Mona Al-Marri praises the support of wise leadership for women and the promotion of gender balance as a sustainable approach in the country

Mona Ghanem Al Marri, Vice President of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance, Director General of the Dubai Government Media Office, congratulated and blessed the wise leadership to Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, President of the General Women's Union, Chair of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, Supreme Chair of the Family Development Foundation (Mother of the Emirates), and Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance, President of the Dubai Women’s Foundation, on the occasion of International Women's Day.

Mona Al-Marri expressed her pride and pride in the successes achieved by Emirati women during the blessed path of the state and the position reached by the issue of gender balance with the support and encouragement of the wise leadership and the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, who has spared no effort in encouraging women to educate, work and positively contribute to various paths of development. And elevating the UAE to the ranks of the world’s countries is a renaissance and development.

She said that the Emirates Council for Gender Balance, which was established in 2015 under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, represents one of the forms of this support provided to women and strengthening their status and role in all fields, as it was assigned to work on Reducing the gender gap in the various sectors of the country, improving its global competitiveness, and making the UAE a global model and reference for balance legislation at the regional level.

She added that the Council worked on translating the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and turning them into reality during the past five years, as the Council, headed by Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, developed a strategic plan that included building partnerships with countries, institutions and organizations. She has distinguished experience and experiences in gender balance policies, and in full coordination with all concerned government agencies at the state level, which resulted in launching quality initiatives and projects at the national and global levels, including the "global balance rings", with the aim of accelerating the pace of work to achieve the fifth goal of the development goals. In addition to hosting the meeting of the United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Committee on the Economic Empowerment of Women in 2017, in the first meeting of the International Committee in the Middle East and North Africa region, the launch of the gender balance guide, in cooperation with the "Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development", and the development of an index The gender balance that the UAE government has adopted and included in the main national indicators on which the results of government agencies in the field of gender are measured,

Contributing to achieving our national goals and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, reviewing and proposing many legislations related to working women under the directives of the wise leadership and the UAE government, consolidating the principle of equal opportunities between men and women and increasing their participation in the governmental and private sectors, in addition to specific initiatives to raise the percentage of women’s representation in the sites. Leadership.

Mona Al-Marri explained that the positive impact of these initiatives is in line with the future plans of the state and keeps pace with the vision of our wise leadership to expand the scope of women's participation in preparing for the hoped-for future of the UAE, based on a firm conviction of the importance of finding and activating the necessary guarantees to achieve a balance between men and women in the service of the nation and enhancing opportunities for its progress, prosperity and global leadership. , Indicating that the Council is about to launch a new work strategy that translates this future vision of the role of women.

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