Etihad Airways marks Emirati Women’s Day

The gifts were delivered by a delegation of female Emirati employees from Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, who travelled to the camp to spend time with the women and their children.

The initiative was based on principles established by Her Highness (H.H.) Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women's Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), the ‘Mother of the UAE’. It was undertaken as a combined effort by Etihad Airways and Emirates Red Crescent, in collaboration with the Fund for Refugee Women.

Ibrahim Nassir, Chief of Human Resources and Organisational Development, Etihad Aviation Group said: “We have marked Emirati Women’s Day in this, the UAE’s ‘Year of Tolerance’,  by sending a key group of Emirati women from our company to spend time with refugee women and their children in the Mrajeeb Al Fhood camp in Jordan,  provide them with gifts and engage in conversations about the challenges they face.

“This was an event developed to  celebrate and highlight in a small way the values of tolerance, overcoming challenges and supporting women’s empowerment across the region and the world.”