The League team has just returned from El Jadida, Morocco, site of the first preparatory meeting of the 9^th Forum for the Future.  The two-day session focused on empowering women, however, not all 76 attendees were women. In fact, a good percentage of the participants were men who work on economic, legal, and social issues that impact women’s lives.  Twenty countries were represented by members of civil society organizations, including one representative from the West Bank/Gaza area.