Arab Women Summit to start on November 18

The Arab Women Summit will kick off on Saturday November 18, at the Arab League premises.

Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, the Head of National Women Council will open the three-day summit organized by the council in cooperation with AL and Al-Hariri Lebanese Organization. First Arab ladies, spouses of Arab kings, presidents in addition to 400 Arab feminist leaders will participate in the summit.

Meanwhile, the conference preparatory committee which comprises representatives of the National Council for Women, General Secretariat, UNESCO and Al-Hariri Organization in Lebanon set up the general framework of the conference to be held under the title of "The present challenges and scopes of future".

Moreover, the summit will include three axes concerning six political issues which are the issues of mass media, culture, law, politics, economy and society.

It will include also six working paper concerning women in Arab society, impacts of traditions and morals on defining women role and position in the contemporary society economic dimension in the light of economic changes in Arab society, Arab women rights and women participation in public life.