Islamabad: The Federal Ombudsperson Secretariat for Protection Against Harassment (FOSPAH) actively participated in the two-day 9th OIC Ministerial Conference on Women, held on 12 & 13 July, 2026, at the Jinnah Convention Centre, Islamabad.
On the sidelines of the conference, Federal Ombudsperson Ms. Fauzia Viqar held productive engagements with Executive Director of the OIC Women Development Organization (WDO), Counselor Sarah Ismail Al Shoura.
Ms. Viqar also connected with key parliamentary leaders and prominent women’s rights advocates, including Ms. Shaista Pervaiz Malik, Ms. Saira Tarar, Ms. Nuzhat Sadiq, Ms. Saba Sadiq, Dr. Nafisa Shah, and Ms. Mehnaz Aziz.
These interactions reflected FOSPAH’s unwavering commitment to strengthening institutional collaboration, policy dialogue, and regional networking on women’s rights and workplace protection.
Throughout the conference, FOSPAH officials managed a dedicated information desk in the Marketplace, engaging with local and international delegates, Excellencies, and participants, while sharing detailed information on FOSPAH’s mandate and fostering professional dialogue to advance gender justice and workplace protection across OIC member states.
FOSPAH officials also engaged extensively with the core OIC Secretariat Women’s Team, representatives of various OIC institutions, and delegates from member states — efforts that reinforced vital institutional linkages and advanced collective dialogue on uplifting women’s socio-economic and political rights across the Muslim world.
