While speaking exclusively with TRENDS at World Economic Forum in Davos, Dr Aisha Bin Bishr, Director General, Smart Dubai Office, says her organization aims to build the happiest city in the world by implementing advanced technologies. What is Smart Dubai all about? We want Dubai to be the happiest city in the world by implementing advanced…
Saudi Arabia is on an accelerated mode, inching toward egalitarian society and achieving the Vision 2030, with 30 percent female workforce. The recent move to allow women drivers is a much-needed boost to females’ morale in this Gulf nation. Even though, women’s taking on wheels is not something new. Close to quarter (24 percent) of…
By RITIKA SHARMA, Dubai Is Saudi Arabia finally taking concrete steps to liberate women from its deeply conservative set-up? This is the question people have been asking since King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud issued a decree forbidding Saudi government agencies from requiring a male guardian’s consent for women seeking services such as education and…
Increasing the participation of women in the workforce from 22 percent to 30 percent is one of the main goals of Saudi Vision 2030. In the past five years, Saudi Arabia has been appointing more women in decision-making positions. In 2011, the late King Abdullah gave women the right to join the Shoura Council and…
14 prominent female Emirati leaders participate in The Innovative Leaders Program Eight-day program to transform participants’ leadership skills through disruptive innovation Program held in collaboration with Ashridge-Hult International Business School Dubai is certainly playing a crucial role in facilitating women to reach top positions by ensuring proper training and conducive environment for professional…
Even as the GCC boasts of pioneering women steering various initiatives, the concept of women in leadership roles is still in its infantile stage in the region. TRENDS talks to Aniela Unguresan, Co-Founder of the EDGE Certified Foundation, about the lack of gender diversity at the top. Women and Leadership is one of the conference…
Women and Leadership will be the main topic of discussion at Top CEO Conference & Awards 2017 There has to be a change in the mindset We need to make sure work environments are suitable for women Middle East businesses are waking up to a new reality where roles of leaders are changing…
“What’s it like being a woman business leader in the Middle East?” If I had a dirham for every time I’ve been asked that question, I wouldn’t need to go out to work at all. Nonetheless, it’s worth considering why this question features in so many of my conversations – particularly with friends and colleagues…
There has been a lot of discussion about the stereotypes contributing to the lack of women in the c-suite. But one of the biggest obstacles could be their own assumptions on what path they’re supposed to take. While much has been written about the stereotypes propping up the glass ceiling, most gender difference research has…
Every night I end my show with a segment called Imagine a World. It’s a chance to look at something remarkable, something new. It could be inspiring, exciting, troubling, or even chilling. Well, imagine a world where we finally close the gender gap. How about starting with equal pay for equal play? That would be…
