Etihad unveils ‘Abaya’ project for refugees on Emirati Women’s Day

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business

As part of celebrations for Emirati Women’s Day, Etihad Airways has launched the ‘Her Abaya, My Gift’ project, in which traditional Emirati abayas, bridal outfits and amenity kits were distributed to Syrian refugee women in the Mrajeeb Al Fhood Camp in Jordan.
The gifts were delivered by a delegation of female Emirati employees from Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, who travelled to the camp to spend time with the women and their children.
The initiative was based on principles established by Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), the Mother of the Nation.
Ibrahim Nassir, Chief of Human Resources and Organisational Development, Etihad Aviation Group said: “We have marked Emirati Women’s Day in this, the UAE’s ‘Year of Tolerance’, by sending a key group of Emirati women from our company to spend time with refugee women and their children in the Mrajeeb Al Fhood camp in Jordan.”