Qatar reviews programmes and policies related to women’s advancement – The Peninsula

Qatar reviews programmes and policies related to women’s advancement – The Peninsula

New York: The State of Qatar reviewed its programmes and policies related to the advancement of women in various vital fields, in addition to enhancing its role in achieving climate goals.

This came in a statement made by Minister of Social Development and Family H E Mariam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad in the general debate of the 66th session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, which was held today at the UN headquarters in New York.

Her Excellency said that the vision of the State of Qatar reflected a special interest the woman, through economic and political participation, in order to achieve the commitments of the state to advance her, in the context of policies related to climate change and disaster risk reduction. She explained that the State of Qatar is proud of the results it has achieved in In this regard. She added the rate of economically productive age groups among women in 2021 reached about 57 per cent, and the rate of university women was 70 percent of the graduates of various colleges, and they represented 58.3 percent in the local labor market in its various vital sectors, in addition to achieving 15 percent of