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UAE’s gender equality awards won entirely by men

Jan 31, 2019 12:09 pm By Robert Spencer

Here is more of that “respect for diversity” in the UAE that the Pope is so excited about.

“UAE’s gender equality awards won entirely by men,” by Bethan McKernan, Guardian, January 28, 2019:

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have been ridiculed after it emerged that all of the winners of an initiative designed to foster gender equality in the workplace were men.

Certificates and medals were awarded by Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the vice-president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, in the categories of “best government entity supporting gender balance”, “best federal authority supporting gender balance” and “best gender balance initiative” at a ceremony on Sunday.

The awards went to the finance ministry, the federal competitiveness and statistics authority and ministry of human resources respectively, which were all represented by male awardees.

The deputy prime minister and minister of the interior, Lt Gen Sheikh Saif bin Zayed al-Nahyan, was recognised as the “best personality supporting gender balance” for his efforts to implement maternity leave in the UAE’s military….

The UAE’s Gender Balance Index awards recognise progress made in the public sector over the last year in meeting parity goals set by the government in 2015.

“We are proud of the success of Emirati women and their role is central to shaping the future of the country,” a tweet from the official Dubai media office said. “Gender balance has become a pillar in our government institutions.”…

However, according to rights groups, gender discrimination is still an entrenched problem across the UAE, particularly in the legal system, which prioritises men’s rights in family and personal status matters such as marriage, divorce and custody of children. UAE law also permits domestic violence as long as the assault does not exceed the limits set by Islamic law.

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Filed Under: United Arab Emirates, women's rights in Islam Tagged With: Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum


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  1. Wellington says

    Jan 31, 2019 at 3:52 pm

    Reads as though it could be from The Onion.

    • Ashley says

      Jan 31, 2019 at 4:18 pm

      Yep.

      Women excelled in their role as sex slaves, breeders, and disposable trash.

      WOMEN ROCK in United Arab Emirates!

      The Onion material indeed.

      • revereridesagain says

        Jan 31, 2019 at 8:30 pm

        The dictator of the UAE imprisoned and has probably murdered his own daughter for trying to escape to freedom.

      • boakai ngombu says

        Feb 1, 2019 at 11:48 am

        yup. but you forgot NURSEMAIDS for each of the women (4 to 1 man ?) in the military so as not to interfere with maneuvers

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 31, 2019 at 4:33 pm

      Just what I was thinking, Wellington and Ashley.

  2. mortimer says

    Jan 31, 2019 at 4:20 pm

    Mohammed said that women should not rule and that a country ruled by women would fail. All the bosses in UAE are per se male only.

    • J D S says

      Feb 1, 2019 at 10:20 am

      Muhammad said that a country ruled by women would fail? Well I don’t know if that’s a fact
      That he said that or not haven’t looked it up and Mortimer didn’t leave so reference ..maybe he had a crystal ball and looked into the future of Germany and Britain muhammad sure had no
      Respect for women and passed it on to his followers…..that is…if Muhammad ever actually existed.

      • gravenimage says

        Feb 1, 2019 at 4:32 pm

        It’s a well-know Hadith.

        And while Britain under May is pathetic (as is Germany under Merkel), Britain led by Thatcher and Israel led by Meir were thriving.

        Women can be great leaders–but are no more likely to be great than are men.

  3. gravenimage says

    Jan 31, 2019 at 4:37 pm

    UAE’s gender equality awards won entirely by men
    …………….

    Well, *that* says it all.

  4. c matt says

    Jan 31, 2019 at 5:05 pm

    Hey, one step at a time . . . at least they have gender equality awards. Another 200 years and maybe a woman will be nominated . . . and 200 years after that, one might actually win!

    • keith Oades says

      Jan 31, 2019 at 6:19 pm

      That soon? wow!

  5. FYI says

    Jan 31, 2019 at 7:01 pm

    And the UAE Housewife of the year goes to..goes to..her Mahram,muhammed ibn muhammed ibn muhammed.
    Fatima can’t be with us today:she’s chained to the wall after.. trying to escape and wearing the wrong colored hijab.

    mahram;a male guardian

  6. Georg says

    Jan 31, 2019 at 7:34 pm

    Mohammad was a feminist (among marauding sex slavers). Basically, he wasn’t a sex slaver’s sex slaver and therefore we Westerners must be forever impressed and acknowledge what a harbinger of virtue he was, is, and forever will be. If he were alive today he’d rule via scimitar and pussy hat.

    • AleX says

      Jan 31, 2019 at 11:21 pm

      I am sure mohamet would want to join the lgbtq+ rank for cross-dressers.
      He would toss off roofs all competing gaylords.
      As a womens’ rights champion, mohamet would ardently crusade (forgive the term) and be sending them to beds apart while engaging in all BDSM ‘correctional’ sessions comprising sticks no thicker than his thumb.
      For he is all knowledgeable and wise.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 1, 2019 at 4:35 pm

      Among all the absurd whitewash of Islam, the claim that the misogynistic “Prophet” Muhammed was a feminist was one of the most absurd.

  7. Rarely says

    Feb 1, 2019 at 10:51 am

    I suppose it’s safe to assume that none of the “men” were transgender.

  8. Giacomo Latta says

    Feb 1, 2019 at 10:33 pm

    Actually all the winners were women but they were in the middle oftheir periods so they had to stay at the back of the crowd and had a male representative pick up their prize.

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