The recent news that women hold 6.8 percent of board seats across the GCC (up from 5.2 percent in 2024), from the inaugural GCC Board Gender Index 2025 by Aurora50 and Heriot-Watt University Dubai, was widely covered by the media across the region.
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Recent news that women hold 5% of GCC board seats, from Aurora50 and Heriot-Watt University’s inaugural index, received widespread coverage.
In its launch issue, new magazine Sustainability Middle East asked Aurora50 co-founder Diana Wilde how she was creating a sustainable future for the region and what the biggest challenges were.
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.
