Lebanon absent from Arab Business Women Council because of political division

An Nahar newspaper published an interview with Sheikha Hossa, the daughter of the late Kuwaiti Emir Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah who has been recently appointed President of the Femmes Chefs d'Entreprises Mondiales-(FCEM) and theGoodwill Ambassador to the MENA region in the international organization in addition to her usual post as President of the Arab Businesswomen Council and is listed on the Arabian Business website amongst the 100 most women (ranking 16th).
Sheikha Hossa notes in her interview that Lebanon is not officially represented in the Arab Business Women Council and is not listed on the agenda of the council given that it could not agree on its representation, because of the prevailing political and confessional divergences in the country.
Hossa noted that the Arab Business Women Council was set up to foster collaboration amongst business women in Arab countries and to assist them in economic self achievement as well as to secure financing for their projects.  The Council finances small and medium those enterprises engaged in handicrafts and agricultural work, and seeks to promote the products of such businesses in local and Arab markets  and that is, provided that the benefiting women register in the chambers of commerce of their respective country as business women.
Source: Al-Nahar 3 January 2014