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Women of the UAE - Emiratis and expats alike - have praised the strong representation by women in the country's newly announce cabinet.
The 29-member cabinet now has eight women - five of whom were included among eight new faces announced by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
Shamsa Saleh, CEO of Dubai Women Establishment, of which newly appointed Minister of Community Development Najila bint Mohammed Al Awar is a board member, said the move reinforces the UAE's desire to encourage female participation.
"We are delighted that a number of women have been appointed to a number of newly created positions in the UAE cabinet reshuffle - which has raised the representation of women to 27.5 per cent.
Sophie Le Ray, CEO of Nasaba Group, said the cabinet reshuffling is a natural progression in the UAE's long history of empowering women.
"The UAE has been at the forefront of gender parity in the region since the 1970s, and so I'm not surprised by this development, and I am, of course, pleased by it," she said. "It brings us even closer to realising the vision of Shaikha Fatima bint Mubarak when she first founded the General Women's Federation in 1975, of including women as equal members in the political and professional sphere in the UAE.
"Even before this important change was made to the cabinet, Emirati women were very active in politics, holding 66 per cent of government positions," she added.
"Women are the caretakers of the home typically which is the smallest unit in a society. They are opinion shapers and decision makers in households," she said. "Therefore, it is a natural choice for them to be part of the decision making at the national level too."
sandhya@khaleejtimes.com
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