Signing of Memorandum of understanding between AIWF and the Pearl Initiative to promote women through the ranks to senior management and board roles

The Arab International Women’s Forum has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Pearl Initiative, the GCC-based, private sector-led, not-for-profit organisation developed in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships to promote best business practices in the Gulf Region; this MOU relates to activity in support of the Pearl Initiative’s research programme on Women in Senior Management in the GCC. Since 2010, the Pearl Initiative has been driving extensive programmes that positively influence business thinking in all 6 countries of the GCC, and produces regionally focused research-based insight reports and corporate good practice case studies. Rania Rizk, AIWF Board Member, and Imelda Dunlop, Executive Director of the Pearl Initiative, signed the agreement on 8 June 2014 in Dubai.