Emirati Women's Day

EMIRATI WOMEN'S DAY

EMIRATI WOMEN'S DAY

How Emirati women are shaping the UAE’s future

From families to science and diplomacy, their contribution is driving the nation forward

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Emirati women have shaped families and communities, served their country and supported those around them, often carrying several of these responsibilities at once.

Women should not have to prove how much they can endure

Real progress means removing barriers, not simply celebrating women for overcoming them

Emiratis at Ru'ya Careers UAE Redefined job fair at Dubai World Trade Centre. We celebrate women for overcoming obstacles and continuing to give under pressure. But there is also a danger in romanticising endless resilience.

How Emirati women are shaping the UAE’s future

Decades of investment are opening pathways to expertise, leadership and innovation

Today, Emirati women are building careers across highly specialised areas of medicine, from surgery and emergency medicine to genetics, haematology and oncology, and advanced transplantation services.

Inside the disruption that tested ADNOC Gas's resolve

Fatema Al Nuaimi on ADNOC Gas’ resilience, doubling LNG capacity, leading past crises

ADNOC Gas supplies more than 60 per cent of the UAE's sales gas requirements and nearly all of the gas needed by major domestic industries.

Emirati Women’s Day: The many sides of Mira Bin Thani

From motherhood, poetry to business, Mira Bin Thani is embracing it all

Mira Bin Thani on redefining what it means to be a modern Emirati woman

The success of Emirati women is a national achievement

UAE’s investment in women is creating benefits that extend across generations

Participants and students during Employers Day at Dubai Women's College.

10 free things to do for Emirati Women's day in Dubai

From complimentary desserts and cocktails to BOGO facials and free yoga on August 28

To Emirati Women's Day venues across Dubai are giving away complimentary desserts, drinks, spa treatments and experiences.

Emirati women are taking on the desert, dune by dune

Three friends who met in the dunes on desert driving, car modifying and their community

Ahead of Emirati Women's Day, three friends who met in the dunes talk desert driving, modifying their own cars and the community welcoming more women into the sport.

Emirati women on what it means to be a woman today

Three Emirati women share what identity, ambition and tradition mean to them

Shamma Al Tawash, Nouf Alzaabi, Afra Alduhoori

Empowering women: Environment matters more than intent

Real progress comes from institutions that enable women to lead, innovate and thrive

When societies recognise women’s contributions, value their ideas, and support their aspirations, empowerment becomes a natural outcome rather than a separate objective.

Oscar-nominated Nahla Al Fahad bats for Indian women

UAE filmmaker Nahla Al Fahad opens up on filming brave fisherwomen’s untold stories at sea

Nahla Al Fahad

How Emirati women power Guggenheim Abu Dhabi’s future

Exceptional talents are driving a Saadiyat Island cultural landmark

From left: Sara bin Safwan, Fatima Ahmed Al Maazmi, Wadeema Suliman Alhammadi, Mariam Mahmoud Alzadjali, and Laila Ahmed Al Rais.

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