‘Nurturing human resources will guarantee stability in Kuwait’
“Nations will not be stable and will not develop except by building human resources and taking care of them, and that their economy and construction will not depend only on their revenues from their economic sources, whether industrial, agricultural, tourism, oil, or even in the development of technology, because this will only be done by relying on the person who has gone through the stages of education, training and rehabilitation and human resources with the ability and skill to contribute to building and developing the nation under the auspices of its government,” columnist Abdullah Al-Abduljader wrote for Al-Anba daily.
“Many countries are going through financial, economic and health crises, natural calamities and others, and these affect their construction, development and stability, and they can overcome these crises by relying on their citizens who have been cared for by countries since their childhood, especially in education and instilling in them the love and loyalty of the homeland. Therefore, there must be government agencies that take care of the citizen from birth, starting with health, passing on education and reaching employment, during which they develop the skills and qualifications necessary to carry out their duty towards their country.
“We have in Kuwait the ministries of Health and Education and then the Civil Service Commission and the Public Manpower Authority, but unfortunately in recent years, they have faced problems when graduating from universities, colleges and institutes, so that the number of jobseekers have accumulated, and they waited for a long time for job opportunities, as many of them hesitated to work in the private sector and there were those who were dismissed during crises, and there are job opportunities that exist in government agencies that can be filled with citizens, and there are job opportunities in companies in which the government invests and contributes. We have not seen an advertisement for them to employ Kuwaitis inside and outside Kuwait, and there is unfairness in salaries in government agencies.
“Therefore, my advice and suggestion to the Prime Minister is to take care of the governmental bodies and institutions that specialize in these aspects and restructure them in one ministry with a minister who has the qualification and experience in this field, as well as the rest of the leaders and employees in it, and it is given powers to solve the problems and develop decisions and laws that help take care of the Kuwaitis to build their country.
“This is an opportunity for the establishment of this ministry and its proposed name is Ministry of Human Resources and Planning and the task is to supervise and monitor three sectors -- the Public Authority for Manpower, the Civil Service Commission and the Supreme Council for Planning with regard to the aspect of human resources.
“Achieving what was mentioned above regarding the existence of a Ministry of Human Resources and Planning, and according to the idea of this type of ministries, it exists in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and it is successful and has achieved its goals.”
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“Although all the currencies of the world fluctuate and are subjected to pressures, falling once and recovering again, including the currencies of even the most powerful economies in the world, there is a global, regional and perhaps Arab focus on the Turkish lira which you follow moment by moment, hour by hour and daily. Why all this focus on the Turkish lira? The answer is that Turkey has caught the world’s attention in recent years after its regional and global expansion, at the expense of the decline of other great powers,” columnist Amer Al-Faleh wrote for Al-Rai daily.
“Despite the dramatic decline of the Turkish lira years ago, compared to the currencies of industrialized countries, such as Japan, India and Russia, it is still much stronger against the dollar, and far from its exchange levels against the dollar.
“Countries whose local currency collapses and with it other educational, health and economic systems and their attractive investment environments for foreign investors is the country whose currency is the ‘Prayer of the Dead’ and before us are many countries that everyone knows.
“In Turkey, the situation is completely different. All campaigns to smash the local currency have not been able to destroy the state’s educational, health and economic systems. Rather, the state offers its people all successful educational environments such as schools and universities. At the country level, there is no citizen or resident, or even a refugee from conflict countries, who does not have a full education from his early years to university, in addition to Turkey smashing educational and quality indicators at the level of countries in the world.
“On the medical and health fronts, the infrastructure is similar to the major developed countries and even ahead of some of them. There is no citizen or resident that health services are not provided to him free of charge, at the highest levels and with the testimony of all health organizations in the world.
“Economically, Turkey, which was once outside the twenty countries, enjoys a successful economy globally, and now it has an advanced number, and is preparing to enter the circle of the top ten global economies.
“Turkey is also the focus of attention for investors around the world, whether from major companies or at the level of countries and governments and the huge agreements that it recently signed, are the best evidences of that.
“Despite the daily fluctuation of the Turkish lira, it gains the confidence of all economists in the world and does not pay attention to those who tamper with its currency.
“As long as the Turkish government and its president succeeded in serving the people and preserving their basic needs and gains, and providing them in a sustainable manner, the Turks will not give in to the plots of ‘currency mafias’ directed by the global lobby that stands in the way of the success of any Islamic and Arab country.”
“The websites of the United Nations and the World Health Organization are full of global strategies for women’s health and follow-up reports, in addition to the Arab strategy for women’s health in the Arab world,” columnist Dr Hind Al-Choumar wrote for Al-Anba daily.
“I tried to find something about the women’s health strategy in Kuwait, its goals and objectives, bodies responsible for its implementation, body entrusted with its follow-up and the indicators of follow-up, but I did not find anything.
“Have decisions been taken that women in Kuwait no longer need such a strategy, or have we already achieved the goals and objectives contained in the global strategies for women’s health and related goals within the sustainable development goals until 2030?
“I believe that every Kuwaiti woman has the right to ask this legitimate question, know what is new in this regard, and the related plans from the authorities responsible for preparing development plans and programs, because women’s health should not be limited to the health of pregnant women, pregnancy and childbirth.
“Many preventive, curative and rehabilitative issues must be included in the plans and programs to address them, covering all age groups of women — stages of youth, childbearing or advanced stages of life.
“It is necessary to know the risk factors for chronic diseases that lead to diabetes, heart diseases, respiratory diseases and cancer, all of which threaten women’s health. There are no specialized programs with clear goals and scientific indicators.
“Women constitute half of the society. They raise and nurture the other half, so the strategies and programs concerning them should not be neglected in order to build a healthy and disease-free society.”