Tomorrow, the UAE will celebrate Emirati Women's Day, which is an annual occasion to celebrate the remarkable experience of Emirati women, amidst government interest, sponsorship and community confidence.
This year's UAE Women's Day coincides with the elections of the Federal National Council, which is an unprecedented shift in the participation of women in the Council after the decision to raise their parliamentary representation in half, which is expected to create an exceptional situation in the number of women candidates and the participation rates of women in the electoral process.
Women have thus continued their success in previous parliamentary experiments, having booked their seats in the Council for the past three experiences, whether by winning elections or appointing them, achieving continuous successes until they attained the highest rank in Parliament by appointing the Speaker of the Federal National Council, Dr. Amal Abdullah Al-Qubaisi.
The celebrations this year under the slogan «Women symbol of tolerance» to enhance the value of tolerance, which the UAE has given the utmost attention this year, and official statements and popular and media interaction reflects the place that Emirati women are occupying the level of government, diplomatic and parliamentary work.
Today, women make up more than 66% of the UAE workforce and have a strong presence - more than men - in the education, health and banking sectors.
The UAE leads the Arab countries in the United Nations lists on the level of gender balance, according to the annual index issued by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and ranks high in the global level in gender equality, especially in terms of illiteracy rates and participation in secondary and higher education .
Seventy-seven percent of Emirati women enroll in higher education after graduating in secondary schools and represent more than 70 percent of students in federal higher education institutions.
Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, President of the General Women's Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Leader of the Family Development Foundation, is the pioneer of the women's movement in the UAE. She is credited with establishing the General Women's Union. To the openness of the spirit of the times and between the preservation of Arab originality and Islamic traditions, believing that the preservation of cultural privacy is the only way to achieve the desired progress.
Before and after the founding of the UAE, Emirati women played their natural role in the construction and development process.His late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan believed in the abilities of women and the importance of their role as a partner for men in the process of construction and development. - First supporter of women in the UAE.
Women in the UAE preside over the Federal National Council and hold nine ministerial portfolios within the Cabinet, while they hold 66% of public sector jobs, and prove worthiness in the sectors of space, judiciary and artificial intelligence, after breaking the men's monopoly of these disciplines. Women hold 66% of public sector jobs.
The UAE leads the Arab countries on the level of gender balance, ranking first in the Arab World in the Equal Pay Index and in the health pillar of the Global Gender Gap Report, published by the World Economic Forum 2018.
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On the cultural level, Emirati women have contributed actively to the cultural and intellectual mobility within the community through leading examples in the field of literary and artistic creativity, as well as their influential role within the various cultural and educational institutions. Today, she holds the highest governmental cultural position, where she is the Minister of Culture and Community Development. Noura Kaabi.