Female professionals who work in the field of sport in Qatar, attending the roll out of the WISQ initiative.
For the first time in Qatar, a newly-formed association for women working in sport has been launched.
The roll out of the initiative was held at the Shangri-La Hotel, Doha and coincided with the International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on March 8.
This new group, to be named Women in Sport Qatar (WISQ), has met for the first time and, in what was an informal meeting, brought together both local and international resident female professionals who all work in the field of sport.
Many of the women hold senior positions in sport and together, they represented organisations such as the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), Aspire, Aspetar, Al Jazeera, Qatar Women’s Sport Committee, local sport event management companies and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS).
The idea, is to provide a social and professional networking group for women working and playing in sport in Qatar and was conceived by Karen Webb Moss who was a co-founder of the successful Women in Sport network set up in the UK in the run up to the London 2012 Games and who now lives, and works in Qatar as the ICSS Group Chief Operating Officer.
Moss, said: “As Qatar is the proud host of multiple sporting events and, as we move closer to the staging of the IAAF World Championships and the 2022 World Cup, it is increasingly evident that Qatar also can, and should be, proud of the many impressive women now leading and working in the business of sport.”
“Our association aims to bring together a network of women living here in Qatar who are from diverse cultures and backgrounds but who all have a common personal or professional interest in, and around, the field of sport.”
For women working in sport in Qatar who are interested in this network are welcomed to contact the association on: [email protected]
