The UAE will launch a new Gender Balance Strategy in the near future, the President of the UAE Gender Balance Council, Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has stated.
Established in 2015, the UAE Gender Balance Council is a federal entity responsible for developing and implementing the gender equality agenda in the UAE.
Its objectives are to reduce the gender gap across all government sectors, enhance the UAE’s ranking in global competitiveness reports on gender equality, and achieve gender balance in decision-making positions, as well as promote the UAE’s status as a benchmark for gender equality legislation.
It also launches pioneering initiatives and projects to enhance gender balance throughout the country and contribute to achieving the Council’s vision of positioning the UAE as a world model for gender equality.
Sheikha Manal, who is the wife of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, noted that the UAE Gender Balance Council has succeeded over the past five years in turning its objectives into tangible achievements.
These achievements are in line with the vision and directives of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to make the UAE one of the world’s Top 25 countries on the UNDP Human Development Report 2021 Gender Inequality Index, the state-run news agency Wam reported.
The new UAE Gender Balance Strategy will be in line with the nation’s strategy for the next 50 years to enhance the country’s global competitiveness in various fields as directed by the UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and announced by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, as well as Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
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