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International Women's Day event held in Dubai
Prominent regional and international women leaders marked International Women's Day by gathering at the Burj Al Arab Hotel yesterday for Woibex 2008 - 10th Global Businesswomen and Leaders Summit.
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- Published: 00:03 March 9, 2008
Dubai: Prominent regional and international women leaders marked International Women's Day by gathering at the Burj Al Arab Hotel yesterday for Woibex 2008 - 10th Global Businesswomen and Leaders Summit.
The two-day summit, which is organised by Datamatix Group and sponsored this year by Forsa and Virgin Megastore, featured keynote speeches from Mary Robison, former president of Ireland, Dr Masoumeh Ebtekar, former vice-president of Iran, and Mervat Tellawy, ambassador, League of Arab States.
The day's sessions opened with the first keynote address of the day, delivered by Robinson, who discussed the need to link women inter-regionally, inter-culturally, and inter-generationally to address issues affecting women all over the world.
Dr Ebtekar spoke on Leadership for Peace and Sustainable Development: The Spiritual and Feminine Factor, which discussed the need for "feminine approach" to leadership in the current world scenario that is overshadowed by war and terrorism.
Dr Tellawy, delivered a message from Amr Moussa, secretary-general of the Arab League, which spoke about the positive changes in Arab women's roles.
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