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Miss Noor Al-Mansoori, Special Needs Department Specialist at SCFA and State of
Qatar's delegation member to the UN's 62nd Session which opened on Monday
October 15th, delivered before the UN's Third Committee an address where she
confirmed the Qatari woman's role and her many achievements in the different
areas due to the unlimited support of the State of Qatar's wise leadership
represented by HH Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Emir and the continuous
encouragement of HH Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al-Missned, HH the Emir's Consort
through activating the Qatari woman's involvement on all levels and entitling
her to the right of candidacy and voting in elections, together with the
flourish of the democratic movement in the country. Miss Al-Mansoori acclaimed
the efforts exerted by the State of Qatar to raise the entire sectors and groups
in order to empower woman by means of adopting a national plan for woman within
the general strategy of the family which aims at working toward improving and
developing woman's status quo by empowering her to practice her influential role
in the community's welfare and progress in the light of the Qatari Constitution
which confirms the equality of man to woman in rights and duties. Furthermore,
Miss Al-Mansoori highlighted the care SCFA devotes to woman as an active element
in the society, in addition to encouraging her to fulfill the achievements and
practice her rights in the society, conduct studies and lay out strategies
concerning woman and offer her support in the different spheres. Concluding her
address, Miss Al-Mansoori pointed out that a permanent committee for elections
was formed to prepare the forthcoming parliamentary elections and which
committee that aims at qualifying and activating woman's involvement in the
elections, both as a candidate and a voter, confirming the support which woman's
involvement contributes to the community
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