Sustainable Development Goals

GOAL 5: Gender Equality

Achieve Gender Equality and Empower all Women and Girls

UAEU researcher in collaboration with Deakin University assesses the potential of Gender Responsive Budgeting (GBR) for engendering social change and supporting gender equality. UAEU has traditionally provided a university environment more suited to women. Therefore, approximately 81% of our students are female and we rigorously track females’ application, acceptance, and completion rates.

Non-discrimination against women: UAEU has a policy that prohibits any and all discrimination against anyone for reasons of gender, religion, age, disability, race, color, origin, or nationality of others (p. 548). The first item is discrimination against anyone for reasons of gender and defines the such practice as malignant behavior that breaches the student conducts code. Discrimination against women is punished under this code. MS-02 (p. 708) also states that ‘The United Arab Emirates University is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, and disability status’. The University implements educational policies and procedures that aim to provide equal educational opportunities to both genders (Update if any changes have done in this policy.

Maternity and Paternity leave: As a federal government institution, UAEU human resources policy is taken from the Federal Authority on Human Resources. Article 75 provides a period of paid maternity leave for mothers along with additional benefits following the period of maternity leave. Article 76 also provides for a period of paid paternity leave for fathers.

UAEU allowed the employed mothers who have children in the grade six and below, to apply for work remotely during the covid-19 pandemic.

Office of the Associate Provost for Research, United Arab Emirates University organized women research forum.

#44

Publications in Scopus (2017-2021)

#48%

Female Staff

#75%

Alumnis are Female

#81%

Enrolled Female Students

UAEU celebrates the International Women’s Day

• Here’s to strong women
• May we know them
• May we be them
• May we raise them