Under the guidance of Manal bint Mohammed
The Emirates for Gender Balance participates in the meetings of the Commission on the Status of Women
Vice President of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance: Mona Ghanem Al-Marri.
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Under the directives of the wife of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance, President of the Dubai Women Foundation, the Council is participating in the meetings of the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65), affiliated with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, to organize the fifth edition of the "Global Balance Rings", within the framework of the UAE's adoption and support for global efforts aimed at empowering women at all levels, achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and within the Council's efforts to shed light on The country's successful experience in the issue of gender balance, and the advanced global position it has reached.
Strategy and practice
For her part, Vice President of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance, Mona Ghanem Al-Marri, said that the council will organize tomorrow, the fifth global balance circle, via the Internet, under the title "Women Participation and Leadership ... From Strategy to Practice", with the participation of local and international leaders, to discuss the importance of both The strategy and practice in exploring ways to enhance the full and effective participation of women in public life, through three axes: designing gender-equitable national strategies, ensuring the meaningful inclusion of all women, including those of the youth, and implementing innovative policies to measure women's participation. And bridge the gender gaps.
She praised the tireless efforts of His Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in promoting gender balance and transforming it into institutional work in all sectors of the state, through specific initiatives and projects that translate the wise leadership's vision of the future role of women in the development process at all levels, noting that «the balance rings Global »is one of these important strategic initiatives launched by the Council in March 2017, under the direction of Her Highness, as an inspiring platform to promote global dialogue on the best policies supporting gender balance at all levels, and to accelerate the pace of work to achieve the fifth goal of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, related to achieving balance Empowerment of all women and girls.
Previous 4 episodes
So far, four seminars have been held within this ongoing global initiative. The first episode was organized in March 2017 in New York, under the title “Challenges to Implementing Gender Policies ... A Vision for Action.” The second edition was held in cooperation with the International Monetary Fund at the Fund’s headquarters in Washington within a month. November of the same year, and dealt with the topic of "government budgets devoted to gender balance", and the third was held in March 2018 in Brussels, and hosted by the UAE embassy in Belgium, while the fourth edition was held in Dubai entitled "The Impact of Policies Supporting Gender Balance", as part of the activities of the World Summit. For governments 2019.
Al-Marri said that the fifth edition of the "Global Balance Circles", which will be held tomorrow as part of the work of the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, will be attended by Jamila Al-Musali, Minister of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and Family in the Kingdom of Morocco, and Dr. Hala Al-Tuwaijri, Secretary General of the Council for Family Affairs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia, Trombeck, Director of the “Women, Business and Law” Index project at the World Bank, Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Saleh, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy for Foreign Trade and Industry Affairs, Hanan Mansour Ahli, Acting Director of the Federal Center for Competitiveness and Statistics, and Hoda Al-Hashemi, Head of Government Strategy and Innovation in the government The Emirates, Hessa Peril, Assistant Undersecretary for Community Development for the Social Development Sector, and other international figures, will be managed by Dan Murphy, CNBC's broadcaster.
Interactive dialogue
The Emirates Council for Gender Balance had participated in the interactive session organized by UN Women on the 18th of this month, under the title: "Building back better ... Women's participation and leadership in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic and recovery from it", on the sidelines of the 65th session. The Commission on the Status of Women, whose activities will continue until the 26th of this year, and its discussions this year focus on the full and effective participation of women and their decision-making in public life, the elimination of violence, the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, in order to achieve the fifth goal of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
During the virtual session, the Council shared the experience of the UAE in empowering women and girls in the context of the "Covid-19" pandemic, where women play an important role, with the support and encouragement of the wise leadership, in the leadership ranks and the first line of defense to confront "Covid-19", and at the forefront of dealing With this global pandemic, what reflects the correct implementation of gender balance, which drives the country's plans for recovery.
The UAE has strengthened its efforts over the past year to consolidate gender balance in the public and private sectors, through numerous legislations and policies, including the draft gender-responsive budgets, supporting female entrepreneurs as a priority, providing remote work options, and approving a law of equal wages between men and women in the private sector. A worker in the private sector was granted paid parental leave to care for his child, and other legislation in support of gender balance. The positive response to the new lifestyle resulted from strong cooperation and communication at the local, regional and global levels. The Supreme Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management, including women leaders, encouraged the achievement of The importance of daily communication with the people of the Emirates and the world, as public health information was transmitted along with messages of hope that were broadcast.
The early interventions that women have participated in designing ensure the benefit of entire societies, indicating the possibility of expanding the scope of many policies and procedures that the UAE has adopted across different countries to support global recovery efforts from the crisis, and confirms that the country prioritizes a gender-sensitive approach to dealing with the pandemic. ” Covid-19 », realizing that the key to successful prosperity lies in the full and effective participation of women in decision-making.
Global and local partnerships
Mona Al-Marri, Vice-President of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance, affirmed the council’s keenness to exchange visions and experiences with countries and international organizations that have distinguished experiences in gender balance policies, as part of its efforts to build and strengthen global partnerships, as well as cooperation, coordination and partnership relations with all state institutions. Which had a significant impact in achieving more success in this file as a national priority, and the UAE's access to an advanced position in global competitiveness reports on gender balance.
Mona Al-Marri:
• “The Global Balance Circles is an inspiring platform to foster a global dialogue on the best policies in support of gender balance.”
• "The council is keen to strengthen its local and international partnerships to achieve more success in this file as a national priority."
The UAE adopts and supports global efforts to empower women and achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
• Local and global leaders discussing tomorrow "Women and Leadership ... From Strategy to Practice."
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