Eighteen major companies operating in the UAE have pledged to ensure women are in 30 per cent of leadership roles by 2025.
The initiative aims to boost the number of women in managerial positions from the current rate of about 16 per cent within three years.
It will also hasten efforts to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 – on gender equality and the empowerment all women and girls.
A pledge was overseen by the UAE Gender Balance Council, the UAE’s National Committee on Sustainable Development Goals and the UAE’s Private Sector Advisory Council.