A three-day workshop organized by ILO Regional Office for Arab States and ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) as part of a series of regional workshops aimed at gathering information for a global report on "Women in Business and Management" and to provide a venue to initiate and/or strengthen networking between employer's organizations, business and gender experts. The workshop brings together representatives from employers' organizations in the Middle-East and North Africa.

The overall purpose of the workshop is to strengthen employers' organizations to support enterprises at the country level to develop and implement policies on advancing women in business and management as a strategic business goal.

The workshop aims to:

• Share information on the situation of women in business and management in the region
• Analyse and discuss the trends on women's role in business and management
• Identify good practices with regard to policies and strategies of employers' organizations and at the company level on advancing women in business and management
• Propose strategies and the way forward for employers' organizations and businesses to work together to increase the proportion of women in business management at all levels
• Contribute to networking among employers' organizations, enterprises and experts so as to strengthen a community of knowledge and practice on promoting gender equality in the business environment within the region.