Arab seminar discusses role of woman

An Arab parliamentary seminar started Damascus Thursday focussing to probe the role of woman in backing crucial Arab causes.

The seminar, organized by the Arab parliamentary union (APU), groups representatives from 12 Arab countries.

APU secretary general Noraddine Bushakkouj (Morocco) told reporters the seminar aims at emphasizing the great role of woman in "our communities and with the third millennium the role of woman started to grow and her position in the communities was getting more important."

He said APU formed a permanent woman affairs committee and decided to reconsider legislation and laws relevant to women.

Morocco has dispatched to the Damascus meeting Ms Fatima Ben Moueddine, MP at the House of Representatives (lower house of parliament), and Ms. Hayat Dlim, MP at the chamber of Advisors (upper house).

The meeting, held on the occasion of the Arab women day, is attended by parliamentarians from Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Sudan and Syria.