UAE President HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has declared 2025 – the 54th year of union for the UAE – the ‘Year of Community’.
The number of women on the boards of listed UAE companies has grown 200 percent since 2021, the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has announced.
A new report from Heriot-Watt University and Grant Thornton shows that women chair audit committees – often considered the ‘senior’ committee of a board – at 13.3 percent of listed companies in the UAE.
From 2025 all public joint stock companies (PSCs) – like publicly listed companies – must put a woman on their board
IPOs mean more diversity and more women on boards: here we list the UAE’s in 2024, starting with Parkin and Spinneys Dubai and looking to anticipated IPOs such as Etihad and Lulu.
In February Guinness World Records™ presented ADNOC with their certificate after ADNOC and Aurora50 jointly won a world record for gender equality in the workplace.
The big achievements from Aurora50 in 2023.
HH Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Co-founder of Aurora50 and President and CEO of UICCA, has received an honorary degree from Heriot-Watt University Dubai in recognition of contributions to sustainability and the green economy.
