Under the directions of Hamdan bin Mohammed and Ahmed bin Mohammed

The Mohammed bin Rashid Award for Innovation in Sports continues to work for the empowerment of women

  • Hamdan bin Mohammed during the award ceremony to Rima bint Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud.

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  • Mattar Al Tayer: “The award is a pioneer in enhancing the role of women in sports locally, in the Arab world and internationally.”

  • The Sports Innovation Award focused on the Arab heroines.

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The Board of Trustees of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Sports Innovation, one of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's global initiatives, and on the occasion of International Women's Day, which falls on the eighth of March of each year, confirmed that the award will continue its pioneering role in empowering women in the sports sector. And enhancing the role it plays in all areas of sports work, by honoring creative models, organizing forums, seminars and sports conferences dedicated to women in the sports field, and supporting their large and pivotal role that they play, whether through competition for presence on the coronation podiums, or through the creation of champions. .

The Board of Trustees raised the award, in a press release, the highest expressions of gratitude and gratitude to the wise leadership, which leads the nation with wisdom and tender to continue achieving achievements, enhancing the happiness of community members and enabling them to perform their national role in the development process, and also empowering women to actively participate in making the future, and achieving achievements for the homeland in All Areas.

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Award, Mattar Al Tayer, expressed feelings of pride and pride in continuing to work to achieve the vision of wise leadership in the field of developing the sports sector, and upgrading the level of sports achievements in the country, the Arab world and the world.

He said in a press statement: “The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Sports Innovation tops the global sports awards in terms of its influence and pioneering role, not in the field of honoring creative athletes, but rather in the field of spreading the culture of sports creativity at work, and supporting creative projects that have a continuous impact on sports. And societies in general, and women in particular, especially since the award was honored with membership of (Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives) for its role in the field of empowering societies.

Al Tayer added: “The UAE occupies a prominent position globally in the field of empowering women. Our wise leadership has given her the opportunity to fulfill her role in serving and developing the nation in all fields. Emirati women assume leadership positions at the level of ministries and national institutions, as well as in the private sector, as women have participated. In representing the nation in international forums in all fields, including sports.

The Chairman of the Award's Board of Trustees stated: “We are in the award, and based on the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, patron of the award, and His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the National Olympic Committee and President of the Award, we were pioneers in the field of women's empowerment, not only in the field of honoring the winners, but also through the membership of the award's board of trustees, as Emirati and Arab women in various specialties were present in the board of trustees. Since the establishment of the award until now, even the presence of women has become stronger through the membership of the Board of Trustees, and also the assumption of the Secretariat of the Award, which is an important, vital and pivotal role that represents the link between the Board of Trustees and work teams and communication with the sports sector, in addition to the permanent presence of women. In all the committees working within the award ».

He continued: “The award not only honored Emirati and Arab women creators, and supported efforts to empower Emirati and Arab women in sports. Rather, there was a tendency for the competition center to be in the ninth session dedicated to honoring institutions with successful initiatives in the field of empowering women at the local, Arab and global levels. Women are the centerpiece of the sessions, and the slogan of the 13th edition of the Dubai International Symposium on Sports Creativity, and we will continue our leadership role in empowering women in the sports sector, and empowering sports through the creative abilities of women, wherever they are. ”

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Rima bint Bandar Al Saud: Creativity is everywhere in the Arab world

Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Washington, who won the award for the sports personality who contributed to enriching the Arab sports movement in the ninth session of the award, said that her choice to win the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Sports Creativity is a great honor for her, And for all the women of the Arab world.

She thanked His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, for his adoption of a pioneering and distinguished approach, and for his support for sports and athletes, not only on the local level, but also throughout the great Arab patriot, which crystallized in this award. International, and it has become a dream and a goal for all Arab athletes, and an initiative that stimulates creativity and brilliance for our youth.

"Creativity is everywhere in the Arab world, but it needs someone to support it, and this is what the (Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Sports Creativity) has been doing since its launch. It has contributed to motivating athletes to unleash their creativity, develop themselves, and strive to win titles in competitions," she added. Globalism".

And she continued: “I hope that all Arab federations will include an elite of women, so that they become a role model for the women who come after them. We do not only look at women who practice sports, nor for the administration working in the sports field, but we are looking forward to have women who inspire girls, who teach them sports and transmit them. They have experiences, without which we cannot advance or follow the approach of developed countries in this field.

Princess Rima bint Bandar explained: “The sports sector is a great field, and all segments of society can participate in it, as it requires more specialized education and the strengthening of society’s culture towards it, because the sports sector is more than just an athlete participating in a popular sport. It contains new sports and tools every day, and all sectors must participate in it to support them, and it must open the way for all its doors to members of society, to contribute to this matter, and to motivate them to show creativity for the development of the sports sector ».

She concluded, saying: “I hope that all universities will think about this matter seriously, to graduate young people who are able to innovate in various fields. Sports creativity is not restricted to those who practice sport only, and the best example of this is the inventions that were created to support the efforts of athletes, so we must expand The field of our dealings with shareholders in the sports sector, and we open the way for all segments of society to participate, innovate and create in it, to expand its base, and the field is open to everyone, and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Sports Innovation is there to support these efforts.

The life of Al Khalifa: winning the prize is one of my most important days

Sheikha Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al Khalifa, Member of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, Member of the Board of Directors of the Bahrain Olympic Committee and Chair of the Bahraini Women's Sports Committee, said that “winning the award was one of the most important days of her life, as far as she described, as it is associated with the name of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum »Vice President and Prime Minister of the State and Ruler of Dubai.

She added: “The award has rooted the concept and culture of creativity from a regional, Arab and international perspective, and such an award since its inception has stimulated many players, administrators, referees and those in charge of sports work and professional institutions, in light of a deep vision, and thus we find that all athletes are harnessing their potential to obtain This honor ».

Al Khalifa indicated: “What we always strive for is excellence in any of the areas that we go into in our lives, and when the award and honor comes from the knight and the first athlete, it has an important impact on all of us, and it is not surprising that this generous initiative came to place this award in the interest of sports in The Gulf states and the Arab countries, and now the global field has come, so congratulations to us of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and we have obtained the award of His Highness, which will remain a source of pride for all of us in our sports career, and future generations will work with utmost strength to attain this distinguished honor ».

Hamdan bin Mohammed during honoring the life of Al Khalifa.

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271 female athletes are running for victory

Moza Al-Marri: Sport is one of the sources of soft power in societies

The Secretary-General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Award for Sports Innovation, Moza Al-Marri, said that the award confirms the great role that sport plays in empowering societies, as it is one of the most important sources of soft power that has positive effects in societies.

She added: “Women constitute half of the society, and under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, patron of the award, and His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the National Olympic Committee and President of the Award, the Board of Trustees of the Award works, headed by Matar Al Tayer. "Empowering women in all areas of sports work, whether through strengthening their presence in leadership positions responsible for decision-making, or in the fields of competition as athletes, trainers, or wisdom."

Al-Marri added: “Emirati and Arab women have been present in the working committees since the establishment of the award, as 10 Emirati women are members of the Communication and Marketing Committee, and four Emirati and Arab women are members of the jury, and five personalities are members of the technical committee of the award, and the Minister of Sports in the Republic of Tunisia and in the State of Zimbabwe and Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee, and many of the winners of the leading figures and heroines of mathematics at the Creative Sports Meetings, and the numerous sports innovation seminars, which she organized over the course of her long career ».

"The award has attracted 271 female athletes in various disciplines, who have been nominated to compete in the past 10 rounds, and 36 of them have won the honor of winning one of the award categories, and we are working with various bodies to enhance women's participation in the award," she concluded.

Award partners

The award is linked to partnership and cooperation relations with many major economic institutions, which believe in the award's role in empowering societies through sports, developing sports, and supporting creative people in the sports field in the UAE, the Arab world and the world.

The list of strategic partners for the 11th edition of the award includes: Nakheel Properties, Dubai Solar Energy Exhibition (WETEX), and Emirates Airlines, in addition to the gold sponsor, Dragon Oil.

The award is linked to cooperative relations with many sports and media institutions in the UAE, the Arab patriot and the world, to achieve the desired development of sport and empower societies through sport.

• The award will continue to honor creative models, and to organize sports forums, seminars and conferences for women.

• The ninth session witnessed the honoring of institutions with successful initiatives in the field of women's empowerment.

• The Mohammed bin Rashid Award for Sports Innovation is at the forefront of the global sports awards, in terms of its influence and pioneering role.

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