Most Important Conferences Held Inside and Outside Lebanon
1973 – Organizing a regional conference on “Women in Arab Legislation”, Beirut.
1975 - World Conference on International Women’s Year, Mexico.
1980 - Copenhagen Conference: “Adoption of United Nations Resolutions on Women” pertaining to “Equality, Development and Peace”.
1985 - Nairobi Conference on expected action strategies for the advancement of women: “Equality, Development and Peace”.
1991 - Organizing the preparatory conference for “The Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing” – Beirut Declaration.
1992 - “First Mediterranean Conference on Women” held in Valencia, Spain, covering the “Cultural and Social Situation of Women in Lebanon and the Strategy of Change and Progress”and “The Status of Women in Lebanese Legislation”.
1992 - Anti-Illiteracy Conference, Damascus, Syria.
1992 - Organizing a conference on “The Role of Women in Political Decision-Making”, Beirut, Lebanon.
1993 - Conference on “Women’s Activities in the Mediterranean Countries”, Marsin, Turkey.
1993 - Seminar held at the “Lebanese-American National Council”, Los Angelese, USA.
1993 - Arab Women’s Conference on “Coordination between Women’s Councils” organized by the General Federation of Syrian Women, Damascus, Syria.
1993 - Organizing a conference on the “Media and Its Role in Women’s Participation in Development”, Beirut, Lebanon.
1994 - Preparatory forums on “The Fourth World Conference on Women”, Amman, New York.
1994 - Conference on “The role of Women in Cultural, Social and Economic Development”, Kuwait.
1994 - Arab Regional meeting of SEFEX organization for the “Promotion of Good Citizenship”, Cairo, Egypt.
1994 – Conference on “Cultural Exchange in the Mediterranean Countries”, Germany, Unesco.
1994 - Conference on “From Shore to Shore in the Mediterranean Basin”, Casablanca, Morocco.
1994 - Conference of SEFEX organization on “Promotion of Good Citizenship”, Mexico.
1995 - Civil Organizations’ Conference, Kuwait.
1995 – “Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing”: “The Lebanese Women’s Council”, headed by Dr. Aman Kabbara Chaarani, took the initiative to have Lebanon participate in this conference. The Council also prepared seven workshops and established the national committee for the preparation of the Beijing conference and the civil committee to follow up on women’s issues.
1996 - Sana’a conference in Yemen on “Arab National Issues” organized by the “Committee for the Follow Up of Arab National Issues”.
1997 - Conference on “Solidarity among the Arab Countries” organized by “The Libyan Women Organization”, Tripoli, Libya.
1997 - The Twenty Eighth International Conference of the International Council of Women on “Strategies for the Third Millennium”, Ottawa, Canada.
1998 - Organizing a conference on “Arab Women and the Exercise of Political Power – the Quota and the Possibility of Its Implementation”, Beirut, Lebanon.
1999 - The Hague Forum on “Population and Development”, Holland.
2000 - Organizing a conference on “Women and the Exercise of Political Power - Quota 2”, Beirut, Lebanon.
2002 - Organizing a coordination meeting to reactivate the role of women in “The General Federation of Arab Women”, Beirut, Lebanon.
2002 - Organizing the conference of Arab solidarity with Palestinian and Iraqi women entitled “Present and Future Challenges Facing Arab Women”, Beirut, Lebanon.
2002 - Organizing a conference on results of a study entitled “Lebanese Women and Political Commitment: Reality and Aspirations”, Beirut, Lebanon.
2004 - Organizing a conference to mark the golden jubilee of the Lebanese Women’s Council entitled “Roots, Achievements and Aspirations”.
2004 - Organizing a coordination meeting on re-activating “The General Federation of Arab Women”, Beirut, Lebanon.
2005 - Tehran conference on “Challenges of Globalization and Its Economic Ramifications on Muslim Women”.
2005 - Sudan conference on “The First Arab al-Bejrawiyah Festival on Women’s Cultural Creativity”, Khartoum, Sudan.
2005 - Tunis conference on “Core Participation of Arab Women in the Development Process”.
2005 - World conference on “Violence against Women”, Dourdan University, Paris, France.
2005 - Istanbul conference on “The Consolidation of Role of Women in Public Life in the Middle East and North Africa”, Turkey.
2005 - Amman conference on “Personal Status Law and the Problems of Cultural Rights”, Jordan.
2005 - The preparatory meeting for the unifying conference of the “General Federation of Arab Women”, Yemen.
2005 - Conference on “The Peace Movement for Disarmament and Freedom” organized by “The Spanish Humanitarian Organization”, Amman, Jordan.
2005 - New York conference on “The Forty Ninth Session of the Commission on the Status of Women”, United Nations headquarters.
2006 - Conference on re-activating “The General Federation of Arab Women”, Yemen.
2006 - New York conference on “The Fiftieth Session of the Commission on the Status of Women”, United Nations headquarters.
2006 - The General Assembly meeting of the “International Council of Women” Kiev, Ukraine.
2007 – New York conference on “The Fifty First Session to End all Forms of Discrimination and Violence against Women and Girls Under the Age of Sixteen”.
2007 - Caracas conference on “The History of Women’s Struggle in the World” organized by “The World Federation of Democratic Women”, Venezuela.
2008 - New York conference on “The Fifty Second Session of the Commission on the Status of Women”, United Nations headquarters.
2008 - Jakarta conference on “Work of the Executive Committee of the International Council of Women”, Indonesia.
2008 - Arab international forum on “Right of Return of the Palestinians to Their Land”, Damascus, Syria.
2008 - Legislative conference on “Combating Domestic Violence”, Bahrain.
2009 - Johannesburg conference on “Advancement of Women” organized by the “International Council of Women”, South Africa.
2009 - Second Regional Forum on “Women’s Rights”, Kuwait.
2009 - Conference of the “General Federation of Syrian Women” on the occasion of electing its members, Damascus.
2009 - Transmed forum on “The European Strategy for the Coordination of Economic Policies and Social Policies on Both Sides of the Mediterranean Sea”, Amman, Jordan.
2009 - Meetings with the “Norwegian Church Aids Committee” (NCA) to discuss the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon. The topic discussed at the meetings was “Women, Peace and Security”.
2009 - International conference on “The Challenges Facing Religious, Cultural and Economic Diversity” organized by “Konrad Adenauer Foundation” (K.S.A), “European Abraham Foundation” (EAF), the Embassy of Switzerland and the Jordanian Royal Institute for Human Rights, Amman, Jordan
2009 - “The Conference on Dialogue between Different Cultures” organized by “The International Ombudsman Institute” and “The National Council for Human Rights”, Cairo, Egypt.
2009 - Regional meeting to discuss the shadow report parallel to the reports of the governments for submission to the Women’s Committee in New York 2010 (Beijing + 15) organized by the “Alliance for Arab Women”, “UNIFEM” and “Dignity Organization”, Cairo, Egypt