QNA
Baku
Qatar continues with confident and rapid steps to achieve its National Vision 2030 and takes the necessary measures to enhance women’s participation in public life and empower them economically, socially and politically, Assistant Undersecretary for Social Development Affairs Fahd Mohammed Al Khayarin has said. He was speaking at the international conference on advancing the rights and empowerment of women in Baku.
In his remarks, Khayarin said Qatar supports just women’s causes and continues efforts aimed at promoting and protecting women’s rights and empowerment.
He pointed out that, thanks to these efforts, Qatari women are able to assume a leadership role in all aspects of public life, hold ministerial and leadership positions, participate with distinction in the diplomatic corps and the judiciary, assume senior administrative positions in the education, health, energy, business, technology, social development and family sectors, and become effective partners in the Shura Council and the Central Municipal Council.
He added that the participation rate of Qatari women in the labour market reached around 37 percent in the 25 to 29 years age group, and around 49 percent for the 30 to 34 years age group, in addition to the 30 percent of women’s representation in decision-making positions.
The activity of Qatari businesswomen has witnessed remarkable development in recent times, driven by an increase in their numbers, official encouragement, government facilities and incentives whose rationale is "supporting Qatari women” in the fields of industrial investments, banking, tourism and trade, which represents a shift in the traditional investment patterns for women in Qatar, he said.
Khayarin added that an annual award was created for businesswomen, presented to the businesswoman who has contributed most to Qatari society, the national economy and ensure the promotion of women’s human rights.
"In addition, Qatar made an initiative to highlight the products of productive families as a Qatari product and established an award for productive families,” he said.
At the international level, Qatar has ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and international agreements related to social affairs, the most important of which are the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), he pointed out.