Manal Bint Mohammed: The decree of a federal law to equal wages for women with men in the private sector enhances its attractiveness to women

The wife of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chair of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance and President of the Dubai Women Establishment, said that Federal Decree Law No. 6 of 2020 amending some provisions Federal Law No. 8 of 1980 regarding the regulation of labor relations, issued by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, may God protect him, and which provides for equal wages for women and men in the private sector, confirms that gender balance in all sectors of the state is an approach Constant in the vision of the wise leadership and a national priority for the government of the UAE, based on the keenness to establish the principle of equal opportunities for all.

Her Highness added that this legislation will contribute to raising the rate of women's participation in the labor market in the private sector and enhancing its attractiveness to them in line with the high percentage of their presence in the government sector, which currently reaches about 66% of the total employment cadre.

Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum praised the unlimited support and great care provided by Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairperson of the General Women's Union, Chair of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation for Women and encouraging them to join all jobs and bring them to the world.

Her Highness affirmed that the Federal Decree-Law issued by His Highness the President of the State regarding equal wages for women with men in the private sector, which will come into effect from tomorrow Friday, will have significant positive social and economic repercussions for women and the family in general, praising the support of the wise leadership of women with legislation and pioneering initiatives that enhance The UAE’s global competitiveness in the field of gender balance and giving it a full opportunity to invest its energies and capabilities to participate in the country's development process and take it to broader horizons, especially since the past period witnessed the issuance of a number of legislations and policies that contributed to the country's progress in competitiveness indicators and international reports.

In this regard, Her Highness indicated that the UAE was ranked first in the Arab world and 26 globally in the gender equality report for the year 2019 issued by the United Nations Development Program, in which 23 global centers were advanced within 4 years of the establishment of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance, as well as achieving first place in the Arab world. In bridging the gender gap and gender equality in the Global Gender Gap Report 2020, issued by the World Economic Forum, and its progress in the index of female representation in parliament, as part of the 2020 edition of the Global Competitiveness Yearbook report, issued by the Institute's Global Competitiveness Center The International Administrative Development Program in Lausanne, Switzerland, in addition to the World Bank's Women, Business and Law Report 2020 praising the economic role of women, which confirmed that the UAE is one of the best countries in the world in the improvements documented by the World Bank in the field of women's economic empowerment according to the indicators of this report, which is prepared It is one of the most important global references concerned with monitoring the efforts of governments around the world in the process of developing laws and legislation aimed at protecting them

Empowerment of women economically.

Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum affirmed that these continuing global successes in the field of gender balance in various sectors and at all levels reflect the priority of this file within the national agenda that translates the vision and directives of our wise leadership in promoting the social, economic and political role of women, and confirms that we are following suit. The right path towards achieving the national goal for the UAE to be among the best countries in this field.

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