-bahrain-cautious-optimism-about-2013-2014-grows-0204.htm"><img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" src="images/stories/BahrainReport/2013/interviews/yba-kanoo/Fawzi-Ahmed-Kanoo,-Deputy-Chairman-of-Yusuf-Bin-Ahmed-Kanoo.jpg" alt="Fawzi Ahmed Kanoo, Deputy Chairman of Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo" width="181" height="100" /></a></p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;">Fawzi Ahmed Kanoo, Deputy Chairman of Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo</p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Today, we have about 6,000 people working for us Gulf-wide and about 700 people in Bahrain. We have seen the first two months of the year as encouraging and even though in January business is normally down we have seen encouraging results. So I personally believe we are on the right track and that we will have a good year in 2013.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p>