Bibliotheca Alexandrina organizes a forum on empowering women from May 13 through 15.

The event is organized in tandem with the National Council for Women, the Global Woman Peace Foundation and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) in Egypt.

The forum is meant to prepare a viable women empowerment plan in light of three-year reports collected from several parts of Egypt.

Minister of Urban Development Laila Iskandar will attend the gathering along with Minister of Transitional Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ibrahim El Henedi and Minister of Local and Administrative Development Adel Labib.