Dubai: The Women’s Forum for Economy and Society has selected Dubai to host the first Women’s Forum Dubai in 2016.
It will be the first time in history that the Women’s Forum will hold a major event in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed between the Dubai Women Establishment (DWE) and Women’s Forum for Economy and Society, organisers of the Women’s Forum, at the ongoing 10th meeting of the forum in Deauville, France. The signing ceremony was attended by Philippe Augier, the mayor of Deauville, France and Hamad Obaid Al Za’abi, Charge d’Affaires of the UAE Embassy in Paris.
DWE has been named the co-organiser of Women’s Forum Dubai 2016.
The Women’s Forum for Economy and Society is the world’s largest gathering of leaders — women and men — focused on the advancement of women and strengthening the influence of women in business, government, academic circles, society and culture, sustainability and environment throughout the world.
Shaikha Manal Bint Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Women Establishment and wife of Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, dedicated the achievement to the UAE’s leadership and people. She said every honour for the UAE on the international stage was a motivation for more efforts to realise the vision of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
“The approach set by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in celebrating excellence and encouraging innovation is the source of inspiration for us to pursue new development avenues,” Shaikha Manal said.
