The UN Economic Commission for Africa organizes a workshop in Marrakesh for promoting women's entrepreneurship in North Africa

Abstract

The ECA Office for North Africa in cooperation with the Arab Maghreb Union(AMU) and other partners is organizing a workshop under the theme ‘the role of women in developing national economies of the Arab Maghreb Union’. The objective of this meeting supported by the Islamic Development Bank is to make women’s entrepreneurship a tool for developing and integrating North Africa. Recent studies highlight the ever-increasing number of Maghreb women entrepreneurs. Their contribution to economic take-off, however, has yet to be optimized because of impediments having to do with social prejudices reflected in discrimination, especially when it comes to financial empowerment.