AMMAN – The Global Thinkers Forum held here in Jordan's capital, has conferred on Saudi national Khalid Alkhudair, the founder of Glowork - a women employment portal in Saudi, the “Excellence in Entrepreneurship” award. Alkhudair described the award as a dedication for Saudi women and he committed to ensure that Glowork continues to strive and enable women in the workforce as well as create a success story for Saudi when it comes to women employment. “Women deserve an equal opportunity to showcase their talent in the labor market, we have to give them that chance and we will do all that we can to enable it,” he said. Glowork was started last year in the aim of bridging the gap between the education sector and the labor market and has succeeded in creating over 6000 jobs for women in the short time they have been lived. The award is the second after a remarkable acknowledgment by the United Nations, World Bank and the ILO as the most innovative solution for job creation throughout the globe. – SG
