Chapter Five: Women's Empowerment and Development

1. What is the meaning of empowerment in language?

• a) Control and dominance
  

• b) Ability, elevation, and advancement
  

• c) Exclusion and marginalization
  

• d) Distinction and excellence

2. What is the meaning of women’s empowerment?

• a) Women gaining complete control over society
  

• b) Women acquiring power and control over their lives
  

• c) Limiting women's role to work only
  

• d) Equality between men and women without economic empowerment

3. Why was Sheikh Zayed keen on empowering women?

• a) To encourage women to stay away from family life
  

• b) To prove women's superiority over men
  

• c) To implement Western policies
  

• d) Because he saw that not empowering women meant disabling half of society

4. What does Article (17) of the UAE Constitution state?

• a) Education is optional for all
  

• b) Education is a fundamental factor for societal progress and is compulsory in primary education
  

• c) Education is only available to those who can afford it
  

• d) Education is compulsory only for males

5. What is the goal of establishing adult education and literacy classes for women in the UAE?

• a) Keeping women at home
  

• b) Preventing women from entering universities
  

• c) Promoting illiteracy among women
  

• d) Enabling women to continue their education

6. How did Sheikh Zayed view women's work?

• a) Women must only commit to household work
  

• b) Completely rejecting the idea of women working
  

• c) Women's work is important but should align with their family role
  

• d) Supporting women's work without any restrictions

7. Which female figure influenced Sheikh Zayed’s life?

• a) Sheikha Salama bint Butti Al Qubaisi
  

• b) Queen Elizabeth II
  

• c) Princess Diana
  

• d) Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum

8. What is Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak’s vision for women's education?

• a) Supporting women's education to help them achieve their aspirations
  

• b) Restricting education opportunities for females
  

• c) Limiting education to traditional fields only
  

• d) Encouraging women to focus only on religious education

9. What is one of the achievements of Emirati women in the healthcare sector?

• a) Directing women towards administrative roles only
  

• b) Emirati female doctors making up 62% of the total
  

• c) Preventing women from working in the medical field
  

• d) A decline in the number of female doctors in the country

10. When was Khawla bint Al Azwar Military School established?

• a) 1975
  

• b) 1990
  

• c) 2000
  

• d) 2014