The Empowerment Train continued its journey at "maximum speed"
Emirati women..high confidence in the daughter of the nation
The late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, may God have mercy on him, was keen, within the framework of the strategy of the renaissance project that he launched, to empower Emirati women in all fields and at all levels, to be an effective partner in building the nation.
History recorded a list of milestones in the path of Emirati women during the era of the late at several levels.
The most important of these is the growing representation of women in the Council of Ministers, their access to half of the seats in the Federal National Council (Parliament), their advancement in indicators of gender balance globally, equal pay for men, enhancing their presence in the business and science sectors, and their participation in the most important strategic sectors such as space and clean energy, and making room for them To voluntarily join the national service, and to launch awards documenting women’s achievements, such as the Sheikha Shamsa Bint Suhail Award for Creative Women, issuing a decision appointing the first female judge in the UAE, and appointing the first two female prosecutors to work in the Judicial Department in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Since the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan took over the reins of government in 2004, the train to enable the daughter of the Emirates has continued its march at "maximum speed", to enter in record time the club of the top 20 globally at the level of gender balance, based on a strategic stock of achievements and factors. and the gains made by Emirati women over the past years.
Experiments
The first stage on which the success of Emirati women was based during the era of the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the confidence in her abilities and competence, which is expressed by her representation in the UAE government, which reached 27.5% of the total cabinet members, as women occupy nine ministerial seats. This is one of the highest rates in the world.
The experience of Emirati women is among the best international experiences, especially after the law guaranteed them to obtain half the number of seats in the Federal National Council equally with men. This historic transformation had a direct positive impact on the development path in the UAE by ensuring the full and effective participation of women in the legislative authority. and oversight.
With this decision, the UAE was able to surpass the countries of the region and many countries of the world in empowering women and enhancing their participation in political life.
wages
In implementation of the decree issued by the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE has started, since December 2020, to implement equal pay between men and women in the private sector in the event that they perform the same work or work of equal value.
In addition to equal pay, UAE law provides for the abolition of all restrictions imposed on women working at night and working in hard jobs, and the law does not allow the employer to terminate the service of a working woman or warn her because of her pregnancy, and the Labor Organization Law prohibits discrimination between employees in obtaining On jobs and promotion, it is also prohibited to discriminate between the sexes in jobs with the same job functions.
the sciences
During the era of the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Emirati women achieved a distinguished presence in the field of advanced sciences, setting world records in some fields, including, for example, the nuclear energy sector, in which the representation of Emirati women reaches 20% of the total forces The female workforce, which is considered one of the highest rates in the world, while the Emirati woman imposes herself strongly in the space sector, as she records a remarkable presence in the most prominent projects in this sector, led by the Emirates Mars Exploration Project “Probe of Hope”, which is characterized by the participation of women is the highest in the world at 34% from the staff.
gains
A set of factors and indicators that were achieved during the era of the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, may God have mercy on him, contributed to paving the way for the empowerment of women in the fields of work and their access to the highest positions.
Emirati women’s access to unprecedented educational gains and rights during the era of the late is one of the most important factors that contributed to building the character of Emirati women and laying the foundations for refining their leadership skills, until this was evident in their achievement of leaps, not only in the level of academic degrees they hold, Rather, in leading educational institutions and occupying teaching positions in higher education institutions, the percentage of women working in leadership and supervisory positions in educational institutions has reached 69% during recent years.
During the era of the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, women received unprecedented support to consolidate their position and presence in various business sectors. For example, females today in the UAE constitute 64% of workers in the education sector, and the same percentage of the total doctors, nurses and technicians in the sector health, and 31% of the total workers in the finance, banking and insurance activities.
The number of licensed companies owned by women is 80,25.
While women constituted 21.5% of administrative positions, and 32.5% of workers in specialized professions.
• During the era of the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Emirati women achieved a distinguished presence in the field of advanced sciences, setting world records in some fields.
• 34% of the team working in the Emirates Mars Exploration Project, "Probe of Hope" are women.
• 20% of the total workforce, the percentage of Emirati women represented in the nuclear energy sector.
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