Plan to make 2024 inclusive with this free calendar that maps significant inclusion days, both regional and international, month by month.
[2025 DEI awareness days calendar for HR planning]
This DEI tool will help you plan out 2024 with engaging employee programming to make your workplace more equitable and inclusive.
Our calendar lists all the key dates for diversity and inclusion awareness – from World Braille Day to the International Girls in ICT Day, and the World Day for Cultural Diversity to the International Day of Older Persons, as well as regional dates of importance.
And it’s yours to download for free. You’re welcome!
[Download GCC HR holiday and DEI awareness calendar (PDF) – now links to 2025 calendar]
Aurora50 is a UAE-based DEI impact agency that supports corporate clients with their diversity and inclusion goals. Find out more about NOORA, our corporate women’s network, or contact us to discuss your DEI needs.
Do you know what the UAE’s symbol for People of Determination represents? It emphasises that POD are active members of society – independent, self-determined people.
IPOs mean more women on boards: the UAE’s leading IPOs in 2025 will be Etihad on ADX and Dubizzle, probably on DFM.
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To celebrate the UN’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we highlight six women at the forefront of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in the UAE.
