Ali Jassim a strong supporter of women’s rights in the UAE
Any progress here would be very good news, indeed.
Ali Jassim a strong supporter of women’s rights in the UAE
Ola Salem
October 22, 2014
ABU DHABI // Veteran member Ali Jassim has long been a supporter of women’s rights.
When amendments were made to the constitution in 2005 allowing women to join the FNC, Mr Jassim showed his full support.
He has taken part in several forums to endorse women, sharing tips on how to win elections and describing what their future would entail should they join the council.
As a member of the human rights committee, Mr Jassim proposed a new law to define and guarantee women’s rights earlier this year. He said such a law would be a natural progression from the Child Rights law passed this year.
“The law would mainly focus on domestic violence against women and touch on a lot of other aspects related to women. This is what we want,” he said. “There is a penal code for matters of violence against women, but no one unified reference of all women’s rights. Recently the UAE has drawn up so many laws in various fields, but this is one field we want to be distinguished in.”....
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