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DEWA posts record H1 profit

Revenue reaches record $4.04 billion.

Tabreed H1 revenue $308m

Blurb: Profit reaches $52 million in H1

ADNOC L&S to expand fleet

It will acquire 11 carriers for $1.3bn.

Empower profit climbs 16%

Dubai district cooling demand lifts earnings

Burjeel profit nearly doubles

Healthcare demand drives stronger earnings.

Tough laws, quotas may plug GCC gender gap

  • Experts say that at this pace, it will take Middle East and North Africa region more than 142 years to bridge the gender gap.
  • While more companies are paying closer attention to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion issues persist in the GCC region.

Dubai, UAE — The female citizens of the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries have good access to education—women outnumber men in university graduation rates–and healthcare and social services that should ideally boost their presence in the region’s workforce.

Though the wealthy Gulf nations are initiating measures to bring more women into the labor force, it will take decades to bridge the gender gap.

TRENDS takes a look at the state of gender diversity in the region: