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UAE to appoint female judges

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Women in the UAE will soon be allowed to work as federal judges and prosecutors, a minister said yesterday.

Minister of Justice Mohammad Bin Nakhira Al-Daheri told UAE daily Gulf News women currently being trained at the Judicial Institute would take up positions in courts and public prosecutor’s offices across the country following the amendment of judiciary law. “At present, the law states that only a Muslim man is entitled to assume the position of a judge” he said.

No time frame was given for the move, which would make the UAE the second GCC country to allow female judges, after Bahrain.

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