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A UN committee dedicated to gender equality has just made a new appointment, with its latest member hailing from Saudi Arabia. The Convention on Elimination of all kinds of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has elected Dr. Tamadur bint Yousef Al-Rammah to join the UN committee on elimination of discrimination against women, according to the Saudi Press Agency. Dr. Al-Rammah currently already serves as the Kingdom’s Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Development.
The committee was first established in 1982, the UN’s website states, and is made up of 23 experts on women’s issues from around the world. The body’s main responsibility is to watch “over the progress for women made in countries that are the States parties to the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women”, the site continues. The committee reviews national reports submitted by State parties, as well as makes recommendations on issues affecting women.
Dr. Al-Rammah made headlines earlier this year after becoming the first woman to hold the title of Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Development. News of her latest appointment comes just days after life coach Dr. Sumaya Al Nasser was announced as the first Saudi ambassador for Peace Without Borders.
Dr. Sumaya Al Nasser. Photo: Supplied
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The international organization, which has ambassadors and representatives in 42 countries, promotes peace, sustainable development, and human rights under its mandate. “Peace isn’t just the absence of war and violence, it is the ability to manage conflict positively. For this, Peace Without Borders has been doing incredible work around the world and I’m happy to be a part of the organization and to contribute towards my homeland,” Dr. Al Nasser said.
Saudi Arabia’s Ambassdor to the United States, Prince Khalid bin Salman, also opened up on a recent notable appointment in the Kingdom during an appearance at the E2 Summit this weekend. “The head of our stock exchange is a woman, she was appointed last year,” the ambassador said, Al Arabiya reports. “I’m glad to hear the New York Stock Exchange just appointed a woman for the first time last month which took 226 years. It took us 34 years, and we are only 86 years old.”
Prince Khalid also added that many students will choose to come back to the Kingdom after studying abroad, stating: “Saudi people do not love their country because it’s modernized. But, they modernize their country because they love it.”
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