Al -Watani discusses the challenges of the work of the “working mother” for children under school age

The Minister of State for Governmental and Future Development – Chairman of the Federal Authority for Governmental Human Resources, Ahhouh Bint Khalfan Al -Roumi, confirmed that the authority did not receive any request from any employee or work authorities about the lack of benefit from the flexibility of the legislation that was clarified regarding distance work, or part -time, In the event of any cases that need support in this aspect, it will be followed by the authority’s team with the work authorities.

Al -Roumi explained that the government has developed through the Federal Government Human Resources Authority, an integrated system of policies that regulate the work of human resources in the federal government, including policies that support the employee who sponsors children with determination and children under school, according to the distance work system, Partial Work guide, other types of work types, such as compressed work, or hybrid work, flexibility in work remotely on Friday, and a patient’s accompanying leave, whether inside the country or outside the state.

Full benefit from mothers

This came in response to a question asked by the second deputy head of the Federal National Council, Maryam Majid bin Thaniyeh, during the National Council session held today, on the measures taken by the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources; To ensure the full benefit of mothers that sponsor special groups such as children from the owners of determination or those under school age from partial work policies or remote work?

Minister Awahouh Al -Roumi stressed that the responsibility for implementing all human resources policies after their approval falls on the ministries and federal authorities according to the applied powers and the assets contained therein, with the need for the job to be subject to remote work, so that the services and work of the entity are not affected according to the nature of its work, and the role of the authority lies At this stage in providing support to the authorities, explaining and interpreting the systems and policies in the issues they face when applied.

For its part, the second deputy head of the Federal National Council, Maryam Majid Yen Thaniyeh, commented that “the system exists, and my question about its non -implementation, and there are some institutions that take into account this matter. Between work and her interest in her children, how can a mother take care of children with anxiety who require many attention.

Attention to the family

She demanded that the mother who has children under study age or children with determination to work remotely, and this is in the legislation, and not left to the ministry, as the work can be completed remotely, the country has allocated this year to “the year of society”, and the nucleus of society is the family, and the attention of the family It must be at all levels, and not in a specific legislation or system, the UAE government has flexibility in amending legislation and in issuing laws, as it pays the issue of integrating people of determination into society with great interest, and therefore the legislation that supports the working mother to stay at home and work must be strengthened At a distance, with the importance of interconnectedness and integration of legislation, especially those related to the family, this matter must also be reflected in the work in the private sector, and we have a rival council that supports the work of citizens in the private sector, and to encourage the mother to work in the private sector, supportive legislation must be established For this.

The work of the seventh session of the Federal National Council was held this morning from the second regular session of the eighteenth legislative term, headed by the Chairman of the Council, Saqr Ghobash, and the presence of the Minister of State for Foreign Trade, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Drug Corporation, Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al -Zyoudi, and Minister of State For government and future development, Chairman of the Federal Human Resources Authority, Ahoud Bint Khalfan Al -Roumi.

The Federal National Council settled the report of the Social Affairs, Labor, Population and Human Resources Committee, in the presence of Minister Ahoud Bint Khalfan Al -Roumi, on the issue of government policy regarding raising the efficiency of workers in the government sector, according to the axis: activating the legislation and align them with recent developments in the field of training and development, training policies and strategies And education and its impact on the development and skills of the future.

Update the National Food Security Strategy

The Minister of Climate Change and Environment, Dr. Amna bint Abdullah Al -Dahhak Al -Shamsi, stressed that the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment is working to update the national strategy for food security in coordination with partners and those with relationship to ensure the modernization of relevant projects, and modernization of roles and responsibilities based on updates in a number of institutions and entities related to the application This strategy, in order to achieve national goals and deepen the impact of application.

This came in a written response from the Minister to a question by a member of the Federal National Council, Sumaya Abdullah Al -Suwaidi, during the Federal National Council session on the National School Food Initiative, which it announced and includes the distribution of free meals for government school students at the state level by 2025, but it was not The preliminary stage planned to be implemented in the last academic year 2023 – 2024 is applied to a question about what is the Ministry of the Ministry in the academic year 2024 – 2025? .

In her response, the minister said that the focus will be on enhancing the nutritional value of the knowledge crops in the food basket, and setting initiatives and projects to raise the rates of local production contribution in local food needs, taking into account the criteria and requirements of food safety.

School feeding programs
For its part, a member of the Federal National Council, Sumaya Abdullah Al -Suwaidi, commented that “this initiative announced by the ministry during the participation in the first world summit for the global school meals alliance in Paris with the participation of 70 countries, and aims to obtain every student in the school by 2030, During this initiative and the coalition that the state joined, school feeding programs witnessed a significant expansion of the number of children benefiting from 388 million in 2020, to 418 million in 2022, and school feeding was linked to the sustainable development goals.

This is a strategic commitment that is in line with global and regional practices in the field of proper nutrition, and the Ministry announced in the initiative as ambitious goals by supplying 70% of food resources from local sources, which will contribute to supporting the local economy, and employing the citizen workforce, and this initiative is a national necessity and a step Important to address many challenges, whether healthy, environmental, social or economic.

On the health side, this initiative will significantly contribute to reducing health risks, especially diseases spread today, such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease, and will encourage students to eat healthy and balanced meals, in light of their stay in school for a period of more than 7 hours per day, and from the environmental side it will contribute to strengthening Food security and environmental sustainability, reducing food waste, and environmental awareness among students, and the state’s position in many indicators of food and health security will enhance, and for its social impact, solidarity, solidarity, justice and equality in healthy food will be achieved, and achieve societal responsibility by supporting families with limited income And this initiative is a strategic step for a better and more sustainable future for future generations, and investing in food security for children a long -term development strategy.