Taa Marbouta is the first open to all, women-to-women mentorship programme in the MENA region.
Join us and advance in your career with the most brilliant and inspiring minds by your side.
BECOME A MENTEE.
Men may dominate PR and communications leadership positions today, but the status quo is meant to be challenged.
Are you ready to boost your career?
To build your capabilities?
BECOME A MENTOR.
Just because you’ve got a seat at the big table doesn’t mean you’re free to sit down.
Are you ready to give back?
To pave the way for future women?
Taa Marbouta Launch Event
Lisa King
Co-founder, Tales & Heads
Samar Alshorafa
CEO of She is Arab
Sarah Edwards
Group Director, Ogilvy PR & Influence
Rachel Dunn
Chair, Global Women in PR MENA
Kelly Harvarde
Client Lead at Memac Ogilvy
Loretta Ahmed
Founder and CEO at Houbara Communications
Elmarie Venter
Chief – Enrolments, Marketing, Communications & Corporate Relations at GEMS Education
Joyce Baz
PR & Communications at Google, Middle East and North Africa
Amanda Fox-Pryke
PR Communications Manager, Volkswagen Middle East
Elsa Roodt
Co-founder and Managing Director at Q Communications
Rasha Fawakhiri
Head of Communications for Twitter
Mandip Dulay
Founder of COO NetworkABOUT TAA MARBOUTA
Taa Marbouta provides aspiring young women in PR and communications with a more direct path to senior positions through mentorship.
The programme also seeks to shift the narrative that mentorship is a male-dominated role — encouraging more women to step forward as mentors.
How? By connecting ambitious talent with successful senior women across industries.
Programme mentors are selected for more than just their title and employer, but their personal philosophies, achievements, and leadership. Meanwhile, each mentee is carefully matched with these outstanding women based on what matters most to them and their careers.
Achieving this creates lasting, meaningful relationships between emerging and senior talent while plugging the women mentor gap found across industries.
The result? More women at the very top and a stronger industry for generations ahead.
The programme is co-owned by founding partners PRCA MENA (the world’s largest Public Relations Association) and GWPR (Global Women in PR), with global integrated communications network Ogilvy as a founding partner and creative partner.
Timelines:
8th April – Closing date for the first round of mentees closes
15th April – Mentees will be notified to who their mentor will be
September 2021 – Reopening Mentee applications
October 2021 – Closing date for the first round of mentees closes
