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Promoting gender economic equality in the Emirates
9-11-2017
The Emirati NAMA Women Advancement Establishment called on all business and societal sectors to commit to support the principles of women economic empowerment (WEE). The call came in light of preparations for the launch of the first edition of Women Economic Empowerment Global Summit organized in partnership with UN Women between December 4 and 5 at the Sharjah Expo Center. Both sides are mobilizing support from various public departments, academic institutions and local and international NGOs, SMEs, large corporations and multinationals to adopt two of the 8 principles of the UN Women and UN Global Compact that ensure economic empowerment of women. The global summit which is held every other year seeks to achieve WEE goals including women’s access to markets and provision of opportunities for success. On the subject, the director of NAMA, Reem Bin Karam, said: “Through this summit, we seek to support regional and international trends of economic gender equity,” which, she added, “is more than a goal, but in fact, is a key and core for development, poverty reduction, building peaceful societies and realization of sustainable development.” The commitment to equal opportunity between the sexes not only contribute to empowerment of women to partake in decisions affecting their lives, but also to boosting business. (Al Mustaqbal, November 9, 2017)
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