Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, President of the General Women's Union and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, directed the Supreme President of the Family Development Foundation that the slogan for the celebration of Emirati Women's Day this year be the planning of its 50th: Women are a support for the homeland
The choice of the emblem of the year coincides with the emblem of the state announced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, "May God bless him" and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces that in 2020 Year of preparation for its fifty.
Her Highness asserted on this occasion that Emirati women have been able during the past decades of the state to prove to all of the various positions that they hold that they are responsible for the responsibility and that they are competent to be a support for her country in all circumstances and that preparing for the next fifty years must be the daughter of the Emirates a strategic and pivotal partner in The process of looking to the future and contributing to it together with her brother-in-law in drawing common features of the priorities that would contribute to building on the achievements and gains laid down by the founding fathers of the state and whose career is completed by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Za The hand of Al Nahyan, President of the State, "may God protect him", with his brothers His Highness the rulers of the Emirates.
Her Highness added that planning for fifty is an opportunity to review the policies, legislations and initiatives issued by various institutions to ensure that they take into account the emerging needs of women and upgrade them to ensure the quality of life for future generations on the one hand and prepare a qualified generation of capabilities and capabilities that would complete the march and carry the flag to push the country to more achievements and progress in All regional and international forums on the other hand.
Her Highness indicated that the current conditions experienced by the country and the countries of the world due to the emerging Corona virus (Covid 19) changed many development data and produced a set of challenges and opportunities to be included and taken into consideration when planning and preparing for the next fifty years as the current conditions produced fundamental changes In life styles from work and distance education, as well as changes in social relations, which requires conducting studies and research and evaluating this experience and its dimensions to benefit from it in developing the quality of services provided to women with all their characteristics and to ensure the provision of a supportive environment for them to enable them to To balance its developmental and social roles that would enhance the stability of the social fabric.
Her Highness praised the national cohesion witnessed by the state in the current circumstances between citizens and residents, women and men, and the integration of roles between them in order to ensure the safety and stability of the family and society.
At the end of her statement, Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak called on all state institutions to dedicate the slogan / planning to its fifty: Women as a support for the homeland / which will be the slogan for celebrating Emirati women's day this year, which falls on August 28 within its plans and programs, especially in the context of its current review of response plans Patriotism to ensure that the needs of women are included in it.
For her part, Noura Khalifa Al Suwaidi, Director of the General Women's Union said that linking Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak to the state’s emblem between the planning of the fifty and that women are a bond of the homeland has profound meanings and significance, the most important of which is stressing the size of the responsibility placed on women in supporting and supporting the state’s development efforts in various sectors.
And Noura Al Suwaidi added in a statement on this occasion that the General Women's Union will work in the coming period according to a participatory approach with its strategic partners in the governmental / federal and local sectors / the private sector and civil society institutions to review the national strategy for empowerment and women's leadership 2015-2021 with the end of its timeframe and evaluation Her performance during the past years in order to come up with an updated strategy that includes achieving a balance between the needs of new women and government attitudes in accordance with international best practices in the field of women's empowerment.