Closing gender gaps in the MENA financial sector: towards women-led business development

January 16, 2024
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The Union of the Mediterranean, in partnership with Union of Arab Banks and in collaboration with prominent international organizations, will organize a conference on the theme: “Closing gender gaps in the MENA financial sector: towards women-led business development”. It will take place on 06 and 07 March 2024 in Cairo, Egypt.

 

This event will mark the International Women’s Day 2024 and will bring together senior bankers and entrepreneurs from the MENA region to shed light on the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in scaling up their businesses.  These range from gender disparity in funding to lack of support.  It will also seek to highlight the ongoing work on narrowing the gender gap in the MENA financial sector towards women-led business development and engage discussions on promising practices and critical issues to support women entrepreneurs in launching and expanding their businesses.

 

The event will highlight ongoing initiatives aimed at reducing the gender gap in the MENA financial sector and on promising practices for enhancing the financial and digital inclusion of women entrepreneurs.

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Countries covered:

  • Egypt