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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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