Rehendhi Awards 2021 is scheduled to take place on Monday.

President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih will be attending the ceremony as the Guest of Honor.

The Ministry of Gender, Family and Social Services initiated the awarding ceremony in 2014 to celebrate women who contribute their progressive work to the betterment of the nation, the ones who empower the youth to push themselves to reach their full potential, the large accomplishments of the ones who strive to succeed and to increase the count of female employees in significant fields, including ones to which women are yet to be introduced.

The purpose of the Rehendhi Award is to recognize the outstanding contributions to societal and national development on behalf of women across different fields, and to recognize those individuals and collectives working towards women's development in the Maldives.

The ceremony to confer this year’s Rehendhi Awards will be held at 8:30pm on September 6. The awards are to be conferred under five categories: exclusive women nominees category, category for those providing employment opportunities to women and institutions, Women's Development Committees Category, category for clubs and NGOs working towards women's development as well as the category for men and women from the general public who have contributed outstanding efforts to women's development.

While the Gender Ministry initiated the 'Rehendhi Award' in 2014, bold and progressive women of the country have been claiming the good name since.

During 2020, seven women were conferred Rehendhi Awards and brooches.