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The United
Arab Emirates (UAE) is a Middle
Eastern federation
of seven states situated in the southeast of the Arabian
Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian
Gulf. The seven states, termed emirates, are Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras
al-Khaimah, Sharjah,
and Umm
al-Quwain.
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United
Arab Emirates - UAE Gets First Woman Judge
Agence France-Presse - 27 March, 2008
The
oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Wednesday got its first woman judge, a job
hitherto reserved for men in the conservative Gulf country.
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, acting in his capacity as
ruler of Abu Dhabi, named Kholoud Ahmad Jouan al-Dhaheri as a judge in the
emirate, the wealthiest and largest in the seven-member UAE federation, the
official WAM news agency reported.
The move made the UAE the second Arab country in the Gulf after Bahrain to name
a female judge.
The appointment reflects "the government's keenness to involve women in
the development drive" and "boost their role in society," said
Sultan Saaed al-Badi, a senior official of Abu Dhabi's judiciary.
"I will endeavour to perform my functions with utmost (competence) ... in
order to provide a successful model of Emirati women working in the
judiciary," Dhaheri was quoted by WAM as saying.
The new judge graduated in law and sharia (Islamic law) from UAE University and
has been a practicing lawyer for eight years, the news agency said.
The UAE cabinet includes four women. Nine women also sit on the 40-member
Federal National Council, an assembly that advises the government.
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