Abu Dhabi: Her Highness Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), has said that the choice of UAE as the first Arab country to join the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children is a confirmation of its leading role in protecting and ending violence against children.
Speaking about Global Partnership’s invitation to the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood to join the partnership, Shaikha Fatima said: “The country’s assistance to children to provide them with a better life is in line with the goals and principles set out in the 2030 Development Plan on safeguarding women and children.
- Her Highness Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak | Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union
Shaikha Fatima stressed that choosing the UAE to be a member in this global initiative is a result of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood’s outstanding efforts in the protection of children from violence. The council was picked after field visits by Dr. Susan Bissell, founding director of the Global Partnership to the region, where she found that the UAE is eligible to be a member of this initiative due to its laws that protect children and its relevant flexible government policies.
Children in the country received the due care and attention of the President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan; His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai; His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Their Highnesses the Supreme Council Members and the Rulers of the Emirates.
For his part, Dr. Howard Taylor, executive director of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, highly praised the strong commitment of Her Highness Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak and the UAE government in ending violence against children.
He said: “We appreciate the country’s leading role in supporting this mission at the international level. We look forward to working with the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood to work for the protection of children in the UAE and in the world as a whole.”
