Dr. Ashraf Sobhy Minister of Youth and Sports witnessed the opening of the first Arab women sports conference, which is held in Cairo from 28th to 29th of March under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. In addition to a group of scientists and professors of physical education in Egypt and the Arab world.

The Minister said during his speech in the conference that the Egyptian woman have recently entered the various fields specially sports where their ambitions collected many medals in all continental, global and Olympic tournaments.

Sobhy added that the Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports seeks to support and empower women in the youth and sports fields through implementing several projects that stimulate and encourage practicing sports in accordance with the provisions of the Egyptian Constitution and the sport law.

Also he referred to the programs executed by the ministry in cooperation with the concerned authorities to activate the role of women in sports and their participation in the various games and championships.

The Minister hopes that the conference will produce distinct recommendations to empower women in the sports field. Announcing the readiness of the Ministry and the Council of Arab Ministers to implement the serious recommendations and submit them to the Arab Ministers of Youth and Sports.

On the other hand, Dr. Essam El-Helali, President of the Egyptian sports sociology association and President of the Conference, asked to come out from the conference activities with programs and legislations that promote women's right to practice sport in the Arab countries and overcome the problems they face.