Organization of Islamic Cooperation to hold workshop on women’s issues

RIYADH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold a two-day workshop on June 28 and 29 to prepare for the seventh ministerial conference on women’s role in the development of member countries in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou.
The workshop will discuss several initiatives including efforts of the organization’s agencies and institutions in empowering women, enrich the Family Bank’s draft sponsored by the Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (ICCIA), and the concept paper about the OIC’s prize for women’s achievement, as per the Council of Foreign Ministers’ request during its 45th session in Dhaka 2018.