Muhammad bin Ahmed Al -Yamahi, President of the Arab Parliament, stressed that the granting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak «Mother of the Emirates», President of the General Women’s Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, Supreme President of the Family Development Foundation, and the Medal of the Republic as the first female figure to obtain this honor, embodies the role of her pioneering in support and empowerment of women, and reflects an international appreciation of an exceptional giving march. Al -Yamahi said, in a statement issued yesterday, that this honor also reflects a global recognition of her qualitative and unprecedented initiatives in the field of humanitarian work, regionally and internationally, stressing that her Highness has devoted her efforts to raising the position of women and enhancing their role
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