On Monday 14, March 2022, the Yemeni Institute of Directors (YIoD) one of the Yemeni Business Club (YBC) entities – in cooperation with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), implemented Ring the Bell global event for the fourth year, which aims to get “bell rings” all over the world, to draw the attention to the essential role that the private and public sector can play in enhancing the role of women and their inclusion in boards of directors and business leadership, achieve SDGs, and raise awareness of the principles of women’s empowerment (WEPs).The event and its panel focused on the most important points, including the challenges that women are facing to reach senior positions or boards of directors from different perspectives, opportunities for women to reach such positions, the specificity of the Yemeni work environment, and recommendations for women and relevant parties for better involvement of women in business leadership. This year we focused on the public sector decision makers just as the privet one. The event was attended by women and businessmen at the executive and board levels, as well as representatives of the governance side,The event was closed by ringing the bell and announcing that Yemen is one of the countries that confirms to encourage and enhance the role of women in business environment.
