Leadership committed to gender equality

Source: 
The Gulf Today
Publication date: 
Mar 16 2014
NEW YORK: The UAE has vowed to continue its efforts aimed at enhancing gender equality and women empowerment in its multi-national development plans.
 
This came in a statement of Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF) and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood.

The statement was read on her behalf by Noura Khalifa Al Suwaidi, Director-General, Women’s Union, before the 58th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, which is being held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in order to follow up implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly, whose theme is: “Challenges and Achievements in the Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for Women and Girls.”

In her statement, Sheikha Fatima expressed the UAE’s appreciation of the Commission’s effective efforts to enhance women’s status in the international arena in all domains.

She also underscored the leading role played by the UN and its concerned authorities, especially the Commission on the Status of Women in the United Nations in order to spread gender equality standards and the empowerment of women in the international and national arenas.

“The wise leadership of the UAE believes in women’s empowerment, which is a fundamental factor in the country’s overall development. Therefore, we have a number of institutional mechanisms in place to create a conducive environment for ensuring women’s empowerment based on the UAE’s constitution, decisions and international agreements pertaining to women issues,” Shekiha Fatima added, pointing out that the GWU is playing a vital role in setting up and implementing women’s empowerment strategies in all fields.

She said that the UAE is among the most advanced countries in terms of reducing the gender gap. The country has vowed to continue its efforts to bolster gender equality and women’s empowerment in the light of the recommendations of the Beijing and Cairo Declarations. 

This decision, she added, comes within the framework of the country’s co-operation with the UN Commission on the Status of Women and other relevant UN bodies so as to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment at the global level.

 

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