– Embassy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Khartoum organized virtually yesterday a lecture under the title” Transferring UAE’s Experiment in Empowering Women in Area of Peace”.
The lecture was given by Minister of Social Development, Ahmed Adam Bakheet , UAE Ambassador to Sudan, Hamad Mohamed Al-Gunaibi, Minister of Social Development of Khartoum State, Dr Siddiq Freeni and a number of woman entrepreneurs.
UAE ambassador Al-Gunaibi indicated to remarkable progress the UnitedArab Emirates made in agenda of women, peace and security , especially after the success of initiative of H. H. Sheika Fatima Bint Mubarak on empowering women in areas of peace and security.
Ambassador Al-Gunaibi pointed out that the UAE organized during current September 8-10 International Conference on Women, Peace and Security in Abu Dhabi under auspices of H.H. Sheika Fatima Bint Mubarak during which achievements and challenges related to UN Security Council’s resolution (1325) on women , peace and security, which was unanimously approved in 2000 , were reviewed
Minister of Social
Development, Ahmed Adam Bakheet, for his part, commended the UAE’s experiment in empowering women and girls and the UAE considerable support for women in the sisterly and friendly countries , stressing his Ministry’s concern with issues of women.
He said that they knew the UAE’s experiment in empowering women through the International Conference on Women, Peace and Security which was held in Abu Dhabi, saying the women in UAE have made noticeable achievements in various domains.
The Minister lauded the UAE experiment in empowering women in military sector.