UAE tops MENA rankings in World Bank report

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The UAE has topped the Middle East and North Africa region rankings in the World Bank’s ‘Women, Business and the Law’ (WBL) 2021 report.

The country’s ratings saw a significant leap, thanks to ground-breaking legislative reforms implemented over the past few years.

Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the UAE Gender Balance Council, said the massive strides made by the UAE in the latest report are the result of new laws and more than 20 legislative reforms focused on enhancing women's economic participation.

Sheikha Manal added that these achievements are significant additions to the UAE’s scientific, economic and social accomplishments that are set to propel the country’s progress in the next fifty years.

The annual report has eight indicators structured around women’s interactions with the law as they begin, progress through, and end their careers.

The indicators are: Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension.

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