Contribution by the Council of Arab Businesswomen (CABW) in the joint economic action and empowerment of Arab women were the focus of a meeting held here on Thursday between Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil Al-Araby and the Council's board of directors, led by chairperson Sheikha Hessa Al-Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah.
In a press statement after the meeting, Al-Araby commended the CABW's role in supporting development and serving the Arab society, especially women and marginalized classes.
The meeting also addressed enabling the private sector to implement the initiatives adopted by the Arab Economic Summit, to back women empowerment.
Al-Araby underscored the role by women in supporting the Arab joint work in this stage, focusing on social work and justice.
For her part, Sheikha Hessa Al-Saad said the meetings with the Arab League chief today and Egypt's President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi yesterday sought to secure the utmost support from the League and the political leadership in the country so that the Council could play due role in the economic and development efforts in the Arab countries.
The CABW will meet with the Egyptian Minister of Planning, Follow-up and Administrative Reform and the Minister of Investment to identify the projects the Council can take part in, especially service and development ones, she told reporters. They are to be announced later.