The Economist of the Middle East
The largest Middle Eastern online marketplace for mothers is run by Palestinian-Lebanese entrepreneur Mona Ataya, based in Dubai. In acknowledgment of her accomplishments, she has been picked as one of the six eTrade for Ladies Promoters for 2021-2022, by the UN exchange organization, UNCTAD.
Ms. Ataya is the establishing accomplice and Chief of Mumzworld, and has been on the Directorate of the Dubai Chamber for Advanced Economy starting around 2011. She talked about the difficulties that businesswomen in the Middle East face and why she is committed to supporting them in an interview with May Yaccoub from UN News.
“I have been working in the advanced economy in the MENA District throughout the previous twenty years, and I have found out how it has turned out through a few progressive changes. The digitalization of the worldwide economy is center to the manner in which the world is moving, however ladies remain very underserved, and we really want to welcome a greater amount of them ready.
UNCTAD’s eTrade for Ladies is doing precisely that: it’s aiding ladies by giving the data and assets that permit us ladies to have our voices heard and our commitments felt.
I am looking forward to putting my new role as a mentor to use, as well as creating tools, information, and resources that other women in the region can use and sharing my expertise, successes, and knowledge with them.
I began my corporate vocation outside the Center East, and I utilized those years to fabricate the range of abilities that would permit me to get back to the locale, and influence what I have figured out how to construct organizations in this area of the planet and make esteem.
Mumzworld was established in 2011 to assist Arab women in making educated decisions for their families. Previously, admittance to items for them was restricted, costs were extremely high, and a web-based local area for moms to take advantage of didn’t exist. We set off to tackle these issues, and developed a business that arrives at the homes of more than 2.5 million moms, with the biggest proposal of value items in the locale, and which has turned into the go-to objective for worldwide brands that need to arrive at Center Eastern buyers.
Today we have north of 350 staff, with more than 6,000 brands and in excess of 300,000 items available to be purchased on the site: a fruitful, local business that has turned into a highest quality level, and has made energy for different ladies to succeed and make more positions in the district.
From suppliers to delivery companies and financiers, the Middle Eastern e-commerce sector is heavily male-dominated. For a lady working here, this can be a major test: To succeed in the corporate maze, you must utilize your unique abilities and skills.
Fortunately, when ladies truly do succeed and construct versatile organizations, we give different ladies the fortitude to likewise come in and begin their own endeavors.
I have been helped by the way that my significant other and three high school children are extremely understanding. Because establishing a successful business requires a great deal of effort, financial risk, and compromise on the part of the entrepreneur, their support has been crucial to my success.