As the Middle East today stands at the brink of tremendous opportunity- from record economic growth to renewed hopes for peace and stability and home-grown democratic reform- it has been increasingly recognized that the women of the Middle East hold the keys to the future. Recognizing the transformative role that women play in society, Vital Voices continues its work with women in the Middle East and North Africa. The oil-rich nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council aren’t content to just let U.S. and UK bankers manage their investment portfolios, as they did during the previous oil boom. This time around, they’re using their petrodollar surpluses to buy stakes in companies in the developed world and in emerging markets. They’re back into regional and home- country development. The way the Gulf countries are spending their oil money is pulling them closer than they’ve ever been to the center of the world’s financial system – and profoundly re-shaping global capitalism.
The MENA region covers a vast expanse of territory from Morocco in Northwest Africa to Iran in Southwest Asia, and is home to over 300 million inhabitants.
MENA is made up of the Arab states of Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, plus the Islamic State of Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan, the West Bank and Gaza.
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