Business & Women Leadership

This fast-emerging focus area places the highest priority on the imperative need for attaining gender diversity and empowering women leaders in all segments of the economy. It emphasizes the valuable advantages that accrue to organizations with diverse leadership groups, such as improved financial performance, improved decision-making processes, more innovation, and a more unified organizational culture.

Activities in this area are aimed at revealing and deconstructing structural barriers that impede women's career progression, confronting unarticulated prejudice in promotion and choice, promoting good mentorship and sponsorship schemes, and creating level playing grounds for women to find their way to the top executive levels and contribute their distinct views and talents to serve as drivers of business strategy and organizational performance in the global economy.