Manama, June 9 (BNA): The Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa Academy for Diplomatic Studies (MBMA) organized a lecture entitled “The Impact of Equal Opportunity Policy on the Work of the Diplomatic Corps”, in cooperation with the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers. Supreme Council for Women.
The lecture aimed to educate Ministry of Foreign Affairs employees about the progress made by the Kingdom in the field of equal opportunities and gender balance, as well as the fruits of this progress in various fields, including the diplomatic field, whether. Within the various departments of the Ministry or in diplomatic missions abroad.
The lecture, in which a number of officials and specialists from the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Women spoke, focused on a number of axes, including the basic pillars of following up on women’s progress and achieving gender balance at the national level, in addition to the axes. The National Gender Balance Model as an integrated system to strengthen partnerships and governance in order to implement equal opportunities and gender balance.
The lecture also dealt with mechanisms for following up the activation of the national model for gender balance in the public and private sectors, as well as the legislative branch and civil society institutions, in addition to following up on the Kingdom’s competitiveness in the country. In the field of women’s advancement, gender balance, regional and international oversight and oversight mechanisms.
The lecturers also reviewed the indicators of women and gender balance in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in addition to the linkage of the areas of the National Plan for the Advancement of Bahraini Women to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and the progress made by the Ministry of Interior. kingdom in this area.
They also stressed the importance of aligning national plans and strategies and women’s development priorities with the frameworks and strategies issued by all national and international sectors, and consulting on providing observations, recommendations and technical advice on international and regional documents and reports, in addition to following up on international reports and indicators related to women and gender balance issued by organizations and bodies. regional and international.
The lecture reviewed ways of preparing reports and responses requested by regional and international organizations and bodies, as well as aspects of studying and following up on the implementation of obligations and recommendations contained in international treaties and agreements, cooperation agreements and the work of joint committees at the regional and international levels, in addition to intensifying the efforts of the international community by activating and activating the role of offices and bodies of nations related states.
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