Officials and specialists who presented special sessions at the recently concluded "Women’s World Forum Dubai 2020", held under the slogan of "vulnerability", unanimously agreed on the necessity of empowering women scientifically and socially to devote their role in society, and supporting them to leave their impact and their imprint with the distinction between influence and leadership Between the two.

They pointed out that many factors give women the power to influence society, starting from their formation of an atypical and different image, and receiving everything they need to lead a special march fraught with success, and reach the laws and regulations that support them to be able to reach the centers of power and influence in society.

Her influence

The Executive Director of Dubai Women’s Foundation and Secretary General of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance, Shamsa Saleh, told «Emirates Today»: «Women are mature in the field of empowerment, and we are talking about participation, because the role of women today lies in exploiting the empowerment and active participation in The various fields, and therefore the participation that has no effect is not of any use ». She pointed out that women have become a powerful influence in various fields and in boards of directors, and this in turn raises the productivity of councils and their effectiveness. On leadership and influence, she considered that today Emirati women are at the decision-making and legislative positions, and it is very important that women have a say in introducing any new legislation. Women are half of society, and you must know what secures them the ease of playing their role. Saleh noted that since 2015, the Emirates Council for Gender Balance has worked to revise legislation in the Emirates to support women in all fields, including amending the maternity leave for a period of three months for working women, and a special law on equal wages, and the Non-Discrimination and Hate Against Women Act have been issued. And proposing legislation to represent women in Parliament at 50%, along with a package of legislation in personal status and other areas.

Women's skills

The CEO of the Dubai Future Foundation, Khalfan Juma Belhoul, told Emirates Today: “The fourth industrial revolution depends on the speed of technology development and entrepreneurship, and there are a lot of statistics that indicate that 70% of graduates are women, and 51% of them are from the department Engineering and numeracy, which means that the creative environment will need the efforts of women to devote their innovations on the ground. The innovative environment and the presence of artificial intelligence and robots will all positively affect the attraction of women's skills, and they must benefit from them and their skills. ” He pointed out that there is a stimulating environment that supports the test, pointing to the support of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, for the principle of testing, as the word laboratory is reaping unlimited support from it. On empowering women in the Dubai Foundation for the Future, he pointed out that women have support through the government sector, leaders or the private sector, the numbers speak for themselves, but the involvement of all parties in any innovative environment that is in the interest of the role of women, and we have seen the entry of women in Dubai accelerators For the future, with a million Arab programmers, hoping for more numbers.

Leadership and influence

The specialist in behavior and suggestive treatment, Basma Al Saeed, shortened the concepts of difference and the power of influence, and she told «Emirates Today»: «Women have always enjoyed the power of influence, and to return to ancient times, it was the woman who was influencing the man to enter into wars or not, and also "She had the strongest influence in making him peaceful, but in reality we forget our strength as women." And about whether leadership is synonymous with influence, she pointed out that leadership differs from impact, so looking at leaders must see the extent of their influence in society, and of course that one is a stronger influence than being in the place of leadership, noting that the impact industry is from the child’s first environment And the family, it is the latter that builds one's life or, on the contrary, destroys it, as it is the first school for any child. She noted that people are held captive by the idea of ​​society not accepting different ideas, but in reality experience has shown that the presentation of what is new has been accepted by many people, noting that in some cases some Western ideas are combined with what is eastern and are appropriate to our culture In life. As for dealing with criticism when submitting something different, she noted that dealing with criticism must be through the use of one's own in a way that makes it in its interest, the method of offering criticism is very important, as it should not be pungent, while she saw that providing The difference requires audacity, not rebellion, because there are instances of rebellion without a goal.

Profit for the nation

The Rana Nawas Blog Foundation believes that empowering women means empowering an entire family and homeland, noting that these words do not fall within the framework of poetic speech, but rather a proven scientific reality, and for this the greatest profit for the nation is through the education of women, And then employ them, the impact force is in every field and in all ways. As for how women develop, Nawas pointed out that many things should take place, especially the legislative environment, because there is a need for laws that protect women, in the region there are some countries that do not have supportive laws, and we need places where women can obtain psychological security Women sometimes need to work from home or part-time work, in addition to having some physical conditions that must be taken into account, but this does not reduce the ambition of women, they are very ambitious. She added: "Women need a culture that supports the development of women, and this requires a major change, because women must believe that they are entitled to work, and that men are convinced that it is necessary to help at home." On the problems in the Arab world, Nawas pointed out that only a fifth of educated women work, the majority learn and do not work.

• 70% of the graduates are women, 51% of them are from the Department of Engineering and Accountancy.