The Dubai Foundation for Women and Children, DFWAC, has participated in the Partner Council Advisory Board meeting of the Global Child Forum, GCF, held recently in the presence of His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Her Majesty Queen Silva, Queen of Sweden, under the title, "Corporate Sustainability and Children's Rights," at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.

Maryam Bin Theneya, Communication Director at the Dubai Foundation for Women and Children, which represented the organisation at the event, said that the meeting aimed to discuss and review the work plans of the Forum for 2015, after the success of the last forum which was in November in Dubai in collaboration with DFWAC.

She added that participation in the meeting comes within the framework of partnership and cooperation relationship between the Foundation and the Global Forum on Children which culminated in the signing of a partnership agreement between both sides, referring to the keenness of DFWAC to build bridges of cooperation with all local and international bodies which are concerned with the issues of violence against women and children, to provide more distinctive initiatives that serve the community.

Bin Theneya thanked the Global Child Forum officials for their continuing efforts in promoting initiatives to support the rights of children around the world, and for inviting the Dubai Foundation for Women and Children to participate in this meeting and contributes in this field.

The meeting reviewed a detailed report on the work of the forum in 2014, and the announcement of the objectives and plans for 2015 and the implementation of mechanisms, in addition to discussing the research initiatives that are intended to be implemented this year on a number of issues relating to children and their rights.

The meeting also discussed promoting interest in children's issues in different regions of the world, addressing topics related to children on the world stage such as child labour and its impact on the economy and the large shift in the field of children's rights in a number of countries around the world and their impact on society in general.
Source: WAM