(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, March 10 (KUNA) -- Kuwaiti achievements in women empowerment, boosting their role in sustainable development, as well as attaining rights will all be displayed before the UN, Chairperson of the Cabinet-affiliated Women Affairs Committee Sheikha Latifa Al-Fahad Al-Salem Al-Sabah said Saturday.

Sheikha Latifa, in a statement upon her departure to New York, heading the Kuwaiti delegation taking part in the 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, said Kuwait's speech during in the Committee will include government steps taken to upgrade status of Kuwaiti women on social and cultural levels, as well as in terms of healthcare and legeslations.

Sheikha Latifa further said the delegation would urge the international community to activate Kuwait's initiative tabled at the last session to adopt a more serious stance toward anti-women violence in many turbulent countries, namely Palestine and Syria, where they are continuously under geopolitical distresses.

The Kuwaiti delegation would also seek to implement the Kuwaiti initiative, presented during the 58th session, stipulating dispatch of women delegations to troubled regions in the world and help women there in face of violence, killing and displacement, she pointed out. (end) mrf.hb

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