JEDDAH
\nA three-day International Conference on \u2018Women in Islam: Status and Empowerment\u2019 jointly organized by the OIC and Saudi Arabia has commenced in Jeddah. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Human Rights and Women Empowerment, Mushaal Hussein Mullick is heading the Pakistan delegation.
\nThe Conference is aimed at holding broad-based discussions on the role of women in an Islamic society. Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Human Rights and Women Empowerment, Ms. Mushaal Hussein Mullick is heading the Pakistan delegation. She is being accompanied by the Chairperson National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW), Ms. Nilofar Bakhtiar, and the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the OIC, Ambassador Fawad Sher at the Conference.
\nFormer Foreign Minister and Minister of State Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar is also participating as a Panelist. The three-day Conference that runs between 6-8 November 2023 is aimed at holding broad-based discussions on the role of women in an Islamic society. It would focus on the rights and responsibilities of women in Islam.
\nIn addition to Islamic scholars and official delegations from the OIC Member States, a large number of female heads of State, Ministers, and representatives from various international and regional organizations are participating. Researchers, think tanks, and research centers from around the world are also attending.
\nThe Conference would deliberate on five thematic areas including; the status of women in Islam and her rights, Muslim women and the Dilemma of Islamic teachings and social traditions, Muslim women in the Gulf, Arabic and Islamic context, Muslim women in contemporary societies and, the prospects for Muslim Women\u2019s empowerment in education and work. In addition to the statements by the official delegations of the OIC Member States, the Conference will hold a special working session on each thematic area.
\nThe Conference on Women is being held in pursuance of Resolution No.66\/49-Pol adopted by the 49th OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) in Mauritania earlier this year which called for holding an International Conference on Women in Islam.
\nThe Conference would produce a comprehensive document titled \u2018The Jeddah Document on Women in Islam\u2019 at its culmination on Wednesday, 8th November 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
JEDDAH A three-day International Conference on \u2018Women in Islam: Status and Empowerment\u2019 jointly organized by the OIC and Saudi Arabia has commenced in Jeddah. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Human Rights and Women Empowerment, Mushaal Hussein Mullick is heading the Pakistan delegation. The Conference is aimed at holding broad-based discussions on the role of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-366740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n