(Palembang) – As part of the meetings of the Parliamentary Union of the member states in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), UAE’s Federal National Council (FNC) participated in the Muslim Female Parliamentarians Conference held in Palembang.
FNC Member Dr. Sheikha Ali Al Owais represented UAE in the conference. Around 500 participants from 51 Muslim majority countries participate in the meeting.
The agenda of the one-day conference included discussions on ways for enhancing the role of women in the process of development in order to strengthen democracy in the member states, the role of Islamic organizations and civil society institutions in upholding the rights guaranteed by Islam for women and ways for harnessing women’s abilities to solve problems and conflicts in several parts of the world.
