“Empowering Women, Empowering Society”
Her Royal Highness Princess Adela bint Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Head of the National Family Safety Program, in the presence of His Excellency the Minister of Labor and Social Development and Chairman of the Family Affairs Council, Dr. Ali bin Nasser Al-Ghafis, today sponsored the seventh national expert meeting organized by the National Family Safety Program in Health Affairs at the Ministry of National Guard under the title (Empowering women, empowering society), in the conference center at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Riyadh.
In the opening of the meeting, the Executive Director of the National Family Safety Program, Dr. Maha bint Abdullah Al-Munif confirmed that the meeting focused on violence against women, coinciding with the Kingdom''s readiness to implement a comprehensive vision that identified its priorities by focusing on women in the sustainable development plan, as our leaders believe in the importance of caring for their issues and enabling them to obtain All her rights to actually contribute to the process of development in society, pointing to the launch of the first stage of empowerment in bridging the gender gap, achieving full equality in education and health, empowering women in the second stage economically and allowing them to access administrative and leadership positions, and then the field of scholarship, diplomatic work, engineering, law, candidacy and voting In municipal councils and entry into the Shura Council.
In a speech by His Excellency the Executive Director of Health Affairs at the Ministry of National Guard, Dr. Bandar Al-Knawy, he spoke about women''s economic empowerment, community sports programs, health empowerment, community empowerment and knowledge empowerment, referring to the broad reforms that the Kingdom is witnessing in various fields that seek the welfare of the Saudi citizen and raise the nation''s flag in international forums from While striving to achieve the vision of the Kingdom and the contribution of women to development plans to raise the society, and to provide opportunities for women to prove their capabilities in the field of health services, health education and scientific research around the world, and to assume leadership positions in the medical field in appreciation of the knowledge, leadership and distinguished efforts they have achieved. The pursuit of health affairs in the National Guard, through the National Family Safety Program, to address the problem of domestic violence and address it, and to train and rehabilitate female victims of violence to contribute effectively to development plans in society.
Her Royal Highness Princess Adela bint Abdullah bin Abdulaziz referred in her speech to the six previous meetings during which consultations were held on a number of issues related to domestic violence and combating it and working to promote values and principles to build stable families and a society based on justice and balance, noting what the seventh meeting deals with in terms of the concept The right to empower women in all levels, raise societal awareness of their importance, discuss obstacles and remove them through obtaining their rights in light of the positive movement witnessed by the status of Saudi women and achieving numerous human rights gains.
At the end of her speech, she affirmed the program’s keenness to open the file of empowering women in celibacy through rehabilitation programs, referring to the results of recent studies related to violence against women and the launch of the electronic success project and the program for supporting and developing women to raise their level psychologically, socially and economically. Family Affairs in a speech in which he indicated besides the importance of the role of women and sustainable development that took place in the Kingdom''s vision 2030 by empowering them economically and cognitively and providing appropriate opportunities for them through initiatives aimed at providing suitable job opportunities to raise their contribution to economic and knowledge growth, noting the decision of the Council of Ministers To establish a Council for Family Affairs, which is made up of representatives from ten ministries and agencies concerned with the family, experts and experts in the affairs of women, children and the elderly, considering it the official body concerned with this, and the existence of a specialized technical committee for women’s affairs to research their issues and review the organizations to advance them in work, education, health, the judiciary and in their daily life in general, He pointed out that the family safety program has been present in the council since its inception, in the belief in interdependence Sectors to provide and develop the services provided.
After that, a dialogue session was held on (empowering women and the Kingdom''s vision 2030) in which Her Royal Highness Princess Rima bint Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz spoke about (community sports programs and their role in empowering women) and Dr. Tamadur bint Youssef Al-Ramah (international institutes and their role in Empowering women), Dr. Rasha bint Khalid Al-Turki (civil society institutions and women''s economic empowerment), Dr. Hind bint Muhammad Al-Sheikh (civil service and the role of governments in empowering women), and Professor Nasser bin Bakr Al-Qahtani (Al-Ajfand model for empowering Arab women).
Then the second session began under the title (Empowerment of Violent Women Programs), during which Dr. Samia bint Muhammad Al-Amoudi spoke about the focus of the role of health empowerment in empowering women and society, and Dr. Maha bint Abdullah Al-Munif (Program for Support and Development of Women: Holistic Rehabilitation of Battered Women), and Professor Ghada Abu Al-Rous in the topic (Self-empowerment and its relationship to reducing violence against women: the experience of Jordan), and Professor Lubna Bint Omar Al-Ghalayini and the axis (cognitive empowerment of women in need).
After that, Her Royal Highness Princess Adela honored the trainers of the program for the support and development of battered women and the project coordinators.
In conclusion, the meeting came out with ten recommendations, namely: highlighting successful female leadership models in various fields and emulating them in gaining self-confidence, benefiting from their experiences in overcoming difficulties, raising awareness among officials in all sectors in order to achieve gender balance, and taking into account the impact of decisions made. It is taken on both men and women, and the private sector senses its role and responsibilities towards the work of women, and works to achieve equality in employment opportunities between the sexes, and the empowerment of women, which should start from childhood and through the family, by strengthening and appreciating the role of the girl in the family and enabling her to perform her social role Paying attention to support programs and activities to support women, inviting women to benefit from community empowerment programs, and continuing to strive continuously to enhance their confidence and standing in society, and educating health practitioners about regulations and legislation related to women''s health in order to preserve their rights in health facilities while creating a system of follow-up and accountability for violators, in addition to forming awareness The societal concept of empowering women to move them from fear to empowerment to fulfill their social role as women does not mean equality For a man, a mechanism to follow up and monitor the enforcement of legislation related to women''s rights in various sectors, hold violators accountable, and take care of various women''s empowerment programs as a means of preventing domestic violence and rehabilitating women who are victims of violence.
