February 2018
15 Emirati women join the country’s first Women’s Firefighting Unit at the Sharjah Civil Defence.
January 15, 2018
Mariam Al Remaithi becomes a first Emirati woman Air Traffic Control (ATC) Officer to join Al Ain International Airport.
October 2017
Nadia Abdul Aziz, President of National Association of Freight and Logistics (NAFL), has become the first Emirati woman on board of International Association of Freight Forwarders (Fiata).
August 28, 2017
Sahar Rasti, Fatima Al Khaja and Mahra Al Shamsi, became the first Emirati women to graduate as masters (captains) of 24-metre vessels from the Maritime Training Centre of Abu Dhabi Ports.
July 2017
Fatima Al Qubaisi become the first Emirati woman to graduate from Harvard Law School.
June 2017
Hanady Al Hashemi becomes the first Emirati woman to scale Alaska’s Mount Denali, the North America’s highest peak.
September 2016
Emirati woman navigator Sahar Rasti, became the first woman to work in Safeen at Abu Dhabi Ports and the first to receive the IALA Level-2 certification in the UAE.
August 05, 2016
An Emirati swimmer Nada Al Badwawi carrying the UAE flag at the opening ceremony of Olympic Games at Rio De Janeiro.
February 10, 2016
Eight women are appointed as ministers in the newly formed UAE cabinet.
February 11, 2016
Khowla Abdul Rahman Al Mulla has been appointed Chairperson of the Sharjah Consultative Council, the first time a woman to be elected to chair the council.
February 2016
Sara Al Ameri, Emirates Mars Mission Science Team Leader at the Mohammad Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), became the Chairperson of the UAE Council of Scientists.
November 18, 2015
Dr Amal Al Qubaisi has made history by becoming the first woman in the Arab world to be elected as speaker of UAE Federal National Council (FNC).
October 15, 2015
Mariam Al Mansouri, the first woman squadron leader, an F-16 fighter pilot of the UAE air force, receives the Asia Game Changer Award at Asia Society’s Game Changer Awards at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
October 03, 2015
Naema Abdullah Saeed Al Sharhan, from Ras Al Khaimah, makes history by becoming the third woman to be elected to the Federal National Council, with 1,004 votes.
September 21, 2015
Hind Abdul Aziz Al Owais has become the first Emirati woman to be posted at the United Nations headquarters in New York as a senior adviser.
August 26, 2015
Martyrs Mothers’ and Children are Ours, a humanitarian initiative launched, will see a group of Emirati media representatives visit the mothers of martyrs to support them emotionally and financially.
June 14, 2015
Her Highness Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), has been named the Islamic Personality of the Year 2015, making it the first time the award has been conferred on a woman.
March 07, 2015
Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak has launched the National Strategy for Empowerment of Emirati Women in the UAE from 2015-2021.
February 10, 2015
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE announces the formation of UAE Gender Balance Council. The council aims to boost UAE efforts to evolve and enhance women’s role as key partners in building the nation’s future.
October 2014
Major Mariam Al Mansouri, becomes the UAE’s first woman pilot to lead a strike mission in Syria against Daesh.
July 2014
Hana Kazim becomes the first Emirati to graduate and join the alumni list of Hollywood legends at the most prestigious film school in America, the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles.
June 10, 2014
Captain Mariam Hassan Salem Al Mansouri, becomes the first Emirati woman pilot to serve in the UAE Air Force.
March 08, 2014
Pioneering Emirati poet Ousha Bint Khalifa Bin Ahmad Al Suwaidi is honoured with the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2014 Personality of the Year award in recognition of her contribution to Arab literature.
January 18, 2014
Emirati innovator Fatima Jasem Al Za’abi, 31, has received an invitation to dinner at the White House from US President Barack Obama, in recognition for her innovative use of Microsoft PowerPoint for creating architectural designs for homes.
January 04, 2014
Raja Easa Al Gurg, Managing Director of the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group LLC and President of the Dubai Business Women’s Council, has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (‘HBME’). She is the first ever Emirati woman to be appointed to the Board of HBME.
August 02, 2013
Lana Nusseibeh, becomes first Emirati woman Ambassador to the United Nations.
January 04, 2012
A 28-year-old Mariam Al Safar becomes the first Emirati woman to drive a train in the Middle East.
December 09, 2012
The UAE Cabinet adopt the resolution making it mandatory for women will be represented on the board of directors of all government bodies and companies.
September 24, 2011
Shaikha Eisa Ganem Al Arri, second woman to be elected to FNC.
June 24, 2011
A 22-year-old Noufa Al Afeefi becomes the first Emirati woman to become a UAE Air Traffic Control Area Officer.
September, 2008
Shaikha Najla Al Qasimi becomes first woman ambassador of the UAE, when she was appointed as ambassador to Sweden.
June 09, 2011
Salma Al Beloushi, becomes the first Emirati woman to graduate from the airline’s cadet programme as a co-pilot and completed her first flight as a first officer on Etihad Airways flight from Abu Dhabi to Athens.
May 20, 2010
Dr Hessa Abdullah Al Otaiba is appointed as UAE Ambassador to Spain and Vatican.
March 2009
Hamda Al Mahdaly is the first woman Emirati fitness trainer and has dreams of going international.
March 2009
Salma Al Beloushi recently made history by becoming the first Emirati woman to fly a single engine plane solo.
February 2009
Ebtisam Ali Rashid Al Bedwawi becomes the first Emirati woman judge in the Dubai Courts Department.
December 16, 2006
The FNC conduct first-ever election. The first time UAE women entered the council. Dr Amal Al Qubaisi becomes first Emirati woman to be elected to the council. There were, in fact, nine women in the FNC. While other eight were appointed.
November 29, 2006
65 women or 14.25% of total candidates contest the first Federal National Council election.
September 12, 2006
1,100 women are included in the electoral college will get to vote in the elections for the Federal National Council.
November 01, 2004
Shaikha Lubna Al Qasimi becomes first Emirati woman to join the UAE Cabinet as Minister of Economy and Planning.
August 21, 2002
Hafsa Al Ulama becomes the first Emirati woman to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.
Compiled by Gulf News Archives
