Kuwaiti Minister of Social Affairs and Labour Hind Al Sabeeh said Kuwaiti women are engaged in setting out development blueprints and decision-making.
Representing His Highness the Amir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, the minister who also holds the Economic Affairs portfolio, said his patronage of the event reflected the political leadership’s interest in the role of women in society and eagerness to empower them in decision-making circles.
Kuwaiti women have been empowered politically since the late Amir Shaikh Jaber Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah made a landmark decree in May 2005 giving women the right of candidacy and voting, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.
Kuwait has undertaken to fulfill the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, including the fifth goal of gender equity, the minister said during a keynote speech at a ceremony marking Kuwaiti women’s Day.
She cited recent statistics as showing that over 55 Kuwaiti women were holding leading state posts, ranging from assistant undersecretary to undersecretary, noting that this figures is forecast to rise in the foreseeable future.
Kuwaiti women working in ministries and state agencies make up 79.2 per cent of the country’s total labour force in the public sector, she added
Dr. Suad Abdulwahab, Advisor at the Women’s Affairs Committee, the organiser of the ceremony, thanked His Highness the Amir for his patronage and highly commended the scientific and practical successes and achievements made by Kuwaiti women.
Several other speakers from Azerbaijan, UAE and Arab League stressed the significance of women’s empowerment in various domains.

Source: BNA