Sustain Lab Paris boosts gender equality and sustainability in UAE

Sustain Lab Paris boosts gender equality and sustainability in UAE

Dr Miniya Chatterji and her sustainable venture building organisation, Sustain Labs Paris (SLP) is profoundly moving the needle towards a sustainable future. Pivotal partnerships in UAE’s education, energy and climate change sectors laying the groundwork

Dubai, UAE

News Highlights:

1. Globally, over 2.7 billion women are legally restricted from having the same choice of jobs as men, according to United Nations

2. At the current rate of progress, it will take 286 years for the world to achieve gender equality

3. Women currently contribute 20 percent to the UAE’s GDP, and this is expected to increase to 25 percent by 2023, a recent study by Sustain Labs Paris shows

4. According to the World Bank, women are one-half of the world's population but only contribute to 37 percent of the global GDP

Women across the world have been fighting for decades, to demand a fairer world where all women and girls can live freely and safely with dignity and have access to equal opportunities to reach their fullest potential.

To date, not a single country can claim to have achieved gender equality. Globally, over 2.7 billion women are legally restricted from having the same choice of jobs as men, according to the United Nations.

“At the current rate of