ABU DHABI, August 31 / WAM / The Family Development Foundation organized the training forum “A Step Towards an Inspiring Future”, over two consecutive days, at Rabdan Center and Jabal Hafeet Community Center of the Family Development Foundation, under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, President of the General Women’s Union, Supreme President of the Foundation Family Development, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, “Mother of the Emirates”.
The forum coincided with Emirati Women’s Day, which falls on August 28 of each year, under the slogan “An inspiring reality… a sustainable future”, with the aim of highlighting the country’s achievements in the field of women’s empowerment, highlighting its achievements and successes, and anticipating women’s steps towards a sustainable future, in addition to To enhance the role of national authorities in creating a sustainable future for Emirati women in line with the fifty principles, in cooperation with its strategic partners, which was attended by a number of employees from government agencies in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
On this occasion, His Excellency Ali Salem Al Kaabi, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Family Development Foundation, praised the wise leadership’s unlimited support for Emirati women since the era of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, who is a well-established approach in the Emirates, and the efforts of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, “Mother of the Emirates”, who, with her insightful vision and extended giving, drew an approach to women’s work that balanced between seeking openness to the spirit of the age and preserving Arab originality and Islamic traditions, which are a well-established approach in the Emirates.
His Excellency congratulated Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak on the occasion of Emirati Women’s Day, which comes under the slogan “An inspiring reality.. a sustainable future,” praising the honoring of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, “Mother of the Emirates.” Recently, about the category of personality that supports gender balance and the support provided by Her Highness to continue striving to achieve more successes in this file at the local and global levels, in order to achieve the leadership of the UAE and consolidate the presence of women in leadership positions and enhance their participation in various walks of life.
His Excellency said: “We are proud of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bit Mubarak, as she is a pioneering global model, and of Her Highness’s blessed efforts to support and empower Emirati women, who have proven their worth and ability to overcome difficulties and assume responsibility, achieving unprecedented achievements, and was able to take honorable historical steps in various political, economic and business fields. Volunteerism, since the establishment of the Union, has taken care of everything that would advance national development on the principle of equality and equal opportunities, starting with granting it the right to education and ending with imitation of senior positions until it became the focus of the world’s attention.
Al Kaabi pointed out that Emirati women represented a large proportion of minds and competencies that were armed with knowledge to take on the challenge in many sustainable scientific and development fields in terms of business activities or assuming administrative positions until they became a pioneering initiative that participates in making their future and the future of their country and has assumed the appropriate position in society. She represented her country in all local, regional and international forums, setting a precedent in the Arab world and the region as a whole. This step reflects the country’s future vision that aims to achieve the full empowerment of Emirati women.
Al Kaabi extended a greeting of thanks and appreciation to Emirati women, saying: “You are an asset to the nation and we are proud of you. You have proven your competence and ability to compete until you have become an integral part of the national fabric that cannot be dispensed with in the equation of success and development that the country is witnessing, and you have excelled in all fields and recorded important achievements. In the various work sites, they were the preserve of men, so you unleashed your talents and abilities, overcame difficulties and faced all challenges, as we have always known you as a symbol of giving, ambition and creativity.”
Her Excellency Maryam Muhammad Al Rumaithi, Director General of the Family Development Foundation, congratulated Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak on the occasion of Emirati Women’s Day, on this occasion in which we recall the efforts of Her Highness and her extended and unlimited giving to the daughter of the Emirates, and her keenness to implement the highest practices in enhancing the status of Emirati women and enabling them to play their role in contributing Active presence in various fields of national action.
Her Excellency praised the efforts of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, who paid great attention to Emirati women and their ability to achieve success and distinction until she demonstrated her pioneering experience in empowerment and gender balance, noting that supporting the daughter of the Emirates and highlighting her energies is the way to development and advancement of societies in all fields, until she became inspiring. By giving her as a student, teacher, engineer, doctor, businesswoman and pioneer in sustainable development and social and social responsibility in many fields and at various levels.
Al Rumaithi stressed that Emirati Women’s Day, which bears the slogan “An inspiring reality, a sustainable future”, constitutes a milestone in the efforts made by the state to honor women and highlight their pivotal role in the renaissance, progress and elevation of society and raise its flag.. Her touches are strongly present, and her sacrifices are appreciated. And she is living her golden age in terms of the generous attention given to her by the wise leadership, her access to all her rights and the upgrading of her quality of life until she became a unique model to be emulated globally.
Her Excellency touched on the efforts of the Family Development Foundation represented in the directives of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, which aim at the necessity of the effective participation of Emirati women in planning for the next fifty years and shaping the future of her country, which is an expression of Her Highness’s great confidence in the daughter of the Emirates, as the Family Development Foundation works to provide The best programs, services and initiatives aimed at empowering Emirati women socially and economically, in addition to developing their cultural and cognitive capabilities, enhancing their role in raising generations and caring for the family, enhancing their active participation in social and economic development, and enhancing their role in the advancement and renaissance of society.
She added that the daughter of the Emirates has achieved remarkable achievements, with her accumulated experiences, diligence and values, which are referred to as remarkable, given what she makes every day of a new achievement that embodies the honorable results produced by the inspiring pioneering experience of empowering women, which strengthened her position to play her role in contributing and active presence in national development, and she seeks in a way She is eager to translate her future aspirations into remarkable and remarkable successes at work through perseverance and good preparation, wishing the woman in her day continued progress and success in the footsteps of success under our wise and wise leadership.
Naima Mubarak Al Mazrouei, Director of the Family Development Department at the Family Development Foundation, said: “The training forum organized by the Foundation under the title “A Step Towards an Inspiring Future” discussed the efforts of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, “Mother of the Nation” in the field of empowering Emirati women, and valuing Her Highness’s generous efforts to advance With the path of the daughter of the Emirates and the building of generations capable of carrying the nation’s honesty and preserving its gains, and qualifying them to formulate a pioneering future for the country, Emirati women met all that support with dedication and sincerity. different levels.”
She added that the Family Development Foundation reviewed, during a training brainstorming session, sustainable future planning, which dealt with enabling participants to anticipate the future of Emirati women and determine their current and future roles in all their social and professional directions and proper planning for a sustainable future in applied ways that support empowerment according to social awareness and identify the roles required to support women Emphasizing her primary role as a wife and mother responsible for a family that has a developmental role in society, in addition to a discussion session entitled “Creating a sustainable future for Emirati women.”
Al Mazrouei indicated that the axes of the brainstorming session included anticipating the current and future roles of Emirati women, practical concepts and self-planning mechanisms for a sustainable future, the most important challenges facing girls in planning according to the requirements of a sustainable future, and the roles required of girls and the relevant authorities to support women from the girls’ point of view. Which reached recommendations about the roles required of girls and the relevant authorities for a sustainable future for the age groups from 19-35 years.
The Director of the Department of Family Development at the Family Development Foundation explained that the activities of the training forum concluded with a session entitled “Creating a sustainable future for Emirati women”, which included the organization of a discussion session to discuss possible initiatives to support women’s empowerment according to the outcomes of the session “Planning for a Sustainable Future”, which dealt with the axes of a presentation of the most important The recommendations of the planning session for a sustainable future, and discussion of initiatives and possible solutions, in which a number of stakeholders participated, including the Human Resources Authority, Abu Dhabi Governmental Academy, Department of Community Development, Department of Economic Development, General Union of Customs, Judicial Department, Family Welfare Authority, ADNOC, and Social support for the implementation of these recommendations, in addition to identifying the priority initiatives that they agree upon between the relevant authorities and the girls to follow up, and surveying the opinion of the girls participating in the session about the initiatives that were put forward.