SPARK.ngo

Name of Organization:

SPARK.ngo

Number of Participants:

5

Country:

Kurdistan - Iraq

Country:

Kurdistan - Iraq

Key Insights:

Join a tech entrepreneur in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (Hero Mohammed), a student (Lavin Salah), Country Manager of SPARK Jordan (Haneen Khatib) and a Professor at a leading university in Turkey to discuss the “skills gap” facing youth in the Middle East. There is a large gap between the skills employers are looking for and the skills of graduates or jobseekers. COVID-19 is compounding this issue. These women have many solutions to offer.