Make some room in the boys’ club: It is now mandatory to have female board members in every company and government agency in the United Arab Emirates, according to a new instruction from the U.A.E. government.
The requirement, the first of its kind in the Arab world, was announced via Twitter by Sheik Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president of the U.A.E. and ruler of Dubai, on Dec. 9.
“Historically, our Arab economies have been planned and run exclusively by men, so introducing a critical mass of capable women into strategic roles will help evolve our economies,” said Najla Al Awadhi, one of the first female members of the U.A.E. Parliament and the first Arab woman to become chief executive of a state-run media organization, Dubai Media.
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