Knowledge Sharing

Women on Board Professional Training

The Women on Boards Consortium held a comprehensive 10-day training on the needs and demands of being on a cooperate board in January 2018. 

Research Paper 2018

A. Abdelzaher and D. Abdelzaher, "Women on Boards and Firm Performance in Egypt: Post the Arab Spring." The Journal of Developing Areas. Forthcoming 2018. 

Research Paper 2017

Ararat, Melsa and El-Helaly, Moataz and Shehata, Nermeen F. 2017 "Gender Diversity and Firm Performance Before and After the Egyptian Revolution". AUC Avenue.

Book Chapter

Howaidy, Ghada. 2016 “Women on Corporate Boards in Egypt: Time for Change”. Flynn, P., Haynes, K., and Kilgour, M., editors Overcoming Challenges to Gender Equality in the Workplace. Greenleaf Publishing/PRME Book Series.

Women on Corporate Boards 2014

An intensive six-day, three-consecutive-weekend – training aimed at equipping women executives from different fields with the required skills to compete for and reach board positions. The first run, which kicked off in November 2014, was offered in collaboration between the Onsi Sawiris School of Business and International Finance Corporation (IFC) and covered two modules on corporate governance and leadership.