The 39th session of the Arab Women'sCommittee, which will begin here on Feb. 9, will declare Riyadh as theCapital of Arab Women 2020.
Several ministers and senior officials representing the Arabcountries as well as Arab and international organizations and women's bodieswill participate in the two-day event. Saudi Arabia will chair the committee,which is an affiliate of the Arab League, for one year.
The first day of the session is dedicated to the regionalpreparatory meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women 64 (CSW), whichwill review the 25-year long activities and performance of the BeijingDeclaration and Platform for Action and the Beijing +25 Regional ReviewMeeting.
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995was the most ambitious road map for the empowerment of women and girlseverywhere.
The second day will witness the 39th session of the ArabWomen's Committee to discuss a number of topics on the agenda. This sessionwill start with a discussion of the General Secretariat's activity report betweenthe previous session and the current session.
The session will review the 2030 Agenda for SustainableDevelopment and the Empowerment of Women in the Arab Region, in addition tofollowing up the recommendations of the Ministerial Conference on "Strengtheningthe role of women in Arab societies: Lessons learned from around the world"through enhancing cooperation with relevant international organizations, and toreview the topics submitted by member states.
Secretary General of the Family Affairs Council Dr. HalaAl-Tuwaijri stated in a statement that the Kingdom's hosting of the 39thsession of the Arab Women Committee under the slogan of "Empowering Women …Development of Society" comes within the framework of the Kingdom's efforts toserve Arab issues and support the development march in all Arab societies.
"Saudi Arabia's hosting of the meeting comes at a time whenthe Kingdom is witnessing many reforms related to empowering women inaccordance with the ambitious Vision 2 030 that had a direct impact onsupporting and empowering Saudi women at various levels through a host ofdecisions and legislations that support her career and enhance her position,"the statement added.
Dr. Hala pointed out that this meeting will witness thelaunch of Riyadh as the capital of Arab women for the year 2020 under theslogan of "Women is a nation and ambition" in addition to the Kingdom'spresidency of G20, and the subsequent meetings that confirm the internationalrole played by the Kingdom at all levels.
This role also constitutes a regional dimension in which theKingdom shares the international community with the most important issues thataffect the participation of Arab women in development and contributes todisseminating their voices.
