October 23 - 24, 2008  

Location: Beirut, Phoenicia – Intercontinental

Under the high patronage of the First Lady of Lebanon Mrs. Wafaa Michel Sleiman, Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Group and Al-Hasnaa Magazine are organizing The 2nd New Arab Woman Forum, on October 23-24, 2008 at the Intercontinental Phoenicia Beirut. The forum is organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Information, the League of Arab States, ESCWA and V-Day Karama.

Following up on the overwhelming success of the first New Arab Woman Forum, held in Dubai on October 2007, the second yearly forum aims at taking a closer look at major challenges facing women in the Arab world today and how they are being overcome.

In this regard, the forum will consider these various issues and challenges under two main headings, with the first day devoted entirely to the question of women and leadership in politics, business and society generally, and the second to the broader concept of the meaning of womanhood and feminism in the Arab world in its various attributes, activities and implications.