“The Fourth Meeting of the IDB Women’s Advisory Panel” will be inaugurated by His Excellency Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Bahrain and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the IDB.
Over the course of the two-day event a number of key topics will be addressed. This includes plans and strategies for empowering women, progress on current projects of the IDB’s Advisory Panel, and the experience of member states - including a presentation from the Bahrain Council of Women on the Kingdom’s successes to date.
Importantly, the meeting will also focus on new IDB initiatives aimed at enhancing the position of women in the Islamic world. Key among these is the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD), a US$10 billion fund whose objectives are linked directly to supporting the achievement of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals and whose efforts will focus on combating poverty and spurring economic development in the poorest Islamic member nations.