Dubai, UAE, 27 August 2022:
“Emirati Women’s Day is an important annual occasion to celebrate the success of Emirati women, a source of our constant pride, and to highlight their outstanding leadership and contributions to the nation and society in various fields. It is also an opportunity to demonstrate the great achievements made due to women’s empowerment in the UAE. This stems from the solid approach initiated by the late Founding Father Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. It also has the support of HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE; HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai; and HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood (Mother of the Nation). This has promoted the culture of engaging women in the national development process, which we are all keen to support and enhance, to achieve the UAE Centennial 2071 to make the UAE the world’s leading nation,” said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA.
“DEWA follows the wise leadership vision to support and empower women and works to provide a positive and happy work environment for its employees, supporting the empowerment and leadership of women, unleashing their potential for creativity, and developing their personal and life skills so they can deal with various challenges, and build cohesive, interconnected and happy families. DEWA’s female workforce has reached 1,950 employees. This includes 785 female employees in the engineering and technical sector, while 321 female employees occupy leadership positions at DEWA. Emirati female employees constitute 83% of the total female workforce at DEWA. The percentage of Emirati female employees at the Research and Development Centre has reached 50% with postgraduate degrees in science & engineering. Our female employees also participate in many volunteering activities with the total volunteering hours in 2021 exceeding 16,000 hours in 28 humanitarian and community initiatives,” added Al Tayer.
