Mrs. Mubarak inaugurates 'woman and modernizing society' conference Saturday

Head of National Council for Women Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak will inaugurate tomorrow the 3rd National Council conference under the slogan of "woman and modernizing society".

The conference is organized by Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak Centre for Arts and Literature at Menya University.

National Council for Women Secretary-General Farkhounda Hassan said that the conference recommendations will carry a vision on women and their role in society and will be submitted to President Hosni Mubarak.

She added that on the sidelines of the conference, Mrs. Mubarak will inaugurate the statistical exhibition that includes 27 illustrations prepared by the governorates and another 7 illustrations prepared by the council and reflects all information and statistics concerned with women.

Hassan pointed out that the conference holds Friday four workshops and that recommendations will be raised to the general conference tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Egypt celebrates Egyptian Women's Day that commemorates the anniversary of women's revolt along with men to lodge a memo of protest to the British High Commissioner on March16, 1919.

The occasion also coincides with the anniversary of women franchise on March 16, 1923.

Some 30 countries and international donors decided to postpone the World Women's Day celebrations from March 8 to March 16 to coincide with the Egyptian Women' Day celebrations.

Hassan said that Egypt's celebrations will be crowned with the 3rd annual national conference for women.