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This conference, held on the 16th-17th February 2007, marks the publication
of the Fourth Arab Human Development Report,
Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World.
Women in positions of leadership in academia, diplomacy, government, international
organizations, the media, sport and film from across the Arab world met to speak from
experience and help set the agenda for Arab women in the Twenty First Century.
Coming from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait
and the United Arab Emirates, all of the speakers emphasized the record of
accomplishment of Arab women and the need to build on these foundations to
achieve the empowerment of Arab women and Arab society as a whole.
The conference was jointly organized by The Muthabara Foundation in Dubai, and the Middle East Centre.
To enable wider access to the Conference transcripts of the talks are
available from the Conference Programme.
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Conference Speakers
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