Women occupy 66% of Governmental jobs
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, December 8th 2013 [ME NewsWire]
Major Dr. Zubayda Jassem Mohammed from the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Interior said that women occupy 66% of the jobs at the public sector, including 30% leadership jobs related to decision making. "Females also represent 70% of total graduates from the country’s universities; one of the highest rates globally,” she said, adding that the state has guaranteed the human rights in general.
In a paper presented at the 2nd Regional Conference of Women Police, Major Mohammed reviewed the efforts made by the United Arab Emirates within the human rights field. She addressed the commitments of the UAE towards international laws on human rights. She also highlighted the first annual report of the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking that was published last April, as the committee joined the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime (Bali Process) in April 2013.
The 2nd Regional Conference of Women Police, which was recently concluded in Abu Dhabi, discussed the development of Women Police, highlighting the women’s capabilities and the role of forensic evidences and modern techniques to fight e-crimes. The conference also discussed Ewa’a Shelters for Women and Children (victims of human trafficking).
During the human rights workshop, Major Dr. Zubayda Jassem Mohammed said: "The Ministry of Interior has established the Human Rights Department to address and protect human rights and protect victims of any related crimes. The department includes a branch that is dedicated to protect women and children. This branch protects their rights and protects them from all kinds of abuse. The ministry has also established the Social Support Centers Department, while building dedicated unites for human rights protection, including: the Law Respect Culture Bureau; disputes sections at the Naturalization and Residency sector; in addition to the Ministry of Interior’s Child Protection Center.”
"Regarding workers protection, the government has approved a law on household workers, while concerned authorities are working to take more measures and initiative to carry out a strategy to protect contract labor both legally and in terms of procedures. This aims to provide more guarantees to the rights of workers in the UAE. The country is building international cooperation with the countries that export labors through memorandums of understandings, offer more guarantees and detect any obstacles facing the contract labors,” she added.
Dr. Zubayda Mohammed also said that the state is keen to provide child protection according to the international standards. "The UAE has joined the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) to fight online child abuse,” she said.
She continued: "In terms of women rights, women in the UAE have occupied high decision-making positions. UAE is the world’s second country to oblige management boards to include women as members, while it is the first within the Arab World to do so. The UAE is also a member of the UN-Women Executive Board. Women also joined legal positions and other fields including diplomatic field. Women occupy 66% of the government jobs, including 30% of leadership, decision-making-related positions. Women represent 70% of total university graduates in the country; one of the highest rates in the world.”
For her part, Captain Amina Mohammed Khamis Al Bloushi, Chairwoman of the Emirates Women Police Association (EWPA), said: "The women police conference is an important platform that gathers professionals and officials from across policing fields to fight crimes and protect individuals from them, in addition to working together to enhance communication means and cooperation among security forces and exchange expertise and knowledge in order to address criminal activities.”
She added: "The wide international participation in this conference indicates the success of the UAE in hosting such events that are dedicated to the female employees at police institutions. We are very proud of the achievements of the association that was approved as a member at the International Association of Women Police (IAWP). This reflects the interest and the efforts that the leadership is showing towards women. The leadership in the UAE is working, with all means, to provide all opportunities to women to engage in the development process in the country. The UAE women have had the chance since early seventies to join the police forces.”
Ambassador Melanne Verveer (from the USA) expressed her admiration of the achievements of the UAE women in leadership and taking responsibilities, as well as the wide spectrum of positions they occupy. She praised the support of the United Arab Emirates to women.
For her part, Jane Townsley, President, IAWP, commended the Emirates Women Police Association’s distinguished experience, referring to its achievements in this regard. She also praised EWPA’s status on the international scene, as the first Middle Eastern member of the International Association of Women Police.
The last day activities included a paper on e-crimes, presented by Lt. Colonel Dr. Sarhan Hassan Al Muaini, Deputy Director of Academic Affairs at the Sharjah Police Sciences Academy. Lt. Colonel Dr. Najlaa As’ad Tahir, Dermatologist at the Medical Services Department at the Abu Dhabi Police, also discussed women health within the female police members.
17% women representation at the FNC
Major Dr. Zubayda Jassem Mohammed said: "The period of time between 2008 and 2012 witnessed big positive changes in favour of women, as their representation in the ministries went higher in 2008, achieving one of the highest rates in the Arab region. The UAE women also obtained 7 out of 40 seats within the Federal National Council (FNC) during the 2011 legislation chapter, achieving a rate of 17 %; one of the highest rates of women representation within legislation institutions.”
She added: "Emirati women see working at the Ministry of Interior as a unique opportunity to engage in the profession of loyalty and honor. Since their first positions in the police, upon the forces’ establishment, UAE women were always keen to achieve success by following obligatory training courses that increase their expertise and help them develop their capacities.”
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