Given that fully scaled women-owned businesses are as successful as male-owned ones – if not more so – it is difficult to understand why support for scaling is so scarce for female entrepreneurs.

This session features two panels - the first panel assesses the situation and focuses on private and public sector initiatives that have shown their ability to promote and develop female entrepreneurship in different types of economies, different age groups and sectors around the world, from access to financing, capital, skills development and training, as well as market opportunities to grow their business.

The second panel then examines entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa region. Against a backdrop of strong social and cultural norms, access to markets and finance can make a significant difference for women-owned enterprises, and contribute to creating an environment in which female entrepreneurs can develop and eventually scale their business.

The Chatham House Gender and Growth Forum is an annual forum which brings together a committed group of action-oriented policymakers, business leaders, entrepreneurs, activists and academics to generate key policy ideas and support the work of the Women 20 (W20) and other international forums.

The central idea behind the forum this year is about finding solutions to re-shape the world of work so that it works not only for women but for society as a whole.

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