OIC: Women Advisory Council’s First Session Convenes in Istanbul

16/05/2017- The OIC Women’s Advisory Council, which was set up within the framework of the Ministerial Conference on Role of Women in the Development of Member States, is to convene its first meeting in Istanbul on May 18, 2017, at an invitation from the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Policies in the Republic of Turkey, current chairman of the Conference, with the attendance of H.E. Fatima Betul, Minister of Women’s Affairs and Social Policies in the Turkish Republic.

The meeting will be attended by the Members of the Women’s Advisory Council who were selected by the Committee of Permanent Representatives of Member States to the OIC during its meeting on 16 March 2017 at the OIC General Secretariat’s headquarters.

The Women’s Council was established under a resolution issued by the Sixth Session of the Ministerial Conference on Role of Women in the Development of Member States, which was held in Istanbul in November 2016. It is comprised of nine members, 3 from each OIC geographical group, in addition to a representative from the General Secretariat and another from the OIC Cairo-based Women’s Development Organization.

The meeting will be addressing the efforts that need to be undertaken by the Council to fulfill its tasks such as to be able to submit its recommendations to the next ministerial session of the conference on women. It will also aim to activate the OIC’s role in the area of women empowerment and promotion such as to allow the conference to come out with practical and implementable resolutions, as well as ways of consolidating partnership with the various parties concerned for the benefit of energizing the OIC’s role in the area of women’s empowerment.

On the other hand, the OIC General Secretariat will be making a presentation on its Program of Action for the Advancement of Women (OPAAW) and its executive mechanism, as well as a summary on the results of the six past Ministerial Conference on Role of Women in the Development of Member States, which have been held since 2006.

Source: http://www.oic-oci.org/topic/?t_id=13573&t_ref=5912&lan=en