Women's leadership forum set for January

Dubai: The Dubai School of Government will join the Dubai Women's Establishment (DWE) as a knowledge partner for the first Arab Women's Leadership Forum to be held on January 13-14, 2009.

The event, titled "Women and Leadership: Global Trends and Local Innovations" has been organised under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

Maitha Al Shamsi, DWE managing director, said: "The First Arab Women's Leadership Forum is the first in a series of forums to be organised by DWE under their mandate to enhance the contribution of working women in the economic and social development of the UAE."