Children as young as five years old are volunteering to distribute meals and promote road safety as part of Abu Dhabi's Ramadan Amaan or "Safe Ramadan" campaign.
The young volunteers were on the corner at Al Wahda Mall and the Marriot Hotel on Monday, giving away meals to motorists breaking their fast, along with a message urging motorists to drive safe.
“People from diverse nationalities and religions have signed up to take part,” said Ibraheem Al Emam, 27, a volunteer involved in the project.
Parents of children who wish to take part can register for the campaign via its official website.
They are required to accompany their children during the activity, and that the young volunteers are only allowed to distribute iftar from specific locations for safety reasons.
“By involving children this young, the campaign instils a sense of responsibility and empathy in them from an early age, while also fostering a sense of community and solidarity among people from different backgrounds," said Mr Al Emam.
Launched nine years ago by traffic police authorities across the country, the campaign aims to reduce the number of accidents that happen during the holy month.
Operating under the theme “Together, a Ramadan Without Accidents” the police initiative educates motorists about the importance of responsible driving during the fasting period.
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It will take centuries to achieve gender parity in workplaces around the globe, according to a December report from the World Economic Forum.
The WEF study said there had been some improvements in wage equality in 2018 compared to 2017, when the global gender gap widened for the first time in a decade.
But it warned that these were offset by declining representation of women in politics, coupled with greater inequality in their access to health and education.
At current rates, the global gender gap across a range of areas will not close for another 108 years, while it is expected to take 202 years to close the workplace gap, WEF found.
The Geneva-based organisation's annual report tracked disparities between the sexes in 149 countries across four areas: education, health, economic opportunity and political empowerment.
After years of advances in education, health and political representation, women registered setbacks in all three areas this year, WEF said.
Only in the area of economic opportunity did the gender gap narrow somewhat, although there is not much to celebrate, with the global wage gap narrowing to nearly 51 per cent.
And the number of women in leadership roles has risen to 34 per cent globally, WEF said.
At the same time, the report showed there are now proportionately fewer women than men participating in the workforce, suggesting that automation is having a disproportionate impact on jobs traditionally performed by women.
And women are significantly under-represented in growing areas of employment that require science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills, WEF said.
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