Women in Finance: Building a More Sustainable and Inclusive Financial System

In recent years, the UAE has made considerable strides towards making its financial sector more sustainable. It has notably increased female participation in the sector through new government-led initiatives and policies, such as a mandate for publicly listed companies to include at least one woman on their boards. Following these recent improvements, the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Global Gender Gap Report ranked the UAE as the second-most gender-equal nation in the MENA region. The report noted, for instance, that there has been a 20 percent increase in the number of female investors in the country.