The Global Women’s Forum Dubai (GWFD) 2024 is announced to take place for the third time on 26-27 November at Madinat Jumeirah; it globally leading organizations & key opinion leaders in a mission to empower women and discuss Gender Parity issues globally.
This year’s theme, “The Power of Influence,” encompasses key focus areas: As such, the conference themes include Future Economies, Future societies, Collective Engagements and Collective Actions and Impactful Technologies and Impactful Innovations. It delivers opportunities for life-changing workshops, panel discussions, and keynote speeches to design and develop solutions for social justice.
List of the most recognisable partners and major trends
The Forum will feature partnerships with renowned organizations such as:
World Bank
An example of International business organization is International Finance Corporation (IFC).
Okay and unprog Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi).
UAE Gender Balance Council (UAE GBC)
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Atlantic Council
Her Excellency Mona Al Marri, Chairperson of Dubai Women Establishment said that ‘GWFD 2024 is not simply a forum but a cause that is striving to open doors to fair chances and achieve women’s full potential’.
Key Highlights
- World Bank & UAE Gender Balance Council: Previous sessions on strengthening gender equality by legal change and the Women, Business and the Law Report 2024.
- We-Fi & IFC: Lebanese women’s entrepreneurship, sign of success for female entrepreneurs and source of solutions for financial inclusion and climate change.
- Atlantic Council: Themed sessions areas include: How to make Sustainability Development Goals part of business plans, Battle for investor attention: networking skills and learning how to pitch to investors.
- OECD: Simple solutions for one of the biggest challenges for women entrepreneurs in the MENA region: Access to finance.
- UN OCHA: Exemplifying UAE’s commitment to the humanitarian causes and Gender balanced events.
A Global Call to Action
GWFD 2024 stresses partnership compatibility to implement changes to balance gender concerns economically, socially, and politically. The Forum aims at being a platform for promoting global changes by show casing leaders, innovators, and activists to foster more changes within the global community to retain a sustainable and mutant economy.
