ISTANBUL - Women`s role in the development of the OIC-member countries will be discussed for the first time during a Ministerial Meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference(OIC), to be held on November 20th and 21st in Istanbul.
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, State Minister Nimet Cubukcu and OIC Secretary General Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu will deliver speeches in opening session of the OIC meeting to be held on Monday.
The meeting will focus on issues including ``preventing poverty and strategies and national policies to boost women employment``, ``women in decision mechanisms``, ``creating the future by enabling women to participate in education`` and ``eliminating all kinds of violence against women``.