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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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.
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.
Aurora50 co-founder Diana Wilde talks to Entrepreneur about hiring slowly and with diversity in mind, and about the’ sisterhood’ of board women.
