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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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.
Diana Wilde, co-founder of Aurora50, talks to Business Breakfast’s Richard Dean, as seen on Dubai One, about the number of women in UAE boardrooms doubling and the issue of ‘over-boarding’.
Aurora50 co-founder Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan writes in The National about the ‘Great Reset’ and what it means for UAE women in the boardroom.
