Morocco hosts in February First Ladies' international encounter on women conditions
Regional-Morocco, Culture, 11/22/2003

Morocco will host next February an international encounter of first ladies on the promotion of women's conditions, said here on Thursday Senegal's First Lady, Viviane Wade, who is member of the organizing center.

The international development center for women's promotion will hold its 5th session in Casablanca, after its 4th session in Dakar in December 2000.

The center brings together first ladies from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Europe, as well as experts to ponder on means to promote women's conditions, especially in rural areas. On the Casablanca conference agenda are several issues related to rural women and economic promotion, rural women and bio products, consolidating rural women's organizations, creation of village enterprises and access to production resources.

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