UAE Gender Balance Council, World Bank explore cooperation to enhance women’s economic participation

UAE Gender Balance Council, World Bank explore cooperation to enhance women’s economic participation

World Bank official praises UAE’s progress in advancing gender balance and supporting the economic empowerment of women

UAE Gender Balance Council officials meet World Bank officials on the sidelines of World Government Summit in Dubai. — Wam

Published: Wed 15 Feb 2023, 12:25 AM

The UAE Gender Balance Council (UAE GBC) held a meeting with the World Bank to discuss cooperation to enhance women’s economic participation in the region.

The meeting formed part of the council's World Government Summit engagements and activities held under the patronage of Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the UAE Gender Balance Council.

During the meeting, Mona Ghanem Al Marri, Vice-President of the UAE Gender Balance Council, and Ferid Belhaj, Vice-President of the World Bank for the Middle East and North Africa, discussed new avenues to strengthen knowledge exchange and closer collaboration to achieve their common objectives.

The two organisations have established a robust framework of cooperation as part of which they established the “UAE Gender Balance Centre for Excellence and Knowledge Exchange”, a regional centre for promoting the development of gender balance expertise in the region.

Al Marri said the UAE Gender Balance Council is committed to building global partnerships to advance women’s empowerment and gender balance,