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DEWA Women’s Committee celebrates the noble values of the holy month of Ramadan · DEWA Podcasts

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  So in a world that's so focused on professional
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  development, how can companies actually help
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  employees enrich their personal and cultural
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  lives? That's a great question. Well, today we're
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  looking at a really inspiring example from the
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  Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, or DIWA.
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  Okay, so during the recent holy month of Ramadan.
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  Yeah. DIWA's Women Committee launched this whole
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  series of initiatives. They were aimed at strengthening
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  the very fabric of community, you know, family
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  and societal bonds. Wow. And this wasn't about
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  spreadsheets or deadlines. It was purely about
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  connection. Exactly. They organized awareness
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  lectures and these hands -on workshops for over
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  200 female employees. 200? Wow. Yeah, and it
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  was in collaboration with a group called Huam
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  Culinary Arts Canvas. Okay. And these sessions,
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  they focused on everything from essential cooking
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  and baking skills to the traditions of local
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  hospitality. That's such a powerful way to promote
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  the values of Ramadan, right? Cohesion, tolerance,
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  and respect. Totally. The driving force behind
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  this was explained just perfectly by Fatima al
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  -Jokhar, who's the chairperson of the Diwa Women's
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  Committee. She said, and I'm quoting here, During
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  the holy month of Ramadan, we celebrate our cultural
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  identity by equipping female employees with practical
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  skills that reflect a harmonious blend of authentic
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  local heritage and contemporary creativity. While
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  keeping pace with the rhythm of life in this
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  blessed month that embodies the highest values
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  of compassion, generosity, and goodwill. And
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  she goes on. Throughout the UAE's Year of Family,
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  we are keen to empower female employees to achieve
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  balance between their professional and personal
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  lives and encourage them to invest their time
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  in strengthening family, social, and professional
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  connections. That's the key right there. Exactly.
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  And the final part is we also place great emphasis
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  on preserving national identity and passing on
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  our cultural heritage to future generations in
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  a modern and meaningful manner. That statement,
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  it really just says it all. This is such a multi
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  -layered initiative. It really is. It's about
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  empowerment. It's about achieving that work -life
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  balance. And I think crucially. Yeah. It's about
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  ensuring cultural heritage isn't just some memory,
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  but it's a living, breathing part of the future.
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  Right. A living thing. And with participants
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  just praising the events, it's so clear the effort
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  made a real, tangible impact. It's such a powerful
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  reminder that a company's greatest asset is its
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  people. Absolutely. And investing in their well
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  -being, their family, and their culture, well,
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  that can yield the most meaningful returns of
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  all. So that brings us to a question we'd like
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  you all to think about. In an increasingly globalized
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  world, what is the responsibility of a modern
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  workplace in actively preserving and, you know,
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  passing on local culture?