83% of female citizens of the total workforce in "Dubai Electricity"

Al Tayer: The total number of the Authority’s female employees has reached 1950.

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Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, stated that “the total number of the Authority’s female employees has recently reached 1950, working in all its departments, and this number includes 785 female employees in the engineering and technical sector, while about 321 female employees occupy leadership positions in the Authority. He added that "Emirati female employees constitute 83% of the total female workforce in the authority, and the percentage of Emirati women in the Research and Development Center is 50%, and they hold higher qualifications in the scientific and engineering fields."

He pointed out, in statements on the sidelines of a press meeting held by the authority yesterday, to celebrate Emirati Women's Day 2022, under the slogan "An inspiring reality... a sustainable future", that "the authority's female employees participated in many volunteer work, and the total volunteer hours during 2021 amounted to more than From 16,000 hours in 28 humanitarian and community initiatives.

Al Tayer added: “DEWA aims to ensure a more sustainable future for current and future generations, and its female employees prove daily that nothing is impossible with hard and creative work, which made them an inspiring role model in anticipating and making a sustainable future, and effectively contributing to DEWA’s giant projects, especially those related to With clean and renewable energy, which consolidates the authority’s position as one of the best service institutions, and enhances Dubai’s position as a global center for sustainable development and green economy.”

He explained that “the authority follows the rational leadership approach to support and empower women, and is considered one of the national institutions that support women in the energy sector, especially renewable and clean energy and sustainability, as the authority provides equal opportunities for men and women, and focuses on empowering women from leadership positions to technical positions.” This made it a model for government and private institutions and agencies inside and outside the country.

He said, "The authority continues to support Emirati women to be a key partner and an important element for sustaining and enhancing the gains, and consolidating the UAE's competitiveness at all levels, and based on the priority that the state attaches to building human beings and caring for male and female citizens, today we all bear a national duty to preserve the status of Emirati women, and to build on The gains made by the country over the past 50 years, and the aspiration for more achievements, to achieve the goals of the UAE Centennial 2071, to make the UAE the best country in the world.

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