Arab Flair for International Women's Day
By Jane Williams, Editor, Knowledge Arabia

Arab women are educated, determined and have increasing government support. What’s standing in their way? A report from the INSEAD seminar in Abu Dhabi.

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The Abaya in the Boardroom

With strong role models and new opportunities, Arab women are making their mark in big business.

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Morons and Oxymorons: Undermining Women in Leadership

Fifty years after legal changes in many countries ended discrimination on the basis of sex, many women are still being held back in their careers by stereotypical prejudices about the qualities required for leadership and their ability to fill...

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  • Struggle In The Boardroom

    The prospect of mandatory quotas for women on European company boards seems to have receded, but European Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding’s campaign for quotas has pushed the issue of gender diversity firmly to the forefront of public...

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  • Putting Arab women in the picture

    Three Emirati marketing graduates recognised from their vast network of contacts that many women faced the same challenge: they were “time poor but mind active”, and searching for ways to contribute to the region’s social and their own personal...

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  • Locked out of the boardroom

    When new rules mandating seats for women on corporate boards go into effect in Europe next year, on which side will you be sitting?

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  • Women on Boards: First, Diversity

    For companies to be competitive, they should think strategically and unconventionally about the composition of their board.

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