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Over 13,000 Emirati women own 20,000 companies in the UAE

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– June 2, 2012
  The number of Emirati business women...

 

The number of Emirati business women has crossed thirteen thousand, together who control over 20,000 business establishments in the country, an official disclosed.

Chairperson of the Emirates Business Women Council and of the Abu Dhabi Businesswomen Council Eng. Fatima Al Jaber said that the women could prove their capability for economic participation as a result of the economic renaissance in the country.

Woman could enter a number of new fields, which were believed to be inaccessible for women such as investment and industry, and prove her important role in the economic and social development, said Al Jaber.

In a statement made on the occasion of the Council’s participation in a Forum on the Private Sector’s role in the country’s economic growth, Al Jaber said that the Emirates Business Women Council strives to enhance the presence of women in the area of investment and economic activity.

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Improving ATMs For The Disabled

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– December 17, 2010
3 Emirati students improved ATMs to serve...

3 Emirati students improved ATMs to serve the disabled, especially blind and disabled, as well as the Pygmies who suffer diseases that lead to short stature. The development of the device was well received by the General Authority of Youth Welfare and Sports, as one official described this a «unique», pointing out that « the authority is working with students to find someone to adopt this innovation ».

The founder of this idea  Fatima Ahmed Mohammed Sultan who is an employee in the Dubai Police, said that «the idea of this popped up after she  graduated in the Higher College of Technology in Dubai, and then worked as a female executive in the police, and found herself in a critical and continuing need to use the ATM, and was forced to asylum to a family members or friend to withdraw money, which was considered contrary to the privacy, and consolidates the idea of deficit disabled for the delivery of all its transactions without the help of others, and realized the extent of the need for an advanced ATM.

Therefore, Fatima and her sister Alia and her friend  Hamda Saleh Al Samiti, took part in the  General Authority of Youth and Sports of the creative businesses contest, and found great attention and gained the third place.

Fatima expressed how much she hope that her idea finds someone who can fund it and support them, as well as put these ATMs in special places which can easily be accessible to the disabled to perform banking transactions easily and conveniently without the need of someone’s help.

We Wish them all the best and hope they get the support needed for this is a unique idea and is needed.

Furthermore, the President Department of Youth and Sports Clubs of Science in the Public Authority for Youth and Sports Welfare, Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Zaabi, that «the idea of the unique and unprecedented at least in the region».

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Salma AlSharhan First Emirati Nurse

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– December 15, 2010
Salma Sharhan is the first Emirati nurse...

Salma Sharhan is the first Emirati nurse in the UAE.

“They made fun of me but I treated them” -Salma Said

Salma Salem Al Sharhan was born  in Ras Al Khaimah in the early thirties also known as “Florence of the UAE”, in recognition of her 520-year career in nursing. She was named after the celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician who laid the foundation of professional nursing with the establishment, in 1860, of her nursing school at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. She is not married and her brother died  few years ago and now she lives in Saif Bin Ghobash hospital in Ras Al Khaimah, which is considered her home. She was given a Permanent room there and also the Ministry of Health decided that they will not retire her where she will receive her full salary.

Salma did not study nursing, but when she was fourteen years old,  one of the sheikhs in Ras Al Khaimah made her a nurse, where he trained her and taught her the definitions of some of the tools used at the time in treatment. She treated at the Nakheel Pharmacy in Ras Al Khaimah which was a pharmacy composed of three rooms and a clinic. The clinic belonged to the British Council where it was based on the care of the health sector in the UAE, and then she was trained her by first doctor in Ras Al Khaimah which was a British named “Fayroz” , where taught her all the basics of nursing. Then they moved to the Palm Hospital, which was opened in 1961 by the British Council.

Salma’s advice to all the nurses out there is to preserve the secrets of patients and to welcome them with a smile always, and to put up with them because the nursing profession requires great patience .. We wish that all the nurses follow her advice and we would like to say that we are proud of her; she is a role model that we should learn from her as she opened the way for the UAE women to work in the field of Nursing. Also, Salma stressed that the most important thing is to maintain the ethics and also work hard in serving the UAE..

Recently she won Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences as an appreciation for her work.

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Woman CEO of the Year

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– November 28, 2010
Salma Hareb, Chief Executive Officer of Economic...

Salma Hareb, Chief Executive Officer of Economic Zones World, has been named the ‘Woman CEO of the Year’ at the Women In Leadership (WIL) Forum, a two-day event that ended recently in Abu Dhabi.

The panel of judges who announced the top honour, which is awarded to the most successful woman CEO of a leading company, from any industrial sector, over the last 12 months, cited Hareb for her exceptional leadership qualities, decision making abilities, strategic management skills and inspiring initiatives.

Commenting on the Award, Salma Hareb, Chief Executive Officer, Economic Zones World, said: “I am honoured to receive this recognition. At Economic Zones World we consistently encourage our women executives to take on challenging roles and my personal effort remains to lead by example.. ”

[emirates247]

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another Asian Games medal

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– November 24, 2010
Shaikha Latifa Al Maktoum won a second...

Shaikha Latifa Al Maktoum won a second Asian Games medal in the equestrian jumping at the Guangzhou Equestrian Centre here on Wednesday.

Riding her favourite 1998-born stallion Kalaska De Semily, Shaikha Latifa jumped an impeccable two rounds collecting no penalty points, and along with it the right to challenge the Saudi Arabian pair of Prince Khalid Abdul Aziz Al Eid and Ramzi Hamad Al Duhaimi in the jump-offs to decide the final medalists.

In the jump-off, Shaikha Latifa went through the 10-hurdle course meticulously without knocking off any hurdle – the same as Ramzi Hamad Al Duhaimi.

However, the gold went to the Saudi challenger as he completed the course in 48.53secs, a mere 0.15secs faster than the UAE rider’s 48.68secs.

This was Shaikha Latifa’s second silver medal at the 16th Asian Games following her team silver in the same event along with younger brother Shaikh Rashid, Shaikh Majid Bin Abdullah Al Qasimi and Ahmad Al Junaibi, on Monday.

She has also claimed a team bronze in the same event at the 2006 Doha Asian Games. [Gulf News]

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Emirati designers shine at fashion show

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– October 31, 2010
The Dubai Ladies Club is committed to...

The Dubai Ladies Club is committed to casting light on talented Emiratis across all fields. It introduces them to the society and works with them to become internationally recognised. Recently, the club organized Oriental Red Carpet, a fashion show of four Emiratis in fashion and jewelery design.


Hessa Al Falasi said, “I feel fashion and style is what really completes the look of a beautiful woman. Besides, the beauty of the fabrics has had a great impact in drawing my attention to the field. My love of the field started when I was a little girl when I used to make dresses for my Barbie dolls,” she said.

Hessa, a 21 year-old and student at Zayed University, said: “I have specialised in teaching children because I love to learn about children and families, and I also took courses in fashion.”

Her passion for fashion also drove her to fashion design courses to enhance her skills, and she had courses in Dubai international school for art.

“I always aspired to be in the fashion industry but I used to procrastinate [on] the idea. However, the credit goes to my friend and partner Hind Al Mutawa who encouraged me to create our brand Nabrman. I owe her a lot, because she believed in me.” Hessa is a partner at Nabrman boutique in Jumeirah.

Morover, For Moza Al Mazroui the tryst with fashion started for fun.

“My interest in fashion started for fun, I used to design handbags with a friend for fun, and after taking a fashion illustration course I entered a competition in 2006 for designing evening dresses, where I won second place,” she said.

She enjoys the whole process of design, and that made her study fashion design and earlier this year she launched her first collection during Dubai Fashion Week A/W2010.

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First Emirati cabin crew member

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– October 17, 2010
Farah Saeed who is 27 years old...

Farah Saeed who is 27 years old and from Dubai is categorized as the first Emirati cabin crew member. She has graduated from initial eight week training course at the Etihad training complex in Khalifa City and is the only UAE national among 3,000 cabin crew members of more than 100 different nationalities.

Etihad group has more than 166 Emirati pilots and cadet pilots in its ranks, besides many UAE nationals starting to pursue their careers in the airline. That entirely attaches comfort and motivation to Farah’s job environment.

She was a receptive Etihad cabin crew member since she always takes skies in her role by flying to Istanbul and London Heathrow.

Farah’s expressed “The support and guidance I have received since joining Etihad has been immense. Throughout training, and now as a qualified cabin crew member, I have been warmly welcomed by everyone in the company and I hope more Emiratis will now look to join Etihad in-flight services.”

Following Farah’s graduation, she got to know the good news of having an exclusive contact center that will be operated in January 2011 by 80 UAE national women, in Al Ain.

As it is stated “The contact centre is the latest element to be introduced into Etihad’s innovative Emiratisation scheme that currently includes a cadet pilot, engineering, and graduate manager programme.”

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French Attacked an Emirati Woman

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– October 15, 2010
  A French woman who is identified...

 

A French woman who is identified as Marlene has committed the world’s first-known act of burqa rage since she lost her temper with an Emirati woman and ripped off her veil publicly in a store. Because of the outburst of the 63-year-old retired schoolteacher, she was sentenced three years in jail. She lost control when she saw the Emirati woman with the veil who is identified as Shaika, 26- and speaking in English. Marline feels attacked with the whole idea of the burqa saga and since she taught in the Middle East that makes her hates the Islamic Sharia in there.

Marlene stormed up to the Emirati woman demanding her to remove the veil and after her refusal to her demand that French woman tore off her veil after slapping, hitting and biting shaika’s hand. Eventually she shouted “Now I can see your face”. Shaika’s lawyer who came from the United Arab Emirates called it “racist attack”. After the thrashing, Shaika who was a three-year resident of Paris never wants to come back.

 “The February attack came just months before France initiated a nationwide ban on wearing face-covering veils such as burqas in public. The ban won final approval from a high court earlier this month, but is not supposed to be enforced until six months from now”. Although it was legal to wear the veil at the time of the “burqa rage” incident, people now can face fines and jail time for donning the garment.” 
 

Marlene stated that she will argue in court since she should be acquitted of the aggressive behavior since they do not wear burqa in France. She added “I just wanted to pull her burqa off. I know I shouldn’t have gotten angry, but I lost it.”

 @Absology AbdulRahman Arif  We should campaign for our sister, who got scratched and bitten because of her niqab in France. Treat her like a hero!

 

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“Values in Leadership” Award

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– October 12, 2010
Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, President...

Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, President of General Women’s Union Supreme Chairperson of Family Development Foundation received the “Values in Leadership” award from the Institute of “East West” in the United States of America in recognition of the role of Her Highness the pioneer and continuity in supporting Emirati women.

HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs received the award on behalf of Her Highness during the reception held by the Institute at the Emirates Palace this evening to mark the occasion.

Sheikha Fatima launched a national campaign to educate girls because Her Highness believes that illiteracy is the first obstacle. She established the Women’s Union in 1975 to educate women and eliminate illiteracy among adult women.

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UAE Women TOP Men in Literacy

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– October 12, 2010
Gender equality improves as women’s participation in...

Gender equality improves as women’s participation in labour force increases and wage gap narrows. The literacy rate for women in the UAE is higher than men in the UAE, said a report released today.

According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2010, the labour force participation rate of women has increased from 41 per cent in 2009 to 43 this year while the wage gap narrowed relative to the $40,000 maximum value for men. The UAE remained top Arab country in equality between men and women, lifting its ranking to 103 this year from 112 last year in a survey of 134 countries. The UAE was followed by Kuwait with a ranking of 105, Bahrain (110), Lebanon (116), Qatar (117), Oman (122), Egypt (125) and Saudi Arabia (129).

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