It has recorded exceptional successes..and is progressing to achieve more

5 fields that highlight Emirati women's ambition for the "Sunshine of the Fifty"

  • Sarah Al-Amiri is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Space Agency.

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  • Nawal Al Hosani is the Permanent Representative of the State to IRENA.

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  • Aisha Al Hamli is the first and youngest Emirati female pilot.

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Under the slogan "Women Ambitious and Shining for Fifty", the UAE celebrates Emirati Women's Day this year, a slogan that Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, President of the General Women's Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme President of the Family Development Foundation (Mother of the Nation), directed to launch this year. In line with the declaration of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, of the year 2021 "the year of the fiftieth".

The slogan of this year’s celebration embodies the boundless ambition of Emirati women and their enthusiasm to participate effectively in building a better, more prosperous and advanced future, under the leadership’s patronage, which has paid great attention to supporting and empowering women to play their leading role in community service, and provided them with a supportive environment in which various elements are available. Success, to innovate and occupy the highest leadership positions in the state.

Over the past decades of the state's life, Emirati women have proven that they are worthy of the trust that the nation has placed in them, and that they are able to offer a lot for the nation in all fields. In addition to the economic, educational, cultural and health fields, and even in the army and police.

With the sunrise of the fifties, Emirati women are progressing to achieve more achievements, not only in traditional fields of work, but also in modern fields that meet the aspirations of the UAE and its ambition that reaches the sky.. Among the most prominent of these sectors:

The space

From the beginning, women have accompanied the state’s steps towards achieving the dream of space and launching the Hope Probe, to be among the first Arab women in this field. Women constituted 34% of the Hope Probe team members, and 50% of the probe’s leadership team, and the percentage of female researchers in the project’s scientific team increased by 80%. Of the total number of the team, women constituted 55.5% of the Council of Young Scientists and 37.5% of the Council of Emirates Scientists. She also held the position of Minister of State for Advanced Technology, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Space Agency, Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri.

sustainable energy

Emirati women are strongly present in the field of renewable and sustainable energy, and this was clearly reflected during the inauguration of the first and second phases of the Barakah plants, the first peaceful nuclear reactor at the Arab level. Women constituted 20% of the total employees of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation and its subsidiaries, which is one of the highest percentages. In the nuclear energy sector worldwide, while the percentage of women in the Barakah plant site reaches 10%, which was achieved thanks to the Corporation’s commitment to implementing the directives of the rational leadership regarding the priority of developing Emirati competencies and empowering women, as the state was keen on educational attainment opportunities and vocational, practical and technical training for young people. UAE.

The leadership also chose a woman, Dr. Nawal Al Hosani, to take the position of the country's permanent representative to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Aviation

Over the years, Emirati women have proven their ability to contribute effectively in the aviation sector, and now occupy many positions and tasks in it throughout the UAE, ranging from entrepreneurship and management positions, to aviation engineering and aircraft maintenance.

The aviation sector represents an important and basic pillar of the national and regional economy.

Last year witnessed the launch of the Women in Aviation Association (Shehana), a public benefit organization that aims to provide an attractive environment for women in the aviation sector, provide opportunities to develop initiatives to attract and empower women, and enhance their presence in various regional and international forums. First Lieutenant Pilot Sheikha Mozah bint Marwan Al Maktoum Chairman of the Association's Administration.

One of the prominent names in this sector is Captain Aisha Al Hamli, the first and youngest Emirati female pilot, who is also the first permanent representative of the UAE on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and the youngest delegate in the organization's history.

Artificial intelligence

The UAE was a pioneer in launching the “Emirates Artificial Intelligence Strategy” in 2017, to the “Digital Quality of Life Council” in 2020, placing women’s participation as a key part in achieving a pioneering digital system in the country, and promoting the vision of a safe and positive digital society, along with effective participation In employing artificial intelligence in all fields, represented in developing a framework and a comprehensive empowering approach for women in the digital space, as they are the nucleus of this society.

medicine and engineering

The “Covid-19” pandemic has proven that the medical sector and the quality and efficiency of the human cadres working in it are a safety factor for societies, and the UAE’s success in dealing quickly with the pandemic and its repercussions was a clear indication of the health sector’s solid infrastructure, and its distinguished medical cadres. Women constituted the largest segment of the front line soldiers facing the pandemic.

The statistics also reflect the increasing demand of girls to study engineering and modern sciences, as women constitute approximately 80 to 90% of the number of students in two higher education institutions within the three government institutions in the country.

Female students and graduates

Women constitute nearly two-thirds of students enrolled in public universities, and more than half of those enrolled in private higher education institutions, and Emirati female students represent 70% of university graduates.

The number of female students in the Higher Colleges of Technology is more than 10,000.

Women constitute 56 percent of graduates from public universities in the UAE in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and 60 percent of graduates of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi are female.

• Emirati women have emerged not only in traditional fields of work, but also in modern fields.

• From the beginning, Emirati women have accompanied the country's steps towards realizing the dream of space and launching the Hope Probe.

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