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Ministry Media / Doha Correspondent
Thursday, November 6, 2025
His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Saeed Al-Zuaouri, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, took part in the high-level Arab event on persons with disabilities, entrepreneurship, and innovation, as well as the third edition of the “Independent Living for Persons with Disabilities” initiative. The minister also attended the Arab Exhibition for Productive Families, held as part of the Second Global Summit for Social Development in Doha, Qatar, from November 6 to 8, 2025.
The event was organized in collaboration with the Union of Arab Chambers and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States, represented by the Social Affairs Sector – Department of Development and Social Policies and the Technical Secretariat of the Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs, in coordination with the United Nations.
During the panel discussion, His Excellency Minister Al-Zuaouri emphasized the importance of empowering persons with disabilities and providing genuine opportunities that ensure their independent living and social and economic integration in the labor market. He underscored the need to promote equal opportunities in education and vocational training and to guarantee decent work for all, while also highlighting the importance of building youth leadership capacities and fostering sustainable solutions to future challenges to ensure their active participation in achieving comprehensive economic and social development.
The session discussed mechanisms for achieving full social inclusion of persons with disabilities and empowering them to live independently through poverty reduction, overcoming barriers related to discrimination, lack of opportunities, and inadequate training, as well as by providing supportive environments and assistive tools that enable their effective contribution to development efforts.
In this context, Minister Al-Zuaouri also participated in the “Independent Living” Exhibition, held on the sidelines of the Second International Summit on Social Protection, with broad participation from Arab Ministers of Social Affairs and Labor. The exhibition aims to strengthen the integration of persons with disabilities into fields of entrepreneurship and innovation.
Representing Yemen at this international event was Engineer Omar Fouad Saeed Bajnid, one of the country’s young entrepreneurs with disabilities and a pioneer in environmental entrepreneurship. He presented his distinguished project titled “Hadramout Integrated Fish Farms”, which seeks to integrate persons with disabilities into the blue economy and improve their livelihoods through an environmentally integrated production system that contributes to food security and sustainable development.
The project relies on raising fish in ground ponds using a water recycling system that supports vertical farming — an approach that enhances productivity and optimizes the use of water and marine resources within a smart and sustainable environmental model.
Minister Al-Zuaouri commended Engineer Bajnid’s innovative initiative, expressing his pride in the participation of young people with disabilities in international forums and their ability to offer pioneering solutions and projects that contribute to sustainable development. He affirmed the ministry’s ongoing support for such impactful initiatives.
The project received widespread acclaim from Arab Ministers of Social Affairs and exhibition visitors, who praised it as a model for empowering persons with disabilities both economically and environmentally.
For his part, Engineer Bajnid explained that his participation in the summit aimed to strengthen the visibility of disability issues within the contexts of climate, environment, and sustainable economy, affirming that this group possesses influential abilities and talents that can effectively contribute to achieving comprehensive development goals when provided with the right support and opportunities.
It is worth mentioning that Engineer Omar Fouad Bajnid is the Director and Owner of the Hadramout Integrated Fish Farms project and a researcher at the Marine Science Research Authority in Hadramout. He is considered one of Yemen’s leading environmental entrepreneurs with disabilities.
This activity comes within the framework of the “Independent Living” program, which is part of the Arab Social Affairs Action Plan (2023–2033) aimed at promoting the economic and social inclusion of persons with disabilities and transitioning from a traditional humanitarian perspective to a sustainable and inclusive development approach.
