She emphasized that the Council had achieved qualitative achievements at the local and global levels

Manal Bint Mohammed: 2022 is a distinguished station in the march of "Emirates for Gender Balance"

• The Council highlighted the successful Emirati experience in supporting women and gender balance during its participation in Expo Dubai.

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The wife of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance, confirmed that the year 2022 marked a distinguished station and a new start in the march of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance, It witnessed qualitative achievements at the local and global levels.

Her Highness said, "The UAE has strengthened its achievements in the field of gender balance in 2022 by advancing to the 11th place in the world and the first in the Arab world in the gender equality index issued by the United Nations Development Programme, advancing 38 global ranks in just seven years since the establishment of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance in 2015." For the second year in a row, it ranked first in the Middle East and North Africa region in the Women, Business and Law Report issued by the World Bank, and the Gender Gap Report issued by the World Economic Forum.

She added: «The Emirates Council for Gender Balance successfully participated in Expo 2020 Dubai by highlighting the successful Emirati experience in supporting women and gender balance over the past 50 years, in addition to strengthening its partnerships with many countries of the world and international organizations through many events and meetings. Which was organized throughout the duration of this important global event, whether in the pavilions of the participating countries or the women’s pavilion, which was organized under the slogan (Prosperity of Women … Prosperity for Humanity). 2022 also witnessed the building of a qualitative partnership with the UAE private sector through the initiative (Pledge to accelerate the fifth goal of the goals sustainable development)".

Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum indicated that 56 national and international companies working in various fields inside and outside the country have joined this voluntary initiative aimed at increasing the percentage of women's representation in leadership positions to 30% by 2025, and working to achieve gender balance. In this vital sector, which represents a major pillar in the progress and prosperity of the UAE, the Council also established, in cooperation with the World Bank, a regional center for exchanging knowledge and providing advice to help countries in the region bridge gender balance gaps.

Action Plan

The Emirates Council for Gender Balance held its fourth and final periodic meeting for the year 2022, headed by Vice President of the Council Mona Ghanem Al-Marri, during which the topics on the meeting’s agenda were reviewed, which included the most prominent achievements of the last quarter of 2022, developments in the projects that the Council is currently working on, and the results of local and global partnerships.

For her part, Mona Al-Marri said that the council implemented several initiatives and projects in the last quarter of 2022 within the framework of its work plan emanating from the gender balance strategy in the UAE 2022-2026, which was launched last March and aimed at achieving the country’s leadership and global influence and supporting the presence of women in positions. Leadership and the economic sector, stressing the Council's keenness to build influential local and global partnerships to support gender balance in various sectors of the country and to enhance the UAE's position in global competitiveness indicators, praising the efforts of the Federal Center for Competitiveness and Statistics in following up these reports, identifying strengths and bridging gaps.

She added that the voluntary initiative to pledge to achieve gender balance in the private sector, which was launched by the Private Sector Advisory Council on Sustainable Development Goals, in cooperation with the Emirates Council for Gender Balance and the National Committee for Sustainable Development Goals, received a great response from private sector institutions in the country, exceeding the target number of companies in the country. The first year of its launch, estimated at 50 companies.

She expressed her aspiration for more companies to join in the coming period, especially with the private sector's keenness to share the UAE government's vision and directions. The UAE Gender Balance Council's initiative to organize workshops for local governments to introduce the framework for measuring the results of the gender balance index in the local government work environment was met with great interaction. A large number of local governments at the state level, in confirmation of the intensification of cooperation with the Council to consolidate the gains achieved at the level of the federal government in this vital file.

Continuous workshops

Mona Al-Marri pointed out that three workshops have been organized so far, the first attended by officials and representatives of the executive councils in all emirates of the country, the second with the participation of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, and the third with the participation of the Human Resources Department in the Government of Fujairah and the Ajman Government Excellence Program of the Ajman government, and the workshops will continue during The coming period for the rest of local governments.

The meeting was attended by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Khaled Abdullah Belhoul, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, Younis Haji Al Khoury, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy, Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Saleh, the Secretary General of the General Women's Union, Noura Khalifa Al Suwaidi, the Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, Reem Abdullah Al Falasi, and the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Human Resources. Assistant Emiratisation for Communication and International Relations Affairs Abdullah Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Community Development for Social Development Affairs Hessa Tahlak, Director of the Federal Center for Competitiveness and Statistics Hanan Mansour Ahli, and Secretary General of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance Shamsa Saleh.

Manal bint Mohammed:

• "The UAE has strengthened its achievements in gender balance in 2022 by advancing to the 11th place in the world and the first in the Arab world in the gender equality index."

• "56 national and international companies working in various fields inside and outside the country have joined the initiative to pledge to achieve gender balance in the private sector."

Mona Al-Marri:

• "The Council was keen to build effective partnerships to support gender balance in various sectors and to enhance the UAE's position in global competitiveness indicators."

advanced science

During the meeting, members of the Emirates Council for Gender Balance were briefed on the developments of the Emirates Center for Gender Balance for Excellence and Knowledge Exchange, which was launched in cooperation with the World Bank as a regional center aimed at promoting gender balance in the Middle East and North Africa region, in addition to reviewing areas of cooperation with the World Economic Forum and activities The Council during the next annual meeting of the forum, scheduled to be held this January in Davos, Switzerland, with a focus on achieving balance in the advanced sciences sector.

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