International Conference “Women in public life, from policy development to impact on the industry
Her Royal Highness Princess Sabika Bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, opened on
Tuesday, the International Conference entitled (Women in public life,
from policy development to impact on the industry) with international
participation and the Supreme Council for Women, organized in
cooperation with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
The conference discussed in its second session of the International
Conference (Women in public life, from policy development to impact
on the industry), which was opened by Her Royal Highness Princess
Sabika Bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, organized by the Supreme Council for
Women in collaboration with the Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD), the theme of strengthening access to equal
opportunities in the private sector where they will highlight the approach
of States and the progress made and the remaining barriers to integrate
the needs of women in the private and corporate sector, and the
challenges and institutional obstacles remaining to close the gap between
the sexes in the private and public and corporate boards sectors, because
of the impact on organizational performance in both sectors. The third
session on the second day, are discussed the theme “The role of civil
society in promoting the integration of the needs of women” where they
will review the practice of States regarding the role of civil society in
promoting the integration of women needs, in particular through the role
and achievements of civil society in the promotion of policies and laws
related to the integration of women’s needs , capabilities and tools
available to civil society organizations to promote practices relating to
the integration of women’s needs.
High -level representatives from the policy makers and senior
government officials, parliamentarians, international organizations and
representatives of non-governmental organizations, civil society, and the
private sector attended to review the legal reforms and institutional
capacity to integrate the needs of women in policies and programs in the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in the Middle
East and North African countries.