Abu Dhabi: Her Highness Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Supreme Chairwoman for the Family Development Foundation and Chairwoman of the UAE Women's General Union, has ordered the formation of the pioneer centre for family protection in Abu Dhabi.
The move comes in response to the initiative of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on social solidarity and in implementation of the directives of Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, to set up a centre to help victims of family violence.
The move also matches with the strategy of the foundation for 2010-2014.
She noted that Shaikh Khalifa's family solidarity initiative for 2010 would preserve family stability.
Ali Salim Al Ka'abi, Director of the Office of Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Affairs Minister, and Chairman of Board of Trustees of the Family Development Foundation, said the setting up of the centre for family protection in the emirate of Abu Dhabi is a strategic project, adding that the foundation will provide full support to the centre to tackle family violence risks and raise cultural awareness.
