Company’s agreement also includes a gender diversity target for women to constitute 30 percent of board members and senior management roles
Gender diversity
Emirates Global Aluminium
Diversity target set by UAE-based manufacturing giant
Emirates Global Aluminium has vowed to increase the proportion of women in supervisory positions at the company in the UAE to 25 percent by 2025
Gender diversity
The business benefits of a gender-inclusive boardroom
Women scored more positively on 13 of the 19 competency assessments that encompass overall leadership effectiveness, with particular reference to leadership in a crisis
digital learning
Diversity, inclusion and belonging: What are you prepared to do?
It is time to stop talking just about diversity and inclusion; we must add the concept of “belonging”
banking industry
Banking on continued change in the UAE’s financial services sector
Women are playing an even greater role at a corporate level and in the investment sphere, according to Rasha Badawi, head of Barclays Private Bank in the UAE
Gender diversity
Women are getting more jobs than ever in changing Saudi Arabia
The scene is the opposite of what most workplaces in the conservative kingdom looked like a few years ago, reflecting the growing influx of women into the job market
female executives
Ooredoo Oman names Al Sulaiti as CEO in rare female appointment
Al Sulaiti, who will replace Ian Dench, previously led Ooredoo unit Starlink and has been with the group since 2004. Ooredoo Oman is a unit of Qatar’s Ooredoo QPSC
Emaar Properties
Emaar names female to board as UAE pushes for gender diversity
Eman Abdulrazzaq, who is currently the group chief human resource officer at Emirates NBD PJSC, will join eight others on Emaar’s board
Gender diversity
How UAE’s Aurora50 is supporting greater female representation on corporate boards
Emirate’s leadership champions gender equality and understands its economic benefit, said social enterprise co-founder
Gender diversity
Company heads commend UAE move to boost gender parity
Top women in UAE companies welcome the move by the UAE government mandating that at least one woman sit on the board of UAE-listed companies.
female employees
Dubai’s Gargash Hospital flying the flag for diversity
Founded by Dr Husnia Gargash, the hospital boasts a female staff of around 67 percent, while women make up 80 percent of the hospital’s upper management
female employees
Navigating the world of finance as a woman
Women are making headway and breaking into the traditionally male-dominated finance sector, but they’re still underrepresented in leadership roles
female leadership
Five ways to develop female leadership in your organisations
There is still a long way to go in pushing diversity and inclusion for women in the workplace, but as a business owner, manager or leader, there are several ways you can develop, empower, and support your female workers to become excellent leaders.
female leadership
Why gender diversity is critical to Arab innovation
In the Arab region, and in Bahrain specifically, women have been leading from the front for decades
AB In Focus
AB Talks: How companies begin down the road to true diversity
On International Women’s Day we ask how companies can truly embrace diversity and inclusion, sitting down with Michelle King is a Senior Advisor to the UN Foundation’s Girl Up campaign.