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Bahrain participates in UN committee discussions

New York, Mar. 11 -- (BNA): The Kingdom of Bahrain's delegation, led by The Supreme Council of Women (SCW)'s Secretary-General Hala Al Ansari, continues its participation in the 59th Session of the United Nations Committee on Women Status in New York City (NYC).
The session is attended by representative from the 45 committee-member countries, various UN agencies and organisations accredited to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
Al Ansari attended the roundtable meetings that discussed priorities of future work aimed to achieve gender equality and women's empowerment and the rights of women and girls.
The meetings also discussed securing economic services to women and girls, investment in gender equality, and women empowerment in addition to introducing drastic change in the political and public life in order to achieve gender equality and accountability regarding practical equality in favour of women and girls.
The committee also discussed the council's reports regarding boosting women's political, societal, civil and educational rights.
The membership of the UN Committee on Women Status comprises 11 Asian, 13 African, nine Caribbean and Latin American, eight West European and four East European countries.