FY-2006 RP: "WOMEN AS ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 AMMAN 009037 SIPDIS ECA/PE/V/R/N (SABED-KOTOB, EDIGGINS); NEA/PPD (DBENZE); NEA/ELA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OEXC SCUL JO SUBJECT: FY-2006 RP: "WOMEN AS ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS LEADERS"- JANUARY 9 - 27, 2006 ¶1. THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN BAGHDAD NOMINATES MS. TAMADHIR K. HAMMAD FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. ¶2. MS. HAMMAD HAS RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL FOR HER PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. ¶3. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND SHOULD NOT BE : EDITED EXCEPT BY MEANS OF THE POST-EVDB SOFTWARE. EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB VERSION: 3.0.7 POST-EMAIL: ALDADAWM@STATE.GOV TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS AMMAN TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2887 EXPORT-TYPE: BIO DATA START NOMINATION: ECA-OFFICE: E/VGN PROG-AGENCY-NAME: POST-PROJ-ID: 275 ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VGN-2006-0014 PROJ-NAME: WOMEN AS ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS LEADERS-IRAQ START MEMO PROJ-DESC: END MEMO PROJ-DESC: PROJ-TYPE: REGIONAL PROG-TYPE: IV GRANT VISITOR FY: 2006 DEPART-POST: 01/07/2006 SESSION-DATE: 01/09/2006 RETURN-POST: 01/28/2006 NO-OF-PART: 1 RANK-ORDER: 0 START MEMO POST-OBJ: END MEMO POST-OBJ: START MEMO POST-RCMD: END MEMO POST-RCMD: ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1039 PROG-AGENCY-ID: PROJ-TYPE-ID: RP PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 NOMINATING-POST-ID: 2887 FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: STATUS: N ORIGINATOR: U SUBJ-DISC: ECONOMIC & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT START BIO: PREFIX: MS. F-NAME: TAMADHIR M-NAME: K. L-NAME: HAMMAD SUFFIX: POSITION-CODE: 331 PRINCIPAL: YES GENDER: F DOB: 02/03/1956 MAR-STAT: M BIRTH-CITY: BAGHDAD, BIRTH-CNTRY: IRAQ CITIZ-CNTRY: IRAQ RES-CNTRY: IRAQ START MEMO POSITION: DIRECTOR OF THE IRAQI BUSINESS CENTER END MEMO POSITION: START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: LIAISON, COORDINATOR, AND THE MARKETING DIRECTOR OF THE IRAQI BUSINESS CENTER AT THE CONVENTION CENTER IN THE INTERNATIONAL ZONE IN BAGHDAD; COORDINATOR WITH U.S. ARMY AT THE HCC (HUMANITARIAN COORDINATING CENTER). END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: START MEMO US-TRAVEL: NEW MEXICO, JUNE 2005 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GLOBAL SUMMIT OF WOMEN END MEMO US-TRAVEL: START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: JORDAN; VANCOUVER, CANADA, ATTENDED A CONFERENCE FOR WOMEN END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: START MEMO EDUCATION: BA IN COLLEGE OF ARTS, BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY, 1978-1981 END MEMO EDUCATION: START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IRAQI BUSINESS CENTER END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES ON POETRY END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: FIRST-LANG: ARABIC ENGL-READ: 5 ENGL-SPEAK: 5 ENGL-COMP: 5 START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: END MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: START MEMO VIS-OBJ: END MEMO VIS-OBJ: START MEMO VIS-REC: END MEMO VIS-REC: NOMINATING-OFFICER: ILYA LEVIN- ASSISTANT CULTURAL AFFAIRS OFFICER START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: TAMADHIR K. HAMMAD IS A COURAGEOUS ACTIVIST WHO STARTED TO WORK WITH U.S. ARMY DIRECTLY AFTER THE DOWNFALL OF THE SADDAM'S REGIME AS COORDINATOR FOR THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATING CENTER; SHE THEN WORKED AS MARKETING DIRECTOR OF THE IRAQI BUSINESS CENTER; AS THE BUSINESS CENTER'S DIRECTOR, TAMADHIR HAS DIRECTED HER EFFORTS AT HELPING IRAQI WOMEN ESTABLISH SMALL BUSINESSES AND DEVELOP BUSINESS CONTACTS WITH FOREIGN PARTNERS; THANKS TO HER NEGOTIATING SKILLS, TAMADHIR HAS BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN FUNDING FOR THE BUSINESS CENTER FROM DIFFERENT DONORS; PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROGRAM WILL BENEFIT TAMADHIR BY GIVING HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE VALUABLE NEW KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO BE USED TO ASSIST IRAQI WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS. END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: NOM-OFF: U.S. EMBASSY- BAGHDAD SPEAKER: NO NOTIFY-EMB: NO MEDIA: NO HOME-STAY: NO HOME-HOSP: YES E-I-TYPE: NOMINEE-ID: 629 PERSON-ID: 627 BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: IZ CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: IZ RES-CNTRY-ID: IZ FIRST-LANG-ID: AR E-I-TYPE-ID: NOM-POST-ID: 2887 NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 0 NOM-STATUS: N DS2019-ACTION: 1 DS2019-SUBJECT: 45.0601 SPONS-FUNDS: 8000 SPONS-AGENCY1: USGOVT-AGENCY1: US-AGENCY-AMT1: 0 USGOVT-AGENCY2: US-AGENCY-AMT2: 0 INTL-ORG1: INTL-ORG-AMOUNT1: 0 INTL-ORG2: INTL-ORG-AMOUNT2: 0 VIS-GOVT-AMT: 0 COMMISSION: 0 OTHER-AMOUNT: 0 VIS-AMOUNT: 0 VIS-CAT: 5 END BIO: END NOMINATION: END FIXED-FORMAT TEXT: ¶4. PLEASE ADVISE ACCEPTANCE. HALE