The International Women’s Day

The International Women’s Day is launched this year 2024, dubbed “Investing in women to accelerate the pace of progress,” as investing in women is a necessity for human rights and a backbone for building inclusive societies for all, given that the progress of women benefits every single member of society.

Women then should receive financial support and financing opportunities that help them stand in the face of economic challenges, and provide them with vocational and technical training, giving them access to a green economy that enhances sustainability and opens new horizons and promising opportunities to support women everywhere to go on successful thanks to the local resources they have.

Notwithstanding the statistics indicating more progress in investment in women and gender balance on all opportunities, this progress is limited to certain regions worldwide. This necessitates effective and applicable procedures that include increased initiatives, funding and programs and plans to ensure that the needs of all women and girls are met bar none.

I would like to note a significant aspect; taking into account that issuing decisions and procedures without putting in place whatever is necessary to execute them, follow up on their results, and re-evaluate them, will not achieve the goals that we are eager for.

It is now crystal clear the need for decisive measures and increased funding to rework forward-looking strategies and plans for the advancement of women and achievement of gender balance, ensuring investment in the women and men resources on an equal basis, and satisfying the needs of everyone to be capable of improving their lives and building future generations safely and with clear steps towards activating the role of both sexes as partners in building their societies, leading them to progress and achieving social and economic stability.

Through their struggle over the course of their lives, women have proven that they are the co-perfecter of society, and they are an essential element in this broad life. Analogous to men, women have responsibilities and burdens. They are a must for getting roles fully done. That is why the International Women’s Day was created for them, speaking highly of their duties, and stressing that it is important for women to have their freedom and equality with men, and they cannot be belittled or persecuted.

Our world today is eyeing speeding-up progress in myriad walks of life. Makers of this progress, with its creative and innovative accomplishments are both women and men. Actually, in many fields of work, women have assumed a position they deserve, thanks to their excellence and capability. On this day internationally designed for them, women deserve more investing in their capabilities, which are the key pillars for building societies and the path to their progress.

Fatima bint Mubarak