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12/26/2017 UAE's Mohammed bin Rashid honours winners of Gender Balance Index | ZAWYA MENA Edition
#UAE | 11 DECEMBER, 2017

UAE's Mohammed bin Rashid

honours winners of Gender

Balance Index

enhancing gender balance in the UAE will contribute to sustainable
development

Staff Writer, WAM (Emirates News Agency)

DUBAI- The Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said that gender balance is an important element of

the national agenda and the UAE Vision 2021, emphasising that enhancing gender

balance in the UAE will contribute to sustainable development and the fulfillment of the
UAE’s commitments to the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs.

This came during a ceremony held to honour the winners of the Gender Balance Index

2017. The index features three categories: Best Personality for Supporting Gender
Balance, Best Federal Entity for Supporting Gender Balance, and the Best Initiative for

Supporting Gender Balance.

Speaking on the occasion, Sheikh Mohammed said that the country, under the leadership
of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, works to invest in the

development of its people, and considers both women and men as equal partners in
national development.

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