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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
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