Workshop on the Role of Businesswomen in the Economies and Societies of the Arab Region – Gulf Research Meeting

July 6-9 2011, Cambridge University, Cambridge (UK)

This workshop aims at making a distinct contribution to the existing literature not only by bringing together recent and innovative research on female entrepreneurship in the Arab world and the Gulf countries in particular.

The workshop intends to go beyond the rather limited theoretical and analytical framework guiding previous research on business women in the Middle East and North African by linking it with the broader debate on the private sector proper in the Arab countries on the one hand and with the general topic on “Women and Development” on the other hand.

It is hoped that papers to be presented in the workshop will also offer new insights for a better understanding of the above mentioned contrasting views and assessments of the role of businesswomen in the economies and societies of the Arab world.

For further information on the workshop, visit: http://grcevent.net/cambridge2011/