The South America- Africa- Middle East- Asia Women Summit (SAMEAWS) 2016
Organisers- Centre for Economic and Leadership Development
Theme – Scaling up the rise of women leaders in emerging economies
Date: 13 December 2016
Overview
In recent times, we are experiencing the dawn of an era where women are incurably committed to taking over the leadership of territories originally renowned for their history of patriarchy, oligarchy and subordination of women.
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