On Tuesday, November 19, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman to attend the opening of the conference, Building Women-Focused Finance: The Global-Local Experience, organized by the Women’s World Banking (WWB) organization.

According to the official website for the WWB the two-day conference gathers “…more than 250 microfinance practitioners, commercial bankers, investors, donors, and regulators from more than 40 countries to promote financial inclusion for low-income women…”