On December 23 of this year, an award ceremony for the winners of the republican stage of the national competitions “Woman of the Year” and “Gender Equality Activist” took place at the Palace of Forums of Uzbekistan.The ceremony was opened by the Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis Tanzila Narbayeva with an opening speech.As information, it should be said that the national competitions “Woman of the Year” and “Gender Equality Activist” are traditionally held annually on the basis of a resolution of the Kengash of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis.
In recent years, a broad government policy has been implemented to increase the activity of women in all spheres of our country, to assist them in obtaining education and professional skills and ensuring their employment, supporting entrepreneurship and other initiatives, in a word, ensuring a truly happy life for a woman, her intellectual and spiritual growth, fulfillment of professional, family responsibilities and related responsibilities in public life.
Various mechanisms are being introduced to find an effective solution to women’s problems and an integrated approach to this issue. In this regard, an important direction is the “National Program for Increasing the Activity of Women in All Spheres of the Economic, Political and Social Life of the Country for 2022–2026”.
In order to ensure equal rights and opportunities for women and men in the social, economic and political spheres, a gender legal examination has been carried out for each legal act adopted in our country. Our country’s policy to support women and ensure gender equality is recognized by the world community. Thus, in the World Bank Index “Women, Business and Law”, Uzbekistan was included in the number of states that have carried out significant reforms on women’s rights and gender equality.
We can say that the event is one of the practical results of large-scale reforms being implemented in our country.All stages of the competition were held in accordance with the requirements of the Regulations approved by the Resolution of the Kengash of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis No.PD-340-IV dated April 27, 2022 on the holding of the republican competitions “Woman of the Year” and “Gender Equality Activist”.
The winners of the highest, 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, as well as established nominations, were determined by the points scored by the participants based on 3 conditions determined at the republican stage of the “Woman of the Year” competition.In particular, the participants who took the highest place in the Grand Prix, 1st, 2nd and 3rd places at the republican stage of the competition were awarded a gift from the President - a car from the State Trust Fund for the Support of Family and Women and the remaining winners were awarded diplomas and cash prizes.