The First Ladies Summit was also ended here on Thursday, it was parallel to the 15th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), with an aim to seek ways to strengthen women's role in crisis management.

First ladies of the NAM state leaders and female representatives of international organization to the summit attended the gathering which is platform for NAM first ladies to express their views and to identify ways to expand women's role in the context of global economic and food crises.

First lady of Egypt Suzanne Mubarak, who chaired the women's summit, said women are the most negatively and disproportionately impacted by these interconnected challenges, especially in developing counties.

"While some are veering dangerously close towards the poverty line, others are fighting daily battles to survive. Young girls are dropping out of schools and they will in turn become more vulnerable to forces labor, abuse, human trafficking and diseases, " she said.

She called for giving women more chances to empower and enable them to stimulate positive change in the society.

The 15th NAM summit opened here Wednesday to seek more solidarity among developing countries to tackle major international or regional issues including the ongoing world financial crisis.

The movement, which represents nearly two-thirds of UN member countries and comprises 55 percent of the world population, focuses on striving for interests of developing countries all over the world.