H.E. Counselor Sarah Ismail AlShoura, Executive Director of the Women Development Organization (WDO), visited H.E. Counselor Amal Ammar, President of the National Council for Women (NCW) of the Arab Republic of Egypt and Chairperson of the Ministerial Council and Executive Bureau of the Women Development Organization, at the Council’s headquarters in Cairo.
H.E. Counselor Amal Ammar congratulated H.E. Counselor Sarah AlShoura on her appointment as Executive Director of the Women Development Organization and reaffirmed the National Council for Women’s full support for the Organization in achieving its objectives. For her part, H.E. Counselor Sarah AlShoura emphasized the Organization’s firm commitment to working closely with Egypt and all Member States to advance the status of women across the Islamic world in the social, economic, and political spheres.
The meeting provided an opportunity to exchange views on ways to strengthen cooperation and coordination between the two sides and to review areas of joint work and programmes in the field of women’s empowerment, including the exchange of expertise and best practices, as well as support for initiatives and programmes that promote women’s participation and role across various areas of development.
H.E. Counselor Sarah AlShoura also underscored the importance of maintaining dialogue and further strengthening the institutional partnership between the Women Development Organization and the National Council for Women in support of joint efforts aimed at advancing the status of women and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals across the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the respective teams of the Organization and the Council were tasked with intensifying coordination and communication with a view to developing joint programmes of work.
