Ambassador Ihab Fawzi, Deputy Executive Director of the Women’s Development Organization, participated in the Family Forum 2021, organized by the Family Affairs Council on October 24-25, under the patronage of Minister of Human Resources and Social Development and Chairman of the Family Affairs Council, Engineer Ahmed Al-Rajhi.

Ambassador Ihab Fawzy’s intervention included talking about the family and its importance in society, and that women are the basis for raising children within the framework of the family and maintaining its stability, hence the international interest in women, referring to the efforts of the Organization in this regard, as it presented the OPAPO Action Plan as a promising roadmap aimed at enhancing women’s participation in various political, economic and social fields in our Islamic countries, in addition to the launch of the Murad Development Organization and its contribution under its first program cycle to protect the family practically through four topics that will target women and girls, namely: Promoting women’s economic empowerment, eliminating all forms of violence and harmful practices against women and girls, enhancing the role of women in leading more peaceful and inclusive societies, and enhancing the role of women in fighting corruption.

Ambassador Fawzi emphasized the readiness of the OIC to cooperate with the Kingdom and Member States to implement the OIC Strategy for Family Empowerment and Marriage Institution (2020-2025), as well as national strategies and policies supporting the family, within the framework of the various topics of its first program cycle.