Mrs. Hissa al-Sabah arrived in Damascus

Chairperson of the Arab Businesswomen Council, Sheikha Hissa al-Sabah has expressed confidence that the Woman In Business International Forum which is scheduled to be held Saturday in Damascus will be a success with the presence of prominent and important personalities.

In a statement to SANA Sheikha Hissa added that the forum will prove the Arab woman capability of being on equal footing with the man. She expressed happiness to attend the forum and said that she believed that it is very important for the forum to be held in Syria after a long standing demand for holding the forum outside Britain.

Sheikha al-Sabah pointed out that the forum will be an opportunity for dialogue among the Arab women and other participant women from various countries on many axis in addition to the scheduled various workshops at the forum.

She expressed happiness that a large number of gulf women are participating in the forum.

She said that the Arab woman activities have stopped being only social and extended to economy and development and there is an intention to establish a company to support and develop the Arab woman's activities first in Riyadh and second in Kuwait and afterwards in the rest of the Arab states.