Report says leaders’ support makes UAE a global leader in gender balance

Report says leaders’ support makes UAE a global leader in gender balance

The UAE Gender Balance Council has achieved remarkable success on the global stage. The achievement became possible through the support of the wise leadership and the support of Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women's Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), the Mother of the Nation, a council report has said.

In the report, Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the UAE Gender Balance Council, President of the Dubai Women Establishment (DWE), and wife of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, shed light on the initiatives and projects implemented by the council during the past seven years, all of which have contributed enormously to the global recognition of the UAE’s commitment to gender balance.

Sheikha Manal expressed her pride in these accomplishments and emphasised that the support and progressive vision of the wise leadership has enabled the UAE to solidify its position among the world’s leading countries in this field, resulting in notable successes by Emirati women over the past 50 years. She added that legislation and policies established the principle of equal