Women’s economic integration and empowerment is a global issue that has a particular resonance in the Arab world. Women represent just one quarter of the labor force, and less than 1 in 7 of the 5,887 firms in 10 MENA countries surveyed by the World Bank between 2003 and 2010 were female owned.
To celebrate and catalyze organizations who are “being the change”, Ashoka Changemakers and General Electric recently launched The Women Powering Work: Innovations for Economic Equality in MENA competition (which also includes Afghanistan, Turkey and Pakistan). The deadline is next Wednesday, November 6th. Interested parties can apply here.
Encouragingly, there are many examples to look to if you need some inspiration!
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12 initiatives working to empower women in the Middle East
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