The United Arab Emirates achieved an important victory in the global health front as Emirati Dr. Muna Tahlak, CEO of DHA’s Latifa Hospital for Women and Children, was elected as the President of the International Hospital Federation. (IHF). This is the first time that an Arab woman will hold this esteemed position, the highest international…
H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), and the “Mother of the Nation”, today, reinforced the commitment of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) leadership to empower Emirati women and support their ambitions to…
H.H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, today honoured Najla Al Banai, the woman behind the mural initiative entitled “Zayed: Man of the Nation”. Al Banai proposed the initiative to create the largest mural in the world to the Ministry of Interior’s Innovation Centre. The…
Razan Al Mubarak, Managing Director of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund (MBZ Fund), has been elected President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). She is the second woman to lead IUCN in its 72-year history and its first president from West Asia. Al Mubarak’s…
Sahar Al Rasti, the first Emirati female ship captain to work in field, and Founder and CEO at SJR Group, said that working behind the rudders of ships for long days, and challenging the waves of the sea requires a lot of determination and passion as well. In an interview with the Emirates News Agency…
Marking International Women’s Day, Sheikha Mozah bint Marwan Al Maktoum, First Lieutenant Pilot at Dubai Police, visited the headquarters of Strata Manufacturing Company, an advanced UAE-based manufacturing company that produces composite structures for aircraft. During her visit, Sheikha Mozah was briefed about the company’s efforts to support and empower women at the workplace and enhance…
