Women a vital part of UAE workforce

Describing women as vital part of the country's future, a UAE paper has welcomed a cabinet resolution passed with week, requiring all government bodies and companies to have women members on their boards. "This positive discrimination is important because it forces slow-moving managements to fast-track their fostering of women in the work place and it allows role models to emerge at a senior level, who are an invaluable inspiration to young women starting their careers," the "Gulf News" commented today in its editorial. It is a matter of great pride for the country that a substantial number of its graduates are women, but they have to be ready to stay in their careers and deliver what the country needs from its educated population, read the editorial. "The talent that is being unleashed in the UAE is fascinating. Only a few years ago, it was unthinkable to see women ministers, entrepreneurs, executives, technicians, pilots or even taxi drivers. Yet, today, all these positions are being filled by women, who are all part of the emerging skills that the UAE is fostering. Women are a vital part of the country's future," it observed.