Wife of the Great King delegates Her Highness Sheikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al Khalifa to hand over the Productive Families Encouragement Award 2023

01-03-2023

Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, wife of the country's monarch, President of the Supreme Council for Women, may God protect her, delegated Her Highness Sheikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al Khalifa, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of "Injaz Bahrain" to attend the distribution ceremony of Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa Award for Encouraging Productive Families 2023, in its sixteenth edition at the local level, in the presence of a number of officials, in addition to the participation of civil society organizations related to the field of women's development and productive families, in the Sharifa Al-Awadi Club for children and youth in Riffa. Her Highness Sheikha Hessa kindly handed over the awards in its three categories to the winners, as the family of Mrs. Wafaa Dawood Salman won the award for the best productive family, for the macrame industry project, and Ms. Magda Mahdi Ahmed won the award for the best product, for the innovative spice mixtures project, and the award for the best sponsor and supporter of productive families projects was won by the management of Souk Al-Baraha. On this occasion, Her Highness Shaikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al Khalifa, Deputy Sponsor of the ceremony, expressed her thanks and appreciation for the efforts of the Ministry of Social Development in adopting this award and supporting its continuity to be an encouraging incentive for Bahraini productive families to keep abreast of everything new in their local industries that preserve the authentic Bahraini identity on the one hand, and contribute to supporting the local economy on the other. Her Highness Sheikha Hessa praised the remarkable development witnessed by the products of Bahraini families, which enabled them to enter the local market, and imposed themselves as a competitor to foreign products, calling in this regard on all institutions to continue supporting these families and overcoming all difficulties that may face the path of their production, in addition to marketing these products to reach outside the scope of the local market. For his part, His Excellency the Minister of Social Development, Mr. Osama bin Ahmed Khalaf Al-Asfoor, expressed, in his speech during the ceremony, his deepest thanks and appreciation to Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, wife of His Majesty the King and President of the Supreme Council for Women, for Her Highness's constant keenness to sponsor the ceremony of Her Highness's Award for Encouraging Productive Families and honoring the winners of this award, since its first inception in the year 2007, in the desire and belief of Her Highness to empower the Bahraini family and improve its standard of living, stressing in In this context, this comes as an honest and profound translation of the social dimensions in light of the comprehensive development process led by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Kingdom of Bahrain, and the esteemed government headed by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, which is now taking its course in progress and leadership, and is opening up to broad horizons of comprehensive advancement. Minister Al-Asfoor also congratulated Her Royal Highness, for the many gains and achievements made by the Kingdom of Bahrain in the field of empowering women and preserving all their rights, consolidating the principles of equal opportunities and ensuring the achievement of equal and fair partnership between women and men, on the occasion of the participation of the Kingdom of Bahrain with the international community in celebrating International Women's Day, which falls on the eighth day of this month, to highlight the progress made by Bahraini women in various fields and political, economic and social levels, which confirms that the Bahraini march in the field of supporting women has reached It has reached very advanced stages, and has become an example to follow in enhancing the presence of women and raising their contributions to sustainable development. It also strengthens Bahrain's position globally as a country committed to its responsibilities towards major international issues, including the issue of supporting women and promoting their rights. In this context, Minister Al-Asfoor indicated that the story of the successes of productive families in the Kingdom of Bahrain was taken to benefit from similar experiences in sister Arab countries, which were impressed by the Bahraini productive experience, and the continuous support it receives from the state, which continues to support and care for these families, to develop efforts to upgrade the productive families project to become a pioneering project that has a clear imprint, contribution and sustainability, by providing logistical, financial and technical support, and legalization, to achieve For sustainable economic and social security, in a manner that contributes to the implementation of one of the most important axes of the social policy adopted by the Ministry, which is the axis of social investment. He also stressed that these achievements would not have seen the light had it not been for the adoption and sponsorship of the projects of productive families by the wife of the Great King, who achieved a quantum leap in the course of the productive families project, out of Her Highness's keenness to develop the projects of these families, enhance their skills and craft ability, and motivate them to creativity and practice, so that they can continue and contribute to creating a decent economic and social life for their members. On the sidelines of the celebration of the announcement of the winners of the Princess Sabeeka Award for Encouraging Productive Families, an accompanying exhibition was inaugurated under the slogan "Perfume and Incense Industry in the Kingdom of Bahrain", with the participation of (41) productive families, to market the products of distinguished home entrepreneurs in this field.