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UAE Celebrates Emirati Women’s Day

The UAE celebrates Emirati women’s day on August 28. (WAM)
The UAE celebrates Emirati women’s day on August 28. (WAM)
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UAE Celebrates Emirati Women’s Day

The UAE celebrates Emirati women’s day on August 28. (WAM)
The UAE celebrates Emirati women’s day on August 28. (WAM)

The United Arab Emirates is celebrating on Tuesday the fourth annual “Emirati Women’s Day” to highlight the important role they play in society.

The UAE will celebrate its faith in the importance of the contributions of Emirati women and their role in the country’s development, reported the Emirates news agency WAM.

The country’s constitution supports the participation of Emirati women in decision-making, a core component of economic empowerment.

The UAE government has made the theme "Empowerment of Women and Girls" as one of three areas of action underpinning the country's international aid policy for 2017-2021.

Nine women sit on the Federal National Council for the 16th legislature, representing 22.5 percent of 40 members. Furthermore, women make up 27 percent of the cabinet formed in 2016 which includes nine women ministers, said WAM.

The UAE Gender Balance Council was established in 2015 as a federal agency dedicated to scaling up the UAE's efforts to achieve gender balance across all sectors nationwide, and in decision-making positions.

In the diplomatic field, women currently hold 30 percent of positions in the diplomatic corps at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, which comprised 234 women employees in 2017, including women ambassadors and diplomats representing the UAE abroad.

Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women's Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, said that celebrating Emirati Women’s Day is an opportunity to appreciate and take pride in the local and international achievements of Emirati women, who have contributed to the progress of the UAE society.

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Palestinians Plant Olive Trees to Honor Jimmy Carter

Palestinian farmers plant the first olive tree ahead of the replant of a 10 dunam, 2.5 acres, of land with 250 olive trees, part of the joint Freedom Farm project of the Palestinian Farmers Union and the Treedom for Palestine 2025 in memory of President Jimmy Carter, in the West Bank city of Tulkarem Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP)
Palestinian farmers plant the first olive tree ahead of the replant of a 10 dunam, 2.5 acres, of land with 250 olive trees, part of the joint Freedom Farm project of the Palestinian Farmers Union and the Treedom for Palestine 2025 in memory of President Jimmy Carter, in the West Bank city of Tulkarem Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP)
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Palestinians Plant Olive Trees to Honor Jimmy Carter

Palestinian farmers plant the first olive tree ahead of the replant of a 10 dunam, 2.5 acres, of land with 250 olive trees, part of the joint Freedom Farm project of the Palestinian Farmers Union and the Treedom for Palestine 2025 in memory of President Jimmy Carter, in the West Bank city of Tulkarem Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP)
Palestinian farmers plant the first olive tree ahead of the replant of a 10 dunam, 2.5 acres, of land with 250 olive trees, part of the joint Freedom Farm project of the Palestinian Farmers Union and the Treedom for Palestine 2025 in memory of President Jimmy Carter, in the West Bank city of Tulkarem Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP)

In memory of late US President Jimmy Carter, a grove of 250 young olive trees was planted Monday in the occupied West Bank by Palestinian activists and residents, who described Carter as a staunch advocate for the Palestinian cause.

The former president's legacy is "rooted" among Palestinians and across the world, said Abbas Melhem, executive manager of the Palestinian Farmers Union, because Carter was one of the few world leaders who "stood firmly supporting the struggle of the Palestinians for independence and for freedom."

Under clear winter skies, Palestinian kids helped a handful of adults place the trees into newly dug holes. Melhem said the 10 dunam (2.5 acre) grove in the city of Tulkarem, titled "Freedom Farm," would be fenced in to protect it from animals or extremist Jewish settlers, who have attacked Palestinian olive trees in the past.

The advocacy group for farmers in the West Bank launched the project in collaboration with U.S.-based nonprofit Treedom for Palestine.

Carter, who died last month at the age of 100, brokered the Camp David peace accords between Israel and Egypt in 1978. In his later years, he was highly critical of Israel’s rule over the Palestinians, saying that the situation in the West Bank amounted to apartheid.

"I think planting olive trees that live at least 100 years old like him is a very suitable way to honor his life and his legacy," said George Zeidan, the Carter Center's Director in Israel and Palestine.