Meeting discusses empowering working women [Archives:2007/1037/Local News]
ADEN, March 28 ) Organized by the Women's Development Administration at Aden's Social Affairs and Labor Office, a national meeting launched the second phase of a capacity-building project for working women seeking to provide them decent work and social justice. Several women affiliated with the Aden labor office attended the meeting.
Aden Governor Ahmed Al-Kuhlani assured that the state, in collaboration with civil society organizations, is exerting efforts to grant Yemeni women their full rights, especially the right to work. He pointed out that more than 25 women engineers are involved in development projects in the governorate and that they are doing their jobs in a good manner.
Deputy Minister of Civil Service and Insurance Yassin Abdu Sa'eed Noman emphasized that the meeting aimed to enhance Yemeni women's role in all social and economic aspects of life via the ministry's national strategy. He added that his ministry is giving more attention to women in fields like health and education with support from the International Labor Organization and the Dutch Embassy in Sana'a.
Ayoub Abu Bakr, general manager of Aden's Social Affairs and Labor Office, stated that the meeting was an extension of the capacity-building project's first phase previously held and targeting more than 3,000 working women from various sectors.
He added that the second phase will last for a year and a half and target women working in agriculture, education and the health sectors with the aim of identifying them with their rights and duties.
Najwa Al-Qusaifi, a technical advisor affiliated with the International Labor Organization, indicated that the meeting aimed to enhance social dialogue between the Chamber of Commerce, the Laborers Syndicates' Workers Union and the Ministry of Social Affairs.
It further sought to translate the project to workers' reality by raising their awareness of their rights. Al-Qusaifi added that her organization supports many programs in Yemen, including those regarding women's rights and children's employment.
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