A roadmap for workplace inclusion for the MENA region

A roadmap for workplace inclusion for the MENA region

Beirut Center for Inclusive Business and Leadership (CIBL) for women at the Olayan. S. Suliman school of Business (OSB) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) is tackling the enormous challenges that women in the MENA face in the workplace. By mobilizing employers, government representatives, and civil society activists across the region, CIBL is starting to help impact the careers of close to 200,000 women employed in the sectors of STEM, Healthcare, Banking, and Finance.

On May 31, 2022, CIBL for Women celebrated the completion of a two-year collaborative project entitled “Support and Accelerate Women’s Inclusion” (SAWI). The SAWI project was completed in partnership with organizations in Algeria (Apotheox Business Services), Bahrain (Warsha Consultancy and Development), Iraq (Women Empowerment Organization-WEO), Jordan (Business and professional Women Amman -BPWA), Lebanon (Lebanese League for Women in Business-LLWB), Morocco (Economia HEM), and Tunisia (Democracy for All), and pioneer employers from the banking, healthcare, higher education, and STEM sectors.

A half-day online event attended by over 500 business leaders, governmental officials, university professors, civil society activists and professionals from around the globe. The event featured speeches by her Excellency the US Ambassador to Lebanon, Ms. Dorothy Shea, President of AUB Dr. Fadlo Khuri, Dean Yusuf Sidani of