Past Events

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/

2011 Women's Forum Global Meeting

Deauville (France), 13-15 October

From the 13th until the 15th of October, Deauville (France) will host the 7th edition of the Women’s Forum Global Meeting.

The Women’s Forum for the Economy and the Society has chosen for its 7th edition to draw inspiration from the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, the earthquake in Japan and other events which have knocked the axis of the world we took for granted and to hold the 2011 Global Meeting on the theme “What if?: Challenge, imagination, commitment”. The focus is on what committed actors can do to tip the balance for a better world.

Women’s voices and perspectives will be featured along with their mail counterparts in plenaries addressing scenario-driven major issues for people and the earth.

For more information visit http://www.womens-forum.com/meetings.