Women Entrepreneurship in MENA: Progress Report
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Merissa Khurma, Director of the Wilson Center’s Middle East Program, and Lynn Mounzer, Gender in Business Specialist and Global Fellow with the Middle East Program. They discuss a new MEP report, Women Entrepreneurship in MENA: The Cases of Bahrain, Lebanon, and Tunisia. The report, “aggregates datasets from various national, regional, and global sources to better explain why women entrepreneurship in the MENA region continues to lag behind, despite striking progress in education, particularly tertiary education.”
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The MENA Workforce Development Initiative
The Middle East and North Africa Workforce Development Initiative (MENA-WDI) aims to assess both current and projected challenges facing the region in developing the workforce and the implications for peace and stability. Read more
Middle East Program
The Wilson Center’s Middle East Program serves as a crucial resource for the policymaking community and beyond, providing analyses and research that helps inform US foreign policymaking, stimulates public debate, and expands knowledge about issues in the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Read more
Middle East Women's Initiative
The Middle East Women's Initiative (MEWI) promotes the empowerment of women in the region through an open and inclusive dialogue with women leaders from the Middle East and continuous research. Read more
