‘Women Lawyers in the Business sector’ conference encourages women to seek leadership positions

In cooperation with the International Arab Forum and the Beirut Bar Association, the International Bar Association organized last week a conference entitled ‘women lawyers in the business sector’ aimed at women’s empowerment as well as the development of their professional skills, domestically and abroad. The conference focused on the latest trends in global trade disputes and ways to improve the capacities of building networks between lawyers in the region and around the world. On the occasion, the founding president of the Arab International Women’s Forum (AIWF), Haifa Fahum Kilani, underlined the importance of the above assembly in “raising awareness on relevant international standards and in encouraging women lawyers to assume senior leadership positions.” Participants also discussed existing opportunities that allow the practice of Lebanese women lawyers across the borders and how to transcend the national into the global practice, including procedures dealing with international arbitrary cross-border trade contracts and frameworks of fighting corruption on both the national and international levels. (Al Mustaqbal, March 6, 2016)