SCW conference commences today

Manama : Under the Patronage of Wife of His Majesty the King and President of the Supreme Council for Women (SCW) HRH Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, the third National Conference for Bahraini Women will begin today. To be held under the theme “Women and the Law … March and Achievement … Challenges and Aspirations,” it’s organised by the SCW in collaboration with Bahrain Women Union. 

The Supreme Judicial Council, Constitutional Court, Council of Representatives, Shura Council, Public Prosecution, Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments and the Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission will attend the event. 

The first session of the conference will discuss the impact of family-related legislation on the situation of Bahraini women, to be moderated by the Advisor to HRH Princess Sabeeka, Lawyer Lulwa Saleh Al-Awadhi.

They will discuss three working papers where the first paper deals with the “The first section of the Bahraini Family Provisions Law, its role and ensured access to justice for women.” 

The second paper looks into “The most important problems in the Sharia Law Court in the Kingdom and its impact on the reality of women and families” provided by Head of Department of Private Law and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Bahrain, Dr. Mohamed Walid Al Masri.

The third paper deals with the “Effectiveness of civil society institutions in issuing and following up with the implementation of family legislation in the Kingdom,” provided by lawyer Fareed Ghazi Jassim Rafea, member of the Council of Commissioners of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR).

It is noteworthy that this year’s activities are held as part of the Bahraini Women’s Day 2016, themed “Bahraini Women in the Legal and Judicial Field.” It’s devised to highlight success stories of women’s legal participation since 1970 and their contribution to the field of policies especially since the National Reform Project.