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UN Official Touts Kuwait Historic Reforms In Women's Human Rights
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))
KUWAIT, March 19 (KUNA) - UN Secretary-General's Representative and Resident Coordinator in Kuwait Ghada Al-Taher said Wednesday Kuwait is witnessing historic legal reforms that reflect commitment to ensuring women's rights.
Speaking to KUNA on the occasion of abolishing Article 153 of the Penal Code, the UN official commended the step as strong proof of opposition to all forms of violence against women.
She lauded the recent decision to raise the legal marriage age to 18 years as a step towards protecting young people from relevant negative impacts, ensuring their rights to characteristic development and helping them take careful decisions that suit their lives.
She regarded such achievements as reflecting Kuwait's commitment to international human rights criteria and gender equality, enshrined in the Kuwaiti Constitution.
Regarding education, Taher said that Kuwait has made remarkable progress in supporting women and girls' learning as women in this Gulf country make up more than 70 percent of university graduates.
In employment, she remarked that women constitute over 44.59 percent of Kuwait's manpower in educational, healthcare and administrative jobs.
The UN official noted that this year marks 30 years since the Beijing Declaration was adopted as the global framework of promoting women's empowerment.
She added that Kuwait is part of women's empowerment efforts by means of ensuring girls' access to learning, increasing economic opportunities and promoting legal frameworks to back this empowerment.
Taher went on saying that in spite of the significance of achievements made since 2015, it is still necessary to empower women to hold leading posts.
She, further, believed that women and gender equality do not only concern women themselves but they are also a main factor of building fairer and more sustainable communities.
She concluded by affirming that the UN would keep backing relevant national efforts and helping partners achieve Kuwait's new vision "New Kuwait 2025, which is mainly based on investment in human capital as part of Beijin-30 program. (end)
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Speaking to KUNA on the occasion of abolishing Article 153 of the Penal Code, the UN official commended the step as strong proof of opposition to all forms of violence against women.
She lauded the recent decision to raise the legal marriage age to 18 years as a step towards protecting young people from relevant negative impacts, ensuring their rights to characteristic development and helping them take careful decisions that suit their lives.
She regarded such achievements as reflecting Kuwait's commitment to international human rights criteria and gender equality, enshrined in the Kuwaiti Constitution.
Regarding education, Taher said that Kuwait has made remarkable progress in supporting women and girls' learning as women in this Gulf country make up more than 70 percent of university graduates.
In employment, she remarked that women constitute over 44.59 percent of Kuwait's manpower in educational, healthcare and administrative jobs.
The UN official noted that this year marks 30 years since the Beijing Declaration was adopted as the global framework of promoting women's empowerment.
She added that Kuwait is part of women's empowerment efforts by means of ensuring girls' access to learning, increasing economic opportunities and promoting legal frameworks to back this empowerment.
Taher went on saying that in spite of the significance of achievements made since 2015, it is still necessary to empower women to hold leading posts.
She, further, believed that women and gender equality do not only concern women themselves but they are also a main factor of building fairer and more sustainable communities.
She concluded by affirming that the UN would keep backing relevant national efforts and helping partners achieve Kuwait's new vision "New Kuwait 2025, which is mainly based on investment in human capital as part of Beijin-30 program. (end)
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