Tashkent – Wednesday, July 5^th, 2023 – WDO’s Executive Director, H.E. Dr. Afnan Alshuaiby met with the advisor of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan H.E. Dr. Muzaffar Kamilov, on the sidelines of the “Uzbekistan’s Experience in Supporting Women” Forum that took place in Tashkent, The Republic of Uzbekistan.

Tashkent - Thursday, July 6^th, 2023– WDO’s Executive Director, H.E. Dr. Afnan Alshuaiby gave a statement in a roundtable discussion during the “New Uzbekistan: A Bridge Connecting the Regions” event, that took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on July 6^th, 2023. The roundtable discussion was on expanding the role of women and girls in socio-political life and economic opportunities.

WDO’s Executive Director, H.E. Dr. Afnan Alshuaiby, gave a statement during the Second Ordinary Session of the Ministerial Council of the Women Development Organization that took place in Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt, on the 7^th and 8^th of June.

WDO, represented by its Executive Director, H.E. Dr. Afnan Alshuaiby met with H.E. Ms. Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, Director General of the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), on the sidelines of the Second Ministerial Conference on Social Development in the OIC Member States, that took place in Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt on the 5^th and 6^th of June.

WDO’s Executive Director, H.E. Dr. Afnan Alshuaiby, met OIC’s Secretary General, H.E. Mr. Hissein Brahim Taha, on the sidelines of the Second Ministerial Conference on Social Development in the OIC Member States, that took place in Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt, on the 5^th and 6^th of June.

Earlier in June, MBC Masr’s Esteemed TV Presenter Amr Adib hosted WDO’s Executive Director, H.E. Dr. Afnan Alshuaiby, in the Arab World’s most-watched TV Show El 7ekaya, a few days before the Second Ordinary Session of the Ministerial Council of the Women Development Organization (WDO).

Cairo, June 8^th, 2023 – WDO, led by its Executive Director, H.E Dr. Afnan Alshuaiby, concluded today the Second Ordinary Session of the Ministerial Council of the Women Development Organization that took place on the 7^th and 8^th of June, 2023, in Cairo, the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Cairo, June 6^th, 2023 – WDO, led by its Executive Director, H.E Dr. Afnan Alshuaiby, will hold the Second Ordinary Session of the Ministerial Council of the Women Development Organization on the 7^th and 8^th of June, 2023, at the Nile Ritz Carlton, Cairo, the Arab Republic of Egypt

Sunday, May 7th, 2023 – WDO signed on Sunday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Committee of Family and Women of the Republic of Uzbekistan, following a visit from representatives of the Committee to the Organization’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. 

WDO’s Executive Director Dr. Afnan Alshuaiby met with Ms. Pramila Patten the United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, during her time in New York attending the CSW67.