Takala meets with a delegation from the National Union of Libyan Workers.UAE Aid Coordination Office launches a project to support Syrian women

The President of the High Council of State, Mohamed Takala, met on Wednesday with a delegation from the National Union of Libyan Workers, at the Council's headquarters. According to the High Council of State on its Facebook page, during the meeting, the difficulties facing the union and the divisions that hinder the unification of workers into one compatible entity that brings together all without exclusion were discussed. The possibility of holding a general forum for all workers through which a unified administrative committee for the union could be chosen was also discussed. For his part, Takala stressed the support of the High Council of State for all efforts that achieve unity of ranks and reunification, unite the word of the Libyans, reject division and disagreement, and consolidate comprehensive national reconciliation. Source: Libyan News Agency Damascus, Within the framework of the initiative of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to support Syrian women, the UAE Aid Coordination Office in Syria launched a project which includes providing and equipping training centers in a number of professions, such as tailoring, hairdressing, hair cutting, cooking, some handicrafts, and other professions to empower Syrian women and be able to secure stable sources of income and engage in the labor market and production. The first phase of the project, which comes in cooperation with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, the Syrian Development Trust, and a number of charitable societies, included the opening of a number of training centers in the sewing profession in Damascus and its countryside, at the initiative of 'Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation.' The initiative provides those centers with all its supplies, including sewing machines, tables, tools, fabrics, and others, as part of an ongoing work plan to train Syr ian women with in the profession of sewing and clothing design, under the supervision of specialized training cadres, while the UAE Aid Coordination Office pledged to distribute a number of sewing machines and some other supplies to a number of outstanding female graduates. In this context, Mr.Khaled Khalifa Al-Salis, Director of the UAE Aid Coordination Office, said in a statement to SANA that the office will continue to implement humanitarian and development projects to support the brotherly Syrian people, pointing out that the project to empower Syrian women include training in a number of professions, constitutes the beginning of a long series of efforts development and production projects aimed at supporting the most poorest groups in society, with the aim of enabling the Syrian family to secure a stable and continuous source of income for themselves. Source: Syrian Arab News Agency