Zawya: Listed firms in Dubai and Abu Dhabi doubled women board members in two years

The number of women on UAE-listed company boards has more than doubled from 3.5 percent to 8.9 percent in just two years, with 59.1 percent now having at least one female board member, Zawya reports, quoting the research report Non-executive Board Careers in the UAE: A Path to Gender Balance published by Aurora50 and the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) and sponsored by ADNOC.

It also reported that 77 of the 868 board seats of listed companies in UAE are now held by women.

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