up on the implementation of OIC Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women (OPAAW), and the challenges faced by the process of empowering women in the Member States, especially the difficult conditions experienced by women in areas of conflict and under occupation. The meeting will also address the contributions of the Committee in the preparations for the seventh session of the Ministerial Conference on Women, to be held in Burkina Faso in 2018, with the aim of activating the OIC role in the field of women's empowerment and the advancement of their status. Furthermore, the meeting will consider the contribution of the Advisory Committee in the implementation of the project of establishing the OIC Award for the Achievements of Women, and ways to strengthen the partnership with the parties tasked with the empowerment of women in order to activate the role of the Organisation in this field.
