The Advancement of Women in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

This article examines the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s OIC perspective on the advancement of women and how it can be implemented, given the importance of this development at the civilizational level. And, it explains the OIC’s perspective on: “gender and women’s empowerment”, in the framework of its Islamic values and by comparing it with the secular perspective. By monitoring the OIC’s programmes, projects, agreements and plans related to women’s issues and empowerment. Focusing on the OIC Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women (OPAAW 2016) and its objectives. Also, the mechanisms for implementation and measurement of OPAAW, especially with the establishment of a specialised organisation for women’s affairs in 2020, the Women Development Organisation WDO. Then, the article analyse the aspects of the progress achieved, in some OIC member states under different circumstances. The descriptive analytical approach is used to explore the perspective on women’s empowerment. Sufficient data on the mechanisms and instruments for OIC implementing the OPAAW were collected and the statistics obtained were interpreted.