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Dear visitors of NCW library, Please be advised that since that the
library will be relocated from the fourth to the second floor within
the same building, it will be closed for a a period of one month starting
from Sunday 9 November. Sorry for any inconvenience this might have
caused you.
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News
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| The 4th National Conference in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina |
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Under the chairmanship of H.E Ms. Suzannne Mubarak , the National Council for Women holds it's 4th National Conference from 13 to 16 March 2004 in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina to discuss the issue of women and the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs).
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The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, this prestigious centre of knowledge, will host during this period, eminent thinkers, and advocates dedicated to the cause of women empowerment and development who will discuss the role of women in achieving the millennium development Goals, which President Mubarak has signed during the UN conference of 2000. The Conference will hold 4 separate workshops that cover the 8 goals of the MDGs and the mechanisms needed to achieve them. |
These goals are:
Eradication of extreme poverty and hunger
Ensuring basic education for all
Gender equality and empowerment of women
Reducing children mortality rate
Improving maternal health
Combating HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other major diseases
Ensuring environmental sustainability
Establishing international partnerships for development
It is hoped that the "Alexandria Declaration" during the plenary session of 16 March, which will be presided by H.E Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak will include recommendations for concrete, time-bound actions for the National Council for Women within the framework of the national endeavours. |
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