Head of the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW), Arab Women Organization's Supreme Council Head, Claudine Aoun Roukoz, chaired Saturday the Council's ninth meeting held in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, with the participation of various women from Arab countries.

Addressing the attendees, Aoun Roukoz considered that "the change momentum force recently demonstrated by Lebanese women is an energy that is stored in all women across the Arab world."

"This energy can push our countries forward to prove the vitality of our peoples," she said.

"Yes, our societies are developing and the women and girls of our country are carrying the banner of advancement in the fulfillment of the hopes that our Organization aspires to achieve," Aoun Roukoz added.

"Recent developments in a number of our countries have reflected the key, positive role that women have to play in order to reach social transformations," she went on, noting that "these transformations will peacefully move our societies from the economic, political and cultural stagnation to become a vibrant state of youthful impulse."

"Women's efforts to realize their rights in our Arab countries contribute to raising awareness in our communities towards giving attention to the needs of society as a whole," she asserted.

Aoun Roukoz commended herein the efforts exerted by the Council members, and all the Arab women who, according to their environment and living circumstances, face challenges and difficulties to improve the conditions of their lives and the lives of those around them.