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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Aurora50 co-founder Diana Wilde tells Zawya the UAE will not know what progress has been made in putting women on boards until after the latest round of company AGMs this month.
The number of women holding board seats in UAE listed firms has more than doubled over in two years, Arabian Business reports, quoting Aurora50’s research report.
A new programme launched on International Women’s Day on Sunday aims to improve female representation at board level in the UAE, The National eports.
