Nahid Aboumansour

Nahid Aboumansour is the Executive Director of Petites-Mains, a women’s organization that provides skills training for immigrant women. The organization’s mission is to provide participants with the resources for income, skills development, and social integration. Based in Montréal, Petites-Mains offers hands-on skills training, such as industrial sewing, catering, and administrative work. Since the organization was founded in 1995, their program offerings have been expanded to include French-language classes for immigrant women. In 2021, Nahid was admitted to the Order of Montréal for her work at Petites-Mains, and in 2022, she was named one of Evol’s 100 Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing the World.