Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, President of the General Women's Union and Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, the Supreme President of the Family Development Foundation (Umm Al-Emarat), said that the government accelerators participating in ministries, federal and local institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector are a positive step towards the future of Emirati women.

"Today we are moving towards a new era that requires the creation of an integrated system to involve all official and non-governmental bodies in the UAE in the process of sustainable development for Emirati women," she said in a statement on the occasion of the launch of the fifth batch of government accelerators concerned with the empowerment and entrepreneurship of women in the UAE. Through which to provide a supportive environment, strengthen its role and raise the rates of participation and representation in all areas, locally, regionally and internationally ».

Following the extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers at the headquarters of the General Women's Union last December, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, set up special women's accelerators to accelerate the implementation of the National Strategy for the Empowerment and Leadership of Women.

The work of the fifth batch of government accelerators, in which 30 government and private entities are participating, will work on a number of challenges in 100 days, focusing on the quality of life of women in all stages of life, providing counseling services especially during the first marriage years, The introduction of the gender balance of the financial and banking sector, raising the employment rate for those with an emphasis on women, and providing specialized health care services for women after childbirth.

His Highness Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, affirmed that the initiatives of the UAE government accelerate the achievement of the objectives of the national agenda, and consolidate the culture of leadership and innovation in the government sector and transform them into a sustainable work environment according to the vision of leadership.

His Highness said that government accelerators aim to accelerate the service of society and the happiness of the people. Today, we start with a pioneering initiative from the UAE government to enhance the empowerment and leadership of Emirati women to serve the government institutions in a unified and team spirit.

Minister of Health and Community Protection, Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Al Owais, said that the decisions of the Council of Ministers in the field of integrated health care for Emirati women before, during and after childbirth reflect the leadership's keenness to utilize all the capabilities and successes of the health sector in the country to provide the best preventive, For Emirati women at all age levels.

He said that the Ministry of Health and Community Protection has worked with the General Women's Union to include the women's postpartum health accelerator. The 100-day challenge was launched to raise the percentage of postnatal visits to female citizens in health facilities by 70% Postnatal infants, increased breastfeeding, detection of postpartum depression, early intervention and increased proportion of women undergoing early screening for cervical cancer.

The Minister of Human Resources and Emiratization, Nasser bin Thani Al Hamli, affirmed the Ministry's commitment to participate actively in the team to achieve the objectives of these accelerators in accordance with their roles and responsibilities by providing employment to female employers based on their qualifications.

Minister of Community Development Hussa Bint Isa Buhameed said that government accelerators are a strong driver in the continuous race towards the future leadership by virtue of their ability to make a difference in terms of accelerating the pace of work and achievement to the extent that the goals can be overcome in many of the challenges faced by the accelerators. The ability of accelerators to achieve the best achievements, especially that the future accelerators focus on the quality of life of women, and seeks participatory visions to achieve the best solutions and achievements in providing marital and family counseling services for married women, especially in the early years of marriage.

The Minister of State for Public Education, Jamila Bint Salem Musabah Al Muhairi, said that the Ministry of Education has taken several steps in order to achieve the objectives of the accelerators to reach quick and fruitful results. A team has formed a clear vision to reduce the procedures for licensing government nurseries Provide care, education and safe environment for their children, taking into account the efficiency and quality of performance and standards, and will contribute to simplifying procedures and speeding up the work of establishing state nurseries to serve as a safety valve for female employees.

"The launch of this batch comes within the framework of a sustainable process in which the UAE has made great strides in the development of women and the enhancement of their presence in various leadership positions in the public and private sectors," said Oudh Bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Happiness and Quality of Life.

The director of the General Women's Union, Noura Khalifa Al Suwaidi, stressed that the leadership gives Emirati women all the attention and care to help them move towards the future with confidence.

Al Suwaidi said that the General Women's Union is looking forward to embarking on the process of accelerating the implementation of the National Strategy for the Empowerment and Leadership of Women, which in turn will enhance the role of women in the sustainable development and development of the country and achieve its future plans.

She added that every development in life shows him natural obstacles, but insisting on overcoming the challenges and reaching the goals needs to double the effort, and therefore all ministries and institutions and everyone in the community is invited to contribute to make a quantum leap in the next stage.

HE Mrs. Mona Ghanim Al Marri, Vice President of the Emirates Council for Gender Equality, highlighted the role of government accelerators in accelerating the work of enhancing the gender balance in the banking and financial sector through innovative policies and mechanisms that will sustain and expand the benefits of the expected balance, socially and economically. In enhancing the competitiveness of the UAE globally.

She said that gender balance in the banking sector, as a key and important component of the private sector, was in line with one of the themes and the work plan of the Council: increasing the participation of women in the labor market and economic life in general. The Council of Ministers can speed up its work, and this can be achieved through more policies and legislation that promote a work environment that is friendly to women. The Emirates Council for Gender Balance, the Government Acceleration Team and all partners are keen to include this balance in the banking sector and transactions. .

Al Marri added that these efforts contribute to achieving the goal of the UAE Council for Gender Balance by narrowing the gender gap in all sectors of the country.

The Vice President of the Emirates Council for Gender Equality thanked the key partners in addressing this challenge, particularly the General Women's Union, the Central Bank, the Insurance Authority, the Securities and Commodities Authority, and financial and banking institutions. The quality of the projects that the government accelerators have worked on in various fields during the last period.

Government accelerators represent a future mechanism of action, involving joint working groups of first-class staff from federal and local government agencies, the private and academic sectors and community institutions. Accelerators work in one place under one umbrella to accelerate the achievement of national agenda goals and performance indicators, accelerate services, policies and programs and implement government projects. Strategy, through dedicated and innovative spaces where joint teams work under the supervision of a team of global trainers, supervisors and competencies to achieve high, tangible and sustainable results in short time periods.

Government accelerators provide services to support the participating government agencies. Its main objective is to accelerate the achievement of the objectives of the national agenda in four main areas: national indicators, policies, programs, initiatives and government services through the formation of joint task forces from different agencies to address the challenges and achieve the objectives; Excellence in government work through the implementation of pilot work methods leading to quick and sustainable results.

Saif bin Zayed:

"The initiatives of the UAE government accelerate the pace of achieving the objectives of the national agenda and consolidate the culture of entrepreneurship and innovation in the government sector."

4 axes for women empowerment strategy

Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak stressed that the priorities of the National Strategy for the Empowerment and Leadership of Women are centered around four main axes: social fabric, safe and dignified life, social welfare, sustainability of achievements and leadership and responsibility to promote the status of Emirati women in local, regional and international forums.

She called for the integration of roles between federal and local institutions, civil society institutions and the private sector to achieve a qualitative leap forward in the process of empowerment and leadership of Emirati women.