The State of Qatar stressed that the country has made significant progress in terms of gender equality, empowering all women and girls as well as working towards gender equality and the realisation and empowerment of women’s human rights through all elements of the sustainable development agenda. This came in the speech given by the Assistant Undersecretary at the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs, Ghanem Mubarak Al Kuwari, during the dialogue held as part of the 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

He noted that Qatar, and based on constitutional foundations of promoting gender equality, provided access to education for women, as well as access to health services, employment opportunities, as well as participation in various fields of work in addition to political participation.

He pointed out that these efforts resulted in an improvement in the status of women in labour, health, education and training market indicators. He also pointed out that Qatar is ranked first among Arab countries in the quality of health services and fifth overall.

He highlighted that the State of Qatar had worked to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women by giving priority to development programs and initiatives to promote the economic and social empowerment of women and to promote and empower the family.

He said that the State of Qatar has taken great strides towards achieving these goals, especially in the field of universal education and health care and improving the standard of living of the individual. This was reflected in qQatar’s position on the international human development report of 2016 issued by the United Nations Development Program. The country was top among Arab countries and 32nd in the world.