Women Entrepreneurship in MENA: Understanding the Barriers, Highlighting Progress

Riyada: Business, Tech, and Innovation in MENA
16/03/2022 25 min
Women Entrepreneurship in MENA: Understanding the Barriers, Highlighting Progress

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Episode Synopsis

To kick off women's history month, Merissa Khurma spoke with Lynn Mounzer, a leading expert on women and entrepreneurship in MENA, about important milestones and persistent barriers facing the region's women innovators. She researches how women can overcome this lack of support and get access to the tools to build businesses and become more independent, as well as the socioeconomic, cultural, and political conditions needed to foster women entrepreneurship in the region. 

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