Nearly 30 percent of 69 projects awarded AED51m ($14m) funding by the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development in the first quarter of 2013 were managed by female entrepreneurs, the fund’s CEO has revealed.

“Females occupied 28.3 percent of the projects financed by the Khalifa Fund, which is considered a good indicator of female engagement in the business sector, enhancing the role of women in the economic development of the UAE,” said HE Abdullah Saeed Al Darmaki, CEO of the fund.

Standard Chartered Bank, one of the UAE’s leading international banks, marked its commitment to gender diversity with the launch of its second Global Women’s Forum.
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Emirati women occupy more than 50 per cent of the jobs in the ministries and federal organisations, according to the 2006 Dubai Statistics Centre report that was released on Sunday. More than 5,600 UAE women are employed by Dubai Government entities alone, validating their pioneering contribution to the emirate’s development.
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Hundreds of delegates from 60 countries from different sectors including education, government and nongovernmental organisations attended the three-day Conference, which is being organised by Zayed University (ZU), at Madinat Jumeirah.
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Minister of Foreign Trade Shaikha Lubna Al Qasimi has been named a global trailblazer by the ‘Vital Voices Global Partnership’, an international non-profit organisation devoted to women’s leadership, for her efforts to increase women's economic and political progress in the United Arab Emirates.
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Women voters pledged to take part in the Federal National Council (FNC) elections on Saturday and said they will vote for those whom they believe would make a change in the performance of the House.

"It is imperative that women contribute in the FNC elections. We should set an example for the new generation," said Suad Al Sarkal, 26, spokeswoman at the Shaikh Mohammad Centre for Cultural Understanding.