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In 2018, women constituted 28% of the total Emirati workforce, with 489 thousand women employed in the UAE. [25] [26] In 2019, 521 thousand women were employed in the UAE. [26] The rate of female participation in the labor force in 2019 was 52.4% [27] and rose to 57.5% in 2020 but is still lower than male participation, which was 92% in 2020. [28]
Nusseibeh was appointed UAE Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN by President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in September 2013, [3] the first woman in the position. [ 6 ] [ 4 ] She was elected as one of the Vice Presidents for the 72nd session in 2017, representing the Asia-Pacific group of member states. [ 7 ]
Sheikha Fatima is a supporter of women's rights in the UAE. [5] She is the supreme chairperson of the Family Development Foundation (FDF) [2] [6] and significantly contributed to the foundation of the first women's organization in 1976, the Abu Dhabi Society for the Awakening of Women. [5]
Al-Hathloul is known both for her role in the women to drive movement and in opposing the Saudi male guardianship system. [15] On 1 December 2014, she was arrested and detained for 73 days after an attempt to cross the border in her car from the UAE to Saudi Arabia, on charges related to defying the female driving ban in the kingdom.
The German news source started a sort of PR campaign. The Arab states of the Persian Gulf used her example and the involvement of Saudi prince Chalid bin-Salman, pilot of an IDS Panavia Tornado, against extremism. [8] Some statements in a broadcast of Fox News Channel's The Five about al-Mansouri were deemed sexist by international media.
In 2012, the UAE Cabinet made it "compulsory for corporations and government agencies to include women on their boards of directors." [3] DWE has also produced a manual on how to set up child care facilities for the work place and by 2015, Dubai Customs and the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority have set up child care for their working ...
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In September 2022, she became the first female Emirati politician to deliver a speech for the UAE at the UN General Assembly. [8] She led the successful bid to host the World expo in Dubai. In June 2014, she was appointed Managing Director of the Dubai Expo 2020 Higher Committee, and Director General of the Expo 2020 Dubai Bureau. [9]