ABU DHABI, 3rd October 2015 (WAM) --- H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women's Union, GWU, Supreme President of the Family Development Foundation, FDF, and Head of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, has expressed appreciation of the recent appointment of Ms. Hind Abdulaziz Al Owais as the first Emirati woman to be posted at the United Nations Headquarters in New York as a senior advisor.
She described the appointment as another addition to the achievements of Emirati women as part of the country's strategy for empowering women and promoting their achievements at regional and international circles.
She wished for success for Al Owais in her assignment as an honorable model for Emirati women.
Ms. Al Owais served as a career diplomat since 2000. During her work with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she served as Special Assistant to the Foreign Minister. Most recently, Ms. Al Owais served as a Counselor and acting Deputy Permanent Representative of the UAE Mission to the United Nations in New York. In this role, she led and managed a number of initiatives, the most recent of which was a series of panel discussions on Women, Peace and Security, as part of the UAE Mission’s leading activities at the UN aimed at promoting the Women, Peace and Security agenda.
Ms. Al Owais holds a Master of Arts in Public Policy from the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and a Master’s degree in International Affairs from the Lebanese American University. She is currently pursuing a Doctorate degree at NYU’s Steinhart School of Culture Education.
For her part, Noura Khalifa Al Suwaidi, Director of the General Women Union, said Emirati women take pride in Al Owai's achievement and are reaping the fruits of efforts being made by the country's wise leadership in boosting their role in all spheres.
She praised the role Sheikha Fatima is playing in empowering women to participate in the process of development and become decision makers in the legislative, executive and judicial authorities.
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