Economic strides of Bahraini women stressed at key forum

The Supreme Council of Women (SCW) participated in the IMF and World Bank annual meetings along with the Ministry of Finance and National Economy, the Central Bank of Bahrain, and representatives Bahrain-based banking and financial institutions, and private establishments.

The SCW participated in the discussion session entitled “The economic contributions of women in the Gulf Cooperation Council “GCC” Countries.” The SCW delegation included Rania Ahmed Al Jurf, the Director of Gender Balance Centre and Amina Ahmed Al Haddad, the Head of Legislative and Civic Society Department. They reviewed the experiences of Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in this respect.

The SCW paper reviewed the foundation, powers and authority of the Supreme Council of Women correlation with all the official departments regarding the affairs and the advancement of women, directly affiliated under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and presided by wife of His Majesty and President of the Supreme Council of Women Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa.

The SCW paper highlighted the National Plan for Revitalisation of Bahraini Women (2013-2022) and its pivots and mechanisms of implementation at the national level and its system of evaluation and development. The paper also included the National Model for Inclusion of Women in Development as an integrated governance system for enforcement of the equal opportunities attaining the aspired gender balanced in sharing their national responsibilities equally with men in the nation’s progress. 

The paper also reviewed the national initiatives, programmes and projects to support women economically including the achievements of Bahraini women and their share in the diverse sectors and specialisations.