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The Vice President honoured H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign
Affairs and International Cooperation, with a medal for the Best Personality for Supporting

Gender Balance. He was honoured in recognition for his strong support to women in the
diplomatic sector, which has helped numerous Emirati women achieve global success.

Currently, women represent 20 percent of employees in the diplomatic sector in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

He also honoured the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority, FCSA, as the Best

Federal Entity for Supporting Gender Balance. Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashimy, Minister of State
for International Cooperation and Chairwoman of the FCSA, received the 'UAE Gender Balance

Seal'.

The honouring of FCSA was based on three major criteria; decision-making, education and
experience, and a supportive environment for working mothers. Evaluation in this category was

based on statistics from the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, FAHR, and
polls conducted by a neutral party among more than 64,000 employees in the federal

government.

Evaluation in the third category of Best Initiative for Supporting Gender Balance was based on
best practices, projects, and policies and legislations established to support gender balance.

The UAE Securities and Commodities Authority, SCA, was honoured the Best Initiative for
Supporting Gender Balance for its 'Women in Boards' initiative, and Sultan bin Saeed Al

Mansouri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the SCA Board of Directors, received the
trophy. The authority aims to increase female representation on the boards of public
shareholding companies to 20 percent by 2020.

Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the UAE Gender Balance
Council and wife of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and

Minister of Presidential Affairs, expressed her gratitude to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid for
honouring the winners of the inaugural Gender Balance Index. She said that this recognition

from the leadership reflects the importance of gender balance in the national agenda, and
encourages all private and governmental entities to strive for further progress in this field.

Sheikha Manal thanked the UAE Government for incorporating gender balance into the

country's national indicators, which measure the performance of all organisations. This will
support the UAE's national goals as well as the UAE Gender Balance Council's vision to

establish the country as a role model for gender balance legislation in the region. She also
highlighted the strategic partnership with the Prime Minister's Office to work on the results of the

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