MP Bahiya Hariri met last Saturday in Beirut a delegation of the preparatory committee of the fifth Arab Conference ‘the Arab woman – a force to lead change’. The event organized by ‘Changemakers for Development and Advancement’ is scheduled to be held this coming October in Lebanon. The CommitteePresident and advisor for the development of organizations and communities, Mohamad Khalifeh, discussed with Hariri the present conditions of women and development in the Arab countries and invited the Lebanese MP to attend the conference. (Al Mustaqbal, September 13, 2015)