Bahraini women’s strides in focus Ms Al Ansari sheds light on Bahrain’s strides in promoting women’s rights

Supreme Council for Women (SCW) Secretary-General Hala Al Ansari held an interactive session with leading members of the European Union and the EU Parliaments yesterday.

Ambassadors, heads of diplomatic missions and representatives of organisations advocating gender equality also attended the session in Brussels, Belgium.

The Supreme Council for Women (SCW) and Bahrain’s Embassy in Belgium co-organised the interactive session themed “Bahrain Women and 2030 Sustainable Development Goals”.

Ms Al Ansari shed light on Bahrain’s strides in promoting women’s rights and supporting their social role, in line with the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.

“The development of women’s status is an integral part of the modernisation trend which marked society in Bahrain since early 1900s,” she said.