8 March International Women's Day Handicraft Exhibition was opened at MUSIAD. Speaking at the event, MUSIAD Chairman Mahmut Asmalı said, "As MUSIAD, we are putting forward a vision that touches every aspect of life and works diligently to keep the values ​​inherited from our ancient culture alive in the best way possible." MUSIAD Women's President Meryem İlbahar, who made evaluations in the program, said that they will organize an International Awareness Summit on 14 June as MUSIAD Women. It was also stated in the program that the promotional activities for the Africa House project will expand with the stand opened at MUSIAD.

Under the coordination of the Independent Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (MUSIAD) Women's structuring, the 8 March International Women's Day Handicraft Exhibition was opened at MUSIAD Headquarters with the contributions of the Human Rights and Freedoms Foundation (IHH) Women's Unit. Speaking at the opening program where artist Hicret Nida Bulut presented a piano recital, MUSIAD President Mahmut Asmalı emphasized that MUSIAD is working to preserve and keep alive the cultural heritage that touches every aspect of life in the best way possible. Sharing her thoughts on the program, MUSIAD Women's Chair Meryem İlbahar said, "We are a structure that believes that women's real empowerment will be achieved by supporting them in every field. As a part of this understanding, we have come together with you on the occasion of an exhibition and music concert" said.

"As MUSIAD, we are working diligently to keep the heritage values ​​of our culture alive in the best way"

President of MUSIAD Asmalı congratulated the women participating in the program on March 8, International Women's Day in his speech on the event, and said, "We, as business people from MUSIAD, together with our sisters, have fought with all our strength for the welfare of our country and our bright future for more than 30 years. We continue our fight," he said.

President Asmalı continued his statement with the following statements:

"MÜSİAD, which sprouts from Anatolia and spreads all over the world, not only builds trade bridges, but also sheds light on the world of the future with its human-oriented value chain. We, as business people from MUSIAD, together with our sisters, have been working for more than 30 years for the welfare of our country and We fought with all our strength for our bright future, and we continue our struggle. Today, while we are building the future of our business world with our organizations such as Young MUSIAD and MUSIAD Women, we are even more proud of the achievements of our youth. As MUSIAD, we contribute to the development of our youth and the savings of our members, not only with our work in economic life, but also with our social and cultural activities. We are expanding our activities with the projects realized within the scope of our cooperation in different fields and contacts with various institutions and organizations.In this context, in the workshop event we held with our Ak Yuva Foundation in the past weeks, the girls under their protection We hosted our children at our Headquarters. Today, we came together with the aim of conveying the values ​​prepared with the contributions of our sisters to more people. As MUSIAD, we want 365 days to be our women's day, not just 8 March. I say this as a member of 32 years of marriage, a father of 3 daughters and 2 grandchildren. My late mother was mobilized in my life and education. I can clearly say that behind every successful man there is a woman. Therefore, the doors of MUSIAD Women are wide open to our sisters. In order to encourage the participation of our female members in business life, we revised our membership terms in favor of our female brothers and sisters. Today we came together on the occasion of March 8, MUSIAD congratulates the women members of our family and all our guests on International Women's Day; I wish success to all my brothers who aim to leave a much brighter future to new generations with their projections focused on social responsibility, employment and education."

"Women's empowerment happens when they are supported in every field"

Speaking at the program, MUSIAD Women's President Meryem İlbahar emphasized that women's empowerment would come about by supporting them in every field, and said, "We are a structure that believes that women's real empowerment will come true with their support in every field." İlbahar also stated that they will organize an International Awareness Summit as MUSIAD Women on 14 June.

MUSIAD Women's President İlbahar made the following statements in her evaluation:

"Today we are together with you on the occasion of International Women's Day. Today is a very meaningful and valuable day for us as we are the women's organization of MUSIAD. We, as MUSIAD Women, aim to further strengthen our women entrepreneurs in our activities with the aim of raising awareness in every field where women are present. Today, with more than 300 members within the body of MUSIAD, we are the business world organization that hosts the largest number of businesswomen in Turkey and we are aware of this power.
With the motto of 'high morality and high technology', empowering women in business life constitutes the main axis of our work, and we are also developing our projects related to women-related elements in social and cultural life. In this context, as MUSIAD Women, we aim to make an important contribution to the value chain by holding our International Awareness Summit on 14 June. We are a structure that believes that the real empowerment of women will be achieved by supporting her in every field. As a part of this understanding, we have gathered with you today for an exhibition and music concert. I would like to thank the IHH Women's team for their elaborate work, for cooperating with us in our exhibition and enabling us to present women's handcrafted products to you."

Afrika House is waiting for its visitors with its permanent stand at MUSIAD

Stating that the African House exhibition will also take place at MUSIAD permanently under the auspices of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's esteemed wife, Emine Erdoğan, MUSIAD Women's President İlbahar said that they are happy to contribute to the Africa House project, drawing attention to the importance of Africa for Turkey.

The Handicraft Exhibition can be visited until March 11

The Handicraft Exhibition, prepared in cooperation with MUSIAD Women and IHH Women, where the products made by women victims of war, orphan mothers and volunteer women in order to generate income for many projects created for women, children and families in different geographies will be exhibited, can be visited until March 11 at MUSIAD Headquarters. can be done.