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Sheikha Hessa bint Khalifah al Khalifa

We seek, through inJAz Bahrain, to help the Bahraini youth acquire high quality knowledge relating to personal success. We encourage them to take initiatives and be inspired to improve their own prospects and play an active role in the economic development drive. Our core aim is to create a new generation who value the role of free enterprise in providing employment and creating prosperity.

Shaika Hessa Bint Khalifa Al Khalifa inaugurates inJAz Bahrain

Known For: Founder and Executive Director of InJAz Bahrain, Member of royal family of Kingdom of Bahrain
Dates: 1367 Hijri
1948 CE

Country: Bahrain

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As a scholar and member of the royal family of Bahrain, Al Khalifa has used her skills and status to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit of young Bahrainis, and to promote women’s rights. She earned her Bachelors degree in Management (1998) and Masters degree in Social Policy and Planning (2002) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and is a graduate of Young Enterprise, Junior Achievement in the UK.

In 2005 Al Khalifa founded a nonprofit organization called inJAz Bahrain, a member of Junior Achievement Worldwide, to provide young people with a hands-on business and economic education so they will be prepared when seeking employment and more likely to succeed. She became the Executive Director working with a Board of Directors in leading the private sector organizations of Bahrain. 

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Sheikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al-Khalifa: Executive Director, inJAz Bahrain.

Shaikha Hessa Bint Khalifa Al Khalifa inaugurates inJaz Bahrain.

HH Shaikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al Khalifa Visits GPIC.

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