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.
Fast Company Middle East recently reported on this important topic and invited Aurora50 to comment.
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.