The Dubai Business Women Council (DBWC) is engaged in collaboration with the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) with a view to making a contribution to the dialogue and debates surrounding gender issues and women in leadership positions within the UAE.

In continuation with several initiatives launched as part of this research collaboration, we are now preparing to host a special half-day forum on the 13^th floor of the Dubai Chamber Building on the 7^th of March to celebrate International Women’s Day, 2016.

The worldwide campaign for the International Women’s Day is focussed on the theme of “Pledge for Parity” and we are taking this opportunity to extend the campaign to the UAE by inviting distinguished speakers to a panel discussion to generate ideas on how to create more equitable and inclusive work cultures.

The main objective of the panel discussion is to examine how men and women can work together to create equal opportunities for women at multiple levels of the organisational hierarchy and to address issues such as the leaking pipeline and the glass-ceiling. We expect and hope that the discussions will generate ideas that would have the potential to contribute to public policy initiatives surrounding gender issues, within the UAE.

Agenda:

8:15 AM – 9AM: Registration and Networking

9:00AM – 9:10AM: Welcome Speech

9:10 AM- 12:00 PM: Panel Discussion- Q&A

12:00PM – 12:30 PM: Networking 

This event is FREE, however seats are limited and registration is mandatory.