The recent news that women hold 5.2 percent of board seats across the UAE and 10.8 percent of seats in the UAE, from the inaugural GCC Board Gender Index 2024 by Aurora50 and Heriot-Watt University Dubai, was widely covered by the media across the region
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ACCA, the global body for accountants, interviewed Aurora50’s Suzanne Locke as it investigated what the new UAE board quota for PrJSCs meant for women in leadership.
The UAE’s continued efforts to improve gender diversity in the boardroom have led to more women holding board positions this year (8.9 per cent), up from 3.5 per cent in 2020, according to research undertaken by Aurora50 and Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, writes Gulf Business.
Aurora50 co-founder Diana Wilde talks to Dubai Eye’s Business Breakfast on International Women’s Day about the glass ceiling for women at work.
