The wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, President of the Nama Foundation for the Advancement of Women, launched the first “platform of elevation” of its kind in the region, which will unify the efforts of official and private institutions and civil society organizations working to empower women in medium countries And low-income, and in proportion to the needs and privacy of each community, and this is a translation of the directives of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah.

His Highness, Ruler of Sharjah, pledged in his speech during the opening of the second session of the World Summit for Economic Empowerment of Women, which was held this December in Sharjah, that he would be one of the guarantors of efforts and programs to empower and assist women in Asia, Africa and South America, and demanded during his speech at the opening of the summit , Institutions in Sharjah to expand support for women and initiatives aimed at empowering them outside the emirate.

With the launch of the «Raising» platform, the second session of the World Summit for Economic Empowerment of Women, which was held this December, will be the last. Its business will include Asia, Africa, South America and the Caribbean.

The platform “upgrade” represents a global regulatory framework, under which regional “coordination bodies” distributed among middle and low-income countries in Asia, Africa, South America and the Caribbean are brought together, supervised by local officials responsible for managing and coordinating them.

The membership of regional coordination bodies consists of decision makers, official and private institutions and civil society organizations working in the framework of empowering and supporting the economic and social partnership of women, in addition to academic and research institutions, and each of these institutions operates within its framework and its field of specialization to achieve complementarity in the plans and programs among them, and to speed up access To the strategic goal of the platform, which is to achieve a comprehensive partnership between men and women in business sectors of all levels on the basis of equal opportunities. Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Muhammad Al Qasimi said: “His Highness has always promised to be a support and assistance to women and support their aspirations towards partnership in building and developing economies and societies, and today we are witnessing one of the translations of this promise to launch (a platform of elevation) that aims to unite the efforts of international institutions And to enhance its efficiency in planning and working and shortening the distance between us and an economy characterized by justice and equal opportunities.

Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Al Qasimi added: “The launch of a platform for advancement confirms our confidence in the ability of women to stimulate and develop medium and low income societies, and partnership in building civilizations in cooperation and integration with men in all fields of work.”

Her Highness continued: «Throughout history, women have been the nucleus of the family, the maker of values, and the educator of generations. Building nations. The development of the economy and the growing needs of societies must be accompanied by a corresponding development in the division and participation of economic and social roles between the sexes. Partnership gives economies the causes of growth and realizes the unity and stability of societies and translates the aspirations of their children.

Her Highness concluded that the «upgrade» platform integrates in its work with the established international institutions and cooperates with them, and its mission will be to provide technical, professional and knowledge support to female workers, women entrepreneurs, institutions and women's organizations.

• The second session of the Women's Economic Empowerment Summit is the last.

• Supporting women, their projects, and creating a work environment that matches their aspirations.