First Regional Conference on Advancing Young Women Leaders in the Gulf States

Call for Papers and Proposals

The Lebanese American University

In Collaboration with Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)

Invites submissions to

The First Regional Conference
on
Advancing Young Women Leaders in the Gulf States
November 28�30, 2010
Beirut, Lebanon

The major themes of the conference are the following:

• Discrepancies between Theory and Practice regarding women’s rights.
• Networking among Female Oriented Associations.
• Women in Small Businesses.
• Promoting social work and volunteerism.
• Women and Labor Rights
• The ABCs of running, managing and expanding small businesses.
• Women in Technology
• Community Services
• Media Advocacy

 

Guidelines for Submitting Conference Papers and Participation Award:

This conference is a platform for exchanging expertise, visions, and practical experiences among young women leaders from the Gulf States. Papers should focus on practical projects and proposals that aim to advance the status of women in the community and highlight good leadership practice. The papers/proposals should be between 3000 and 4000 words. They should examine and address one or several conference topics. Papers should include background description of the topic and its importance, how the topic is relevant to the conference themes, review of research and work done in the country, what are the lessons learned, what is still needed to be done and why, how can young women leaders in the Gulf country be involved, what is the action plan. 10–15 papers will be selected and successful applicants will be awarded a 3-day travel grant to Beirut, Lebanon, to attend and present their work (November 28–30, 2010).

This will also be coupled with sessions from the Young Women Leaders 2009 participants who will be sharing their experiences with us. They will talk about the strength, the weakness, the benefit, the implementation and importance of such projects. We will also be looking for keynote speakers who will add their expertise and experiences to enrich the conference.

Send email attachment to the attention of Dr. Nabelah Haraty:ywl@lau.edu.lb including the title page, abstract, affiliation, contract address and a biography of 100 words.

Deadline for proposal submission:     September 20, 2010
Notification of acceptance: October 4, 2010