this would contribute to women s economic empowerment and produce significant economic benefits to mena economies most initiatives have been launched within the past five to years as governments have focused more on the importance of msme and entrepreneurship development for job creation social stability and economic growth mainstream bds organisations and incubators are generally aware of the constraints faced by women but less than half of them make special efforts to promote their services to women and adapt their programmes and services to accommodate their specific needs however they demonstrate some examples of good practice in their attempts to attract women clients which can serve as models for other service providers