The 2023 Summit Launches with NASDAQ Dubai Stock Exchange Market Open
Global Summit of Women President Irene Natividad rings the bell to open the NASDAQ Dubai Stock Exchange
Delegates to the 2023 Summit Join the Market Open
Delegates attend the Opening Ceremony
(from left) Farida Al Awadhi, President, Emirates Business Women’s Council, UAE, H.E. Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Vice President of Vietnam and Summit President, Irene Natividad at the Opening Ceremony
The 2022 Host Committee from Thailand welcomes participants to Dubai
“Ensuring international metrics for Gender Equality” with Marcel Hochar, SVP, Middle East & Central Asia, Bureau Veritas; Patrick Sochnikoff, Group SVP, Corporate & Social Responsibility and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Sodexo; Marie Eugenia Rico, Chief Human Resources Officer, Buro de Credito; and Martina Rogato, Founder, ESG Boutique; Former Head of Delegation, W20 Italy
DUBAI
Women make up 50% of UAE’s Parliament — the Federal National Council
Nine ministers or 30% of UAE’s Cabinet are women
Since 2021, UAE has a quota for women directors — at least one woman on the Boards of all publicly-listed companies
The UAE ranked first in the Gulf region on gender equality in the World Economic Forum’s 2020 Global Gender Gap index
The UAE had the highest number of women — 23 — on Forbes’ 2020 “100 Most Powerful Arab Businesswomen”
The Emirates Mars Space Mission, the first by an Arab nation and only the fifth space agency to probe Mars, was launched by a science team that’s 80% female and led by a woman, Minister of State Sarah al Amiri
