Women have a crucial role to play in building a diverse, resilient & responsible MENA energy sector, yet only 10% of women are in senior roles. This is about diversity of perspectives that very often leads to more balanced outcomes @ArabianBusiness#Energy
https://t.co/xAk7PoUBlN
Millions of women are going it alone and forging careers as entrepreneurs. Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs shows that in many parts of developing world, including Middle East, women are creating successful entrepreneurial businesses
https://t.co/CEwvjdnbVq @GulfBusiness
Ensure that laws do not discriminate, such as those laws that restrict the types of sectors or even the times of day in which women can work.
https://t.co/HwCikByfVk via @WorldBank@FeridBelhaj#MENAWomensForum#MENAWomen#Women
Inspired by lightning rise and spread in US, Egypt’s version has caught on, making waves that could alter gender landscape in mostly Muslim nation. The magnitude of sexual harassment problem in most populous Arab nation cannot be exaggerated. #egypttoday
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Samera al-Huri’s fellow activists were disappearing, one by one. When she asked their families, each gave the same cryptic reply: “She’s traveling.” A few of the women re-emerged. But they seemed broken and refused to say where they had been for months. https://t.co/pxokXr0r8E
The Female Face of War
Photojournalist Jonathan Alpeyrie has documented the plight of women, their struggle and survival in war and conflict zones around the world, from Middle East and North Africa to the South Caucasus and Central Asia.
#MENAWomensForum
https://t.co/LuFaeAThrD
The number of new startups in the Middle East has risen by more than 42% in the past three years and The Economist reports that one in every three tech startups in the Middle East is owned by women.
@adigitalboom@TheEconomist
https://t.co/JQTM3q5jBd
How women in #MENA are taking on the status quo - and winning.
those who previously felt invisible now have the tools and more importantly the audience with whom they can share their opinions and outlooks.
@wef#women https://t.co/JLgXaYJNIp