Wednesday, March 9, 2022 – 10:49 am
.. from Muhammad Jaballah.
DUBAI, 9th March / WAM / Dina Story, Director of Sustainability Operations at Expo 2020 Dubai, confirmed that Expo 2020 Dubai was honored by the international and European standard for gender equality; It is a new achievement to be added to the list of global achievements of the Expo 2020 Dubai platform in the UAE.
She explained, in an exclusive interview with the Emirates News Agency, WAM, that the Expo’s award to the international award represents the international event’s commitment on a larger scale to gender equality, pointing out that the idea of the award is to discuss areas of equality between men and women in all fields, and the importance of the award for Expo is great. To identify the number of men and women working in the International Foundation, which indicated that 53% of the workers are women, it is led by Her Excellency Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director General of the Expo 2020 Dubai office.
Dina Story described the international certificates as an important appreciation that praises this edition of the World Expo’s continued commitment to gender equality in the workplace, and continued: “Applying for the award is not only in order to highlight ourselves, but to show the world the importance of equality between men and women in the Expo platform. In the Arab world as a whole, in addition to being an important approach taken by the UAE.”
Regarding public awareness of the concept of sustainability, she added: “Sustainability in its comprehensive concept is not only environmental, but there is social and economic sustainability as well. For us, as a team working at Expo Dubai, we have already focused on social sustainability in addition to environmental and economic sustainability, so we submitted the award and we have many other international certificates that We obtained it in the areas of sustainability, including Leeds and ISO 20121 certification, in order to consolidate the principle of sustainability at Expo 2020.”
She drew attention to the attempt to focus on the importance of social sustainability through gender equality, as well as caring for people of determination, stressing that Expo is a pioneering platform that had a specific approach in empowering women who work in all fields of security, construction, operations management, medicine, economy and other specialized and possibly difficult fields. which men work.
On the important messages and post-Expo 2020 Dubai gains, she explained that the “Expo Dubai legacy” is not only in the buildings in which it is located, but also goes beyond the international awards and certificates he received, the work methodology, concepts and solutions offered, the principles of gender equality, women’s empowerment, and focus on The goals and strategy of the state and their realization, pointing out that within that small region comes the sustainable launch to the world.
She praised the role of the ambitious work team, stressing that the award represents an honor for her as a woman, being an integral part of the Expo team, with continued ambition to achieve goals, and Expo Dubai is an honorable international model for those who want to achieve their dream in a country that does not know the impossible, adding that everyone in the Expo team A dream that is integral to the grand expo dream, a personal, Arab and international legacy for everyone on that team.
The global award comes in conjunction with Expo 2020 hosting to celebrate International Women’s Day, under the slogan “Breaking Bias for 2022.” The “International Women’s Day” program forms part of the Human and Planet Earth program launched by Expo Dubai as one of the thematic weeks, being the first edition of the World Expo that It has a separate wing dedicated to women for more than 50 years.
It is mentioned that the honor was taken into account; Women make up more than half of the entire workforce at Expo 2020 Dubai (53%), and more than a third of all high-level chiefs (38%), women hold 52% management positions, and hold more than three out of five designated positions. for graduates.
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