The Women’s Business Forum Conference, was held on 21 November 2012, at the OECD headquarters in Paris, France. In an effort to further mainstream women’s issues in broader policy fora, the conference was held in conjunction with the Steering Group meeting of the MENA-OECD Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development .
The Women’s Business Forum conference aimed at determining 2013 activities in light notably of the new political and economic environment in the MENA region. Key themes included: reducing youth and women’s unemployment; improving women’s access to business development services; launch of a pilot project on women’s business financing; and improving data collection on women’s entrepreneurship.