For more than 20 years, and through seven courses, the Royal Highness Princess Princess Princess Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa for the progress of Bahraini women succeeded in creating a new reality for women in the Kingdom of Bahrain, by strengthening the center of women and encouraging governmental and private institutions and civil society institutions to support and adopt support and progress programs and achieve gender balance in them, in addition to honoring individual initiatives that contribute to the progress of Bahraini women.
Since its inception in the year 2004, it was granted to a number of public and private institutions and individuals based on excellence in the areas of support for the progress of Bahraini women working, integrating their needs in national development plans and programs, and achieving the highest levels in women’s assumption of leadership and executive centers and decision -making sites, through the criteria adopted by the award committee to qualify to win this award.
Perhaps what Professor Lulwa Al-Awadi, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Women, touched upon him during the announcement of the launch of the eighth session (2024-2026), last Tuesday, represents some of many of the achievements that were made for Bahraini women during the prosperous era of His Majesty the Great King, may God protect and preserve him.
One of the most important things I drew in the speech of Professor Lulwa Al -Awadi, her discussion of the monitoring of the Supreme Council for Women for the practices of the participating institutions and individuals and the winners of the award, and presented it to some models such as the initiative of the Ministry of Education to register the children of the teacher in the same school, and transfer the teacher who sponsors an elderly or disabled for a school close to housing, and allowing the teacher to follow up on the health center From the school where you work.
As for the private sector institutions, the provision of health insurance for working women has been monitored that includes women’s diseases from the standpoint of the needs of working women in providing support services, and the launch of an electronic training platform for the Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait that enables employees to join many training programs from home.
As for the areas of training, capacity building, and women’s participation in leadership and qualitative positions; Professor Lulwa referred to the Ministry of Interior’s initiative to allow women to practice qualitative professions and specializations, such as aviation, civil defense, the Special Security Force, Management of Protocols and Personal Protection, as well as a number of initiatives implemented by the private sector, such as launching the CEO of women’s empowerment in the Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait, and the presidency of a Bahraini woman for one of the qualitative committees at the level of the Board of Directors in the company “Benfa”.
A clear success achieved by the award during two decades, which prompted the United Nations Women to adopt it internationally, in 2016, where it was developed in a way that suits international standards and practices, so the award is considered one of the pioneering initiatives and practical tools in supporting the progress of women.
