Month: February 2025

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  Al Bayan: Increasing the number of women on the boards of directors of UAE companies

  أدت الجهود الحثيثة، التي تبذلها دولة الإمارات في سعيها المستمر نحو تحسين التنوع بين الجنسين إلى زيادة عدد المناصب، التي تشغلها النساء في مجالس الإدارة لهذا العام إلى 8.9%، لتسجل بذلك ارتفاعاً بنسبة 3.5 % بالمقارنة مع عام 2020، وذلك وفقاً لبحث أجرته مؤسسة أرورا 50 الاجتماعية، وهي مؤسسة تعمل على تحقيق التكافؤ بين الجنسين في مجالس إدارة دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي، بالتعاون مع كلية محمد بن راشد للإدارة الحكومية.

  Suzanne Locke
  17th June 2022

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• The National: Listed UAE companies more than double number of female board members in diversity push

  The number of women in board positions rose to 77 seats in 2022, from 29 seats in 2020, The National reported, quoting Aurora50 research report Non-executive Board Careers in the UAE: A Path to Gender Balance.

  Suzanne Locke
  16th June 2022

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  Gulf News: Board membership of women in UAE’s listed companies more than doubles

  The number of women holding board seats in UAE listed firms has more than doubled over in two years, Gulf News reports, quoting Aurora50’s research report Non-executive Board Careers in the UAE: A Path to Gender Balance.

  Suzanne Locke
  16th June 2022

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  Al Arabiya: Gender diversity on the rise in the UAE as more women take top board positions

  Al Arabiya reports that the UAE’s continued efforts to improve gender diversity in the boardroom have led to more women holding board positions this year (8.9 percent), up from 3.5 percent in 2020, according to research undertaken by Aurora50 and Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG).

  Suzanne Locke
  16th June 2022

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  Women on listed UAE boards: From 3.5% to 8.9% in two years, our research report shows

  Reach the top in five career steps – how to take one of the UAE’s 808 listed board seats within a decade. Download Aurora50 and MBRSG’s 2022 research report, sponsored by ADNOC, Non-executive board careers in the UAE: A path to gender balance.

  Suzanne Locke
  16th June 2022

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  Press release: Diversity on the rise for UAE boards

  Research undertaken reveals that 6.7% of board seats in the UAE are now held by women, up from 3.5% in 2020.

  ss.aurora50
  16th June 2022

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  RAK women – empowered to network

  The women of Ras Al Khaimah have a new venue to network in the RAK Women’s Empowerment Conference – and are being advised to become skilled networkers.

  Diana Wilde
  9th June 2022

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  Alumni news: Hind Al Ali appointed to board of National General Insurance

  Hind Al Ali has been made an independent board director at National General Insurance.

  Suzanne Locke
  8th June 2022

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  Social capital for board directors – how networking takes you the last mile

  It is social capital that will take you all the way to a board directorship, says Prof Heather McGregor CBE.

  Suzanne Locke
  23rd May 2022

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  Sheikh Khalifa: A legacy of women’s advancement

  Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, co-founder of Aurora50, pledges to continue her family’s work to enable women’s advancement after the death of her grandfather, the late HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

  Suzanne Locke
  23rd May 2022

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