JEDDAH: The women’s branch of the Public Administration Institute is organizing Tuesday a meeting under the title “Women’s leadership in the GCC countries and their role in administrative development.”
Eman bint Saud Abu Khudeir, secretary-general of the meeting and president of the center to prepare and develop administrative leadership in the women’s branch of the Public Administration Institute, said this meeting is of prime importance in light of the economic, political and development challenges the region faces. These challenges demand more cooperation and coordination at all levels, as well as exchange of experiences and accumulative knowledge in all fields to achieve an ideal investment of human resources.
She said women in the labor market of the GCC countries were able to reach high positions and have made great strides. They proved their supremacy in the field of leadership and achieving goals delegated to them. She mentioned that this participation, in comparison with international rates, reaches between 20 and 28 percent, which calls for increased care in activating women’s roles and participation in decision making, in order to achieve ideal benefits from this particular human resource as a main and indispensable partner in the process of achieving comprehensive development for our community and countries.
Abu Khodeir added that on the national level, successive development plans in Saudi Arabia include strategic goals that focus on the importance of women’s participation in national development. The most important goal of the ninth development plan is to enhance the participation of Saudi women in the development of the Kingdom.
The Kingdom’s Vision 2030 continues in this direction, confirming that women are an important element of its strength, and focusing on raising women’s participation from 22 percent to 30 percent.
She said that the meeting aims to shed light on the reality of women’s participation in administrative decision making in a manner that serves administrative development in the private and public sector, in addition to the challenges they face in this respect.
The meeting also discusses strategies and mechanisms to enhance and empower female administrative leadership in a manner that supports its participation in decision-making positions.
The meeting comprises three discussion sessions. The first session discusses the reality of women’s leadership participation in the GCC countries in making administrative and development decisions in private and public sector establishments.
The second session discusses the most important challenges that women face in leadership participation in administrative and development decision making in public and private sector establishments. And the third session discusses how to empower and enhance the role of women in leadership.
Eman bint Saud Abu Khudeir, secretary-general of the meeting and president of the center to prepare and develop administrative leadership in the women’s branch of the Public Administration Institute, said this meeting is of prime importance in light of the economic, political and development challenges the region faces. These challenges demand more cooperation and coordination at all levels, as well as exchange of experiences and accumulative knowledge in all fields to achieve an ideal investment of human resources.
She said women in the labor market of the GCC countries were able to reach high positions and have made great strides. They proved their supremacy in the field of leadership and achieving goals delegated to them. She mentioned that this participation, in comparison with international rates, reaches between 20 and 28 percent, which calls for increased care in activating women’s roles and participation in decision making, in order to achieve ideal benefits from this particular human resource as a main and indispensable partner in the process of achieving comprehensive development for our community and countries.
Abu Khodeir added that on the national level, successive development plans in Saudi Arabia include strategic goals that focus on the importance of women’s participation in national development. The most important goal of the ninth development plan is to enhance the participation of Saudi women in the development of the Kingdom.
The Kingdom’s Vision 2030 continues in this direction, confirming that women are an important element of its strength, and focusing on raising women’s participation from 22 percent to 30 percent.
She said that the meeting aims to shed light on the reality of women’s participation in administrative decision making in a manner that serves administrative development in the private and public sector, in addition to the challenges they face in this respect.
The meeting also discusses strategies and mechanisms to enhance and empower female administrative leadership in a manner that supports its participation in decision-making positions.
The meeting comprises three discussion sessions. The first session discusses the reality of women’s leadership participation in the GCC countries in making administrative and development decisions in private and public sector establishments.
The second session discusses the most important challenges that women face in leadership participation in administrative and development decision making in public and private sector establishments. And the third session discusses how to empower and enhance the role of women in leadership.
