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SWC participates in Arab Women Committee meeting
The Supreme Council for Women (SWC) participated in the 43rd session of the Arab Women Committee, as part of the kingdom’s constant support for all Arab efforts aimed at advancing women across various development fields.
It also reflects the SCW’s keenness to strengthen its partnership and alliance with the Arab League’s Arab Women Committee to serve and empower Bahraini and Arab women.
Addressing the session, Dr. Fatima Al Balushi, SWC member, praised the collective Arab effort in addressing women's issues in the region.
She called for taking advantage of cumulative experiences to develop strategies aimed at preserving and increasing Arab women's achievements.
Al Balushi underscored the SWC's major role in enhancing gender equality, noting that its successful experience has become a role model regionally and internationally.
The Committee endorsed the SWC’s remarks on the draft "Arab Statement for the 68th Commission on the Status of Women," set to convene at the United Nations headquarters in New York City from March 11 to 22.
The pan-Arab panel discussed several topics, including following up on the implementation of the 2030 Arab Women’s Development Agenda, in addition to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the Arab world.
Discussions also covered a joint initiative with the UN Women Regional Office for the Arab States to increase women's employment in the Arab region.