American University of Beirut

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Center for Inclusive Business and Leadership (CIBL) for Women at the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (OSB) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) held a closing online event of the SAWI ​Project (Support and Accelerate Women's Inclusion), to mark the progress to date on the Women’s Economic Empowerment Project – The SAWI Project, funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative at the U.S. Department of State.​

SAWI REGIONAL ROADMAP FOR WORKPLACE INCLUSION
ONLINE EVENT

When: May 31st, 2022 | 3:00 – 6:30 p.m. (Beirut Time) or 8:00 – 11:30 a.m. (EST)

Where: Online ZOOM event

The SAWI event officially launched the network of trailblazing employers who have been drafting and adopting more inclusive policies for the recruitment, retention, and promotion of women in MENA workplaces. We showcased the accomplishments by SAWI partners across the 8 countries.​ Around 500 attendees from around the globe joined the conversation to learn more about the network, and to take action for inclusive human resource systems in the region.

SAWI is a milestone project by CIBL for Women to Support and Accelerate Women’s Inclusion in eight countries (Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia). SAWI has partnered with employers in the sectors of healthcare, education, STEM, and banking for women’s inclusion. SAWI was made possible by generous funding from the US State Department’s MEPI program, and in partnership with our regional team: Apotheox, BPWA, Democracy for All, Economia HEM, LLWB, Warsha and WEOIraq.

Here is a glimpse of reach and impact from 2020 - 2021:


FORMAT OF THE EVENT

The event was held online via the zoom platform and was livestreamed on CIBL for Women Facebook page​.​

LANGUAGE OF THE EVENT

English with simultaneous interpretation to Arabic and French.

WHO ​JOINED?

The SAWI event was open to the public and brought together representatives from our country partners, the network of pioneer employers who have joined our efforts, and inclusion focal points. 

WHAT WAS DISCUSSED? - AGENDA -​

1) The role of business schools in accelerating women's inclusion

2) CIBL leading structural change in the region

3) Creating Knowledge to address the data deficit

4) Participatory action and policy change amidst crises

5) CIBL roadmap for inclusive policies

6) Gender-lens investing: finance for social change

7) Inclusive policies as mechanisms for achieving ESG 
8) Anchored in OSB and MENA but with an eye on the world​

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لللغّة العربية اضغط هنا​

For French, click here​

SPEAKERS

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​​​ Dr. Amaney Jamal Dean, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University United States of America	​ Dr. Yusuf Sidani​ Dean, Suliman S. Olayan School of Business, OSB, AUB Lebanon
​ Dr. Fatima Zahra Alami​ Vice-president, Université Hassan II Aïn Chock de Casablanca Morocco	Dr. Lama Moussawi Director of CIBL for Women CIBL Founding Member Principal Investigator, SAWI Project Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development American University of Beirut (AUB), Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (OSB) Tenured Associate Professor of Management Science Lebanon
​ Dean Stéphane Brutus Dean, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa Canada	​ Dr. Charlotte Karam Director of International Partnership at CIBL for Women Immediate Past CIBL Founding Director Principal Investigator, SAWI Project Ian Telfer Professorship in Inclusive Human Resource Systems, Telfer School of Management Director of Executive MBA, University of Ottawa Canada
​ Olfat Khattar Regional Manager, CIBL for Women, AUB, OSB Lebanon	​ Thana’a Al-Khasawneh​ Executive Director, Business and Professional Women Association, BPWA Jordan​
​ Amel Belaid Founder, Apotheox Business Services Algeria	​ Manal El Abboubi Professor at University Mohammed V Rabat (Morocco) and Research Affiliate at Economia, HEM Research Center Morocco
​ Dr. Claudia Youakim Deputy Director of Knowledge Management and Research, CIBL for Women and Scholar at the Institute for Women, Peace and Security, School of Foreign Services, Georgetown University United States of America	​ Axelle Meouchy Research Associate /Curriculum Coordinator, CIBL for Women Lebanon
​ Crystel Abdallah​ Research Associate, CIBL for Women Lebanon	​ Sabeeka Alshamlan Founder, Warsha Consultancy and Development Bahrain
​ Sarah Abi Abdallah​ Project Manager, Lebanese League for Women in Business, LLWB Lebanon	​ Amira Marzouk Executive Director, Democracy for All, Deputy, National Constituent Assembly, Pan African Parliament Tunisia
​ Dr. Wassim Dbouk Director of the Investment Management Program at OSB, Associate Professor of Finance, and CIBL Founding member, AUB, OSB Lebanon	​ Haley Schaffer Vice President Blackrock, Inc, NYC United States of America
​ Dr. Zeina Zeidan Advisory Board Member CIBL for Women United Arab Emirates	​ Grace El Azar​ Communication and HSE manager Holcim Lebanon
​ Dr. Carmen Geha Associate Professor of Public Administration and Leadership, OSB, Founding member and Director of Communications, CIBL for Women, FAS, AUB Spain	​ Dr. Lina Daouk-Öyry Associate Professor of Work & Organizational Psychology, AUB, Arab Fund Distinguished Scholar 2020, Visiting Researcher Aalto University Finland
​ Mr. Thomas Jelley Founder of Bright Blu Dot ESG consultant Finland	​ Dr. Fida Afiouni Tenured Associate Professor of Human Resource Management OSB, Associate Provost at AUB, Founding member, CIBL for Women, AUB, OSB Lebanon ​