FIRST WOMAN JUDGE IN UAE

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has got its first woman judge with Khulood Ahmed Jawan Al-Dhaheri being sworn in to the coveted post in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Al-Dhaheri was sworn in at a ceremony in Abu Dhabi by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, UAE’s minister for presidential affairs and chairman of the Abu Dhabi Judiciary Department. In March this year, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, acting in his capacity as ruler of Abu Dhabi, one of the seven emirates that make up the federation, appointed Al-Dhaheri as a judge, a job hitherto reserved for men. According to Sheikh Mansour, the appointment of the first woman judge in the UAE came as part of the comprehensive reforms being implemented in Abu Dhabi’s judiciary and in continuation of the policy aimed at increasing women’s participation in the comprehensive development drive witnessed in the emirate. He expressed the hope that more UAE nationals will join the judiciary and called for preparing a well-qualified generation of national judges.