Mar 2018: A Syndicate to Globally Connect Professional Women: Launch of the Muscat Beaufort Syndicate.

by | Mar 25, 2018 | Events, News

House of Beaufort celebrated #IWD18 by launching a new Beaufort Syndicate in Muscat. Our patron for the event was Her Highness, Sayyida Basma al-Said, a member of the royal family of Oman.

Her Highness is a psychotherapist recognised across the GCC for her work to reform mental health care in Oman. She is also involved in supporting refugee families who are victims of the war in Syria, with a particular focus on PTSD and for launching the “Not Alone” campaign, designed to take mental health care into remote areas of the Sultanate.

We spent the evening in the beautiful garden of Her Highness’s Muscat mental health clinic “Whispers of Serenity”, an ambiance enhanced by scented flowers and olive trees. We were honoured to meet a number of influential Omani women, each of whom are agents of change in their particular fields of education, the law, entrepreneurship and the arts. Our discussions focused on how professional Omani women meet the challenges of blending careers with family/private life. They also addressed the importance of soft-skills for building stronger professional profiles and thus, greater confidence, and the difficulties women have when articulating their professional achievements.

These are, of course, all topics that resonate with women across cultures and continents. We were delighted by the warmth of our reception and the interest that the Muscat Syndicate showed in forging links with our European Beaufort Syndicates.