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education">secondary education</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;">78.2% (2018)<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Women in labour force</th><td class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;">43.5% (2011)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Gender_Inequality_Index" title="Gender Inequality Index">Gender Inequality Index</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Value</th><td class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;">0.049 (2021)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;">11th out of 191</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Global_Gender_Gap_Report" title="Global Gender Gap Report"> Global Gender Gap Index</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Value</th><td class="infobox-data" 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title="Women in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Guatemala" class="mw-redirect" title="Women in Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Guyana" title="Women in Guyana">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Haiti" title="Women in Haiti">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Honduras" class="mw-redirect" title="Women in Honduras">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Iceland" title="Women in Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Italy" title="Women in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_India" title="Women in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Indonesia" title="Women in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Iran" title="Women in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Iraq" title="Women in Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Israel" title="Women in Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Ivory_Coast" title="Women in Ivory Coast">Ivory 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href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Maldives" title="Women in the Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Mali" title="Women in Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Marshall_Islands" title="Women in the Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Mauritania" title="Women in Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Mauritius" title="Women in Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Mexico" title="Women in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Mongolia" title="Women in Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Morocco" title="Women in Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Myanmar" title="Women in Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Nepal" title="Women in Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_New_Zealand" title="Women in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Niger" title="Women in Niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Nigeria" title="Women in Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_North_Korea" title="Women in North Korea">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Oman" title="Women in Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Pakistan" title="Women in Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Palau" title="Women in Palau">Palau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Panama" title="Women in Panama">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Paraguay" title="Women in Paraguay">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Peru" title="Women in Peru">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Philippines" title="Women in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Poland" title="Women in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Portugal" title="Women in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Puerto_Rico" class="mw-redirect" title="Women in Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Qatar" title="Women in Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Russia" title="Women in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Women in Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Senegal" title="Women in Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Seychelles" title="Women in Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Sierra_Leone" title="Women in Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Singapore" title="Women in Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Spain" title="Women in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Somalia" title="Women in Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_South_Africa" title="Women in South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_South_Korea" title="Women in South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_South_Sudan" title="Women in South Sudan">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Sudan" title="Women in Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Suriname" title="Women in Suriname">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Women in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Sweden" title="Women in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Syria" title="Women in Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Taiwan" title="Women in Taiwan">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Tajikistan" title="Women in Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Thailand" title="Women in Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Tonga" title="Women in Tonga">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Tunisia" title="Women in Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Turkey" title="Women in Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Turkmenistan" title="Women in Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Tuvalu" title="Women in Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Women in Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Uganda" title="Women in Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Ukraine" title="Women in Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_women_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of women in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States" title="Women in the United States">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Uruguay" title="Women in Uruguay">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Uzbekistan" title="Women in Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Vanuatu" title="Women in Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Vatican_City" title="Women in Vatican City">Vatican City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Venezuela" title="Women in Venezuela">Venezuela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Vietnam" title="Women in Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Yemen" title="Women in Yemen">Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_women" title="Kurdish women">Kurdistan</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output 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template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Women_in_society_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Women in society sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> According to <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a>, there is substantial <a href="/wiki/Discrimination" title="Discrimination">discrimination</a> against women in the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> The status of women has improved over the years.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">page needed</a>] UAE performs better on metrics of gender equality than many other states in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Gulf region</a>,<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> and it has been making reforms to protect women's rights and empower women in different sectors.<a href="#cite_note-hrw.org-10">[10]</a> Critics describe some of these reforms as <a href="/wiki/Display_window" title="Display window">window dressing</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-11">[11]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch (HRW)</a> released a report in 2021 confirming that the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">UAE</a> needs to put more effort into improving women's status in the UAE and achieving progress on <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rights" title="Women's rights">women's rights</a>.<a href="#cite_note-hrw.org-10">[10]</a> Emirati women live under male guardianship.<a href="#cite_note-:0-11">[11]</a> Whereas men can marry multiple women and unilaterally divorce, women are required to obtain a court order to divorce their husband.<a href="#cite_note-:0-11">[11]</a> <a href="/wiki/Honor_killing" title="Honor killing">Honor killings</a> can go unpunished, as the victim's family can pardon the murderer.<a href="#cite_note-:0-11">[11]</a> Marital rape is not criminalized in the UAE.<a href="#cite_note-:0-11">[11]</a> The UAE is a major destination for <a href="/wiki/Sex_trafficking" title="Sex trafficking">sex trafficking</a>.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> Female members of the royal family have been subjects of abuse and restrictions by the male royalty.<a href="#cite_note-:0-11">[11]</a> On 5 March 2020, a British court ruled that <a href="/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(law)#Standard_of_proof_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Burden of proof (law)">on the balance of probabilities</a>, Sheikh Mohammed, the absolute ruler of Dubai and the prime minister of the UAE, had abducted two of his daughters, <a href="/wiki/Shamsa_bint_Mohammed_Al_Maktoum" class="mw-redirect" title="Shamsa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum">Shamsa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Latifa_bint_Mohammed_Al_Maktoum_(born_1985)" title="Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum (born 1985)">Latifa</a>, and had threatened his former wife, the Jordanian princess <a href="/wiki/Haya_bint_Hussein" class="mw-redirect" title="Haya bint Hussein">Haya bint Hussein</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BBC53202-13">[13]</a> Allegedly, Shamsa and Latifa were forcibly medicated while held in Dubai under Sheikh Mohammed's orders since 2000 and 2018, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-201907_60minutesAustralia2-14">[14]</a> On 16 February 2021, <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Panorama_(British_TV_programme)" title="Panorama (British TV programme)">Panorama</a> broadcast a documentary featuring Sheikha Latifa's video messages that she made secretly under enforced detention in Dubai on the orders of Sheikh Mohammed.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_Siddique_20222-16">[16]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> The role of women in society in the lands which comprised modern-day UAE has gradually expanded since the discovery of oil. Before 1960, there were few opportunities for them outside the realm of home and family.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> In the early 1990s, there were five women's societies promoting various issues of importance to women, including <a href="/wiki/Literacy" title="Literacy">literacy</a> and health.<a href="#cite_note-loc-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> In 2002, the government created an official business networking system for women in order to overcome the lack of networking between them. There are currently 12,000 members with over $6.81 billion (USD) in investment capital.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> In its 2015 assessment, The CEDAW Committee made many recommendations to the UAE on initiatives needed to safeguard women's equality.<a href="#cite_note-:3-21">[21]</a> The CEDAW Committee is a group of impartial specialists that oversees the application of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, consisting of 23 international specialists on women's rights.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Therefore, the UAE took action in response by including the removal of laws that required women to "obey" their husbands, the explicit affirmation of a man's legal right to discipline his wife and children, and the punishment of consensual extramarital sex. These laws forbid discrimination based on gender or sex.<a href="#cite_note-:3-21">[21]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Employment">Employment</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Employment">edit</a>]</div> As of 2006, less than 20% of Emirati women were part of the national labor force.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> The UAE, according to a 2012 report by the <a href="/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund" title="International Monetary Fund">International Monetary Fund (IMF)</a>, has the second lowest percentage of local women working in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Cooperation_Council" title="Gulf Cooperation Council">Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)</a>.<a href="#cite_note-par-24">[24]</a> In 2008–2009, only 21% of Emirati women were part of the labor force.<a href="#cite_note-par-24">[24]</a> The UAE has the highest percentage of total female labor participation in the GCC (including <a href="/wiki/Expatriate" title="Expatriate">expatriate</a> women). In 2018, women constituted 28% of the total Emirati workforce, with 489 thousand women employed in the UAE.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-26">[26]</a> In 2019, 521 thousand women were employed in the UAE.<a href="#cite_note-:1-26">[26]</a> The rate of female participation in the labor force in 2019 was 52.4% <a href="#cite_note-hdr.undp.org-27">[27]</a> and rose to 57.5% in 2020 but is still lower than male participation, which was 92% in 2020.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> In the UAE, women cover roughly 66% of jobs in the public sector. Highest worldwide, and 30% of them are in senior leadership positions.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> At the nine-year-old <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_Securities_Exchange" title="Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange">Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange</a>, women constitute 43% of its investors while the city's businesswomen's association boasts 14,000 members.<a href="#cite_note-portrait-30">[30]</a> At the forefront of Emirati women in business is Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid bin Sultan al Qasimi, appointed Minister for Economy and Planning in November 2004 and subsequently promoted to her current post as Minister of Foreign Trade. Sheikha Lubna holds the distinction of being the first woman to hold a ministerial post in the country. Her efforts have led her to be rated within the <a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes Magazine</a>'s 100 Most Powerful Women.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Women's_rights_and_gender_equality">Women's rights and gender equality</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Women's rights and gender equality">edit</a>]</div> Women's rights in the UAE came under heightened scrutiny after the emergence of videos of <a href="/wiki/Latifa_bint_Mohammed_Al_Maktoum" class="mw-redirect" title="Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum">Sheikha Latifa</a>, daughter of Dubai ruler <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_bin_Rashid_Al_Maktoum" title="Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum">Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum</a>, claiming she feared for her life as she was held hostage by her father since she tried to flee in 2018.<a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-34">[34]</a> There is still discrimination against women in the UAE.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch (HRW)</a> submitted on February 26, 2021, to the United Nations committee a report on the UAE's compliance with the <a href="/wiki/Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_All_Forms_of_Discrimination_Against_Women" title="Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women">Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-32">[32]</a> The report addressed articles 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 12, 14, 15, and 16 of the <a href="/wiki/Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_All_Forms_of_Discrimination_Against_Women" title="Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women">CEDAW</a> and it was founded on information covered in media reports and HRW publications, including "'I Already Bought you': Abuse and Exploitation of Female Migrant Domestic Workers in the United Arab Emirates" (Oct, 2014).<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/Gender_Inequality_Index" title="Gender Inequality Index">United Nations Development Program's 2020 Gender Inequality Index (GII)</a>, the UAE ranked first in the Gulf region and 18th out of 162 countries for gender equality after having ranked 26th globally in 2019.<a href="#cite_note-hdr.undp.org-27">[27]</a> The <a href="/wiki/World_Economic_Forum" title="World Economic Forum">World Economic Forum</a> also ranked the UAE in 2020 second-best in the <a href="/wiki/MENA" class="mw-redirect" title="MENA">Middle East and North African (MENA)</a> region for gender equality.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> In the World Economic Forum's annual <a href="/wiki/Global_Gender_Gap_Report" title="Global Gender Gap Report">Global Gender Gap Report</a>, the UAE ranked 72 out of 153 countries in 2021, rising from 120 in 2020.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> In 2019, the UAE came under fire for handing all its Gender Balance Index awards, which applaud efforts to reduce the gender gap within the government and promote equal opportunities, to men – these include the Best Personality Supporting Gender Balance, Best Federal Authority Supporting Gender Balance, and Best Gender Balance Initiative.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> In November 2021, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Bottomley" title="Peter Bottomley">Sir Peter Bottomley MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Debbie_Abrahams" title="Debbie Abrahams">Debbie Abrahams MP</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Helena_Kennedy,_Baroness_Kennedy_of_The_Shaws" title="Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws">Helena Kennedy</a> produced a report which revealed the facts around the lack of fundamental protection of women's rights in the UAE. The report named "Fact-Finding Report into the Treatment of British Women in the United Arab Emirates" showcased the stories of British women who have been falsely accused and left vulnerable to serious abuses of their rights by Emirati law.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Domestic_workers">Domestic workers</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Domestic workers">edit</a>]</div> Since the 1980s, the UAE has seen an increase in female migrants occupying roles of domestic workers. Generally, most domestic workers in the UAE are South Asian migrants, mainly from India, Indonesia, and the Philippines. However, recent trends have shown a rise in female domestic workers from Ethiopia and Kenya.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> On Oct. 22, 2014, the <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch (HRW)</a> published a 79-page report on the abuse of female <a href="/wiki/Domestic_worker" title="Domestic worker">domestic workers</a> in the UAE. The report sheds light on the range of abuses against migrant domestic workers by UAE employers and recruiting agents. This includes the confiscation of passports, trafficking, physical abuse, failure to pay full wages, forcing workers to labor for long hours without time off, and the denial of proper living conditions and access to healthcare services.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a> said that Emirati law failed to protect the rights of domestic workers and left them exposed to abuse.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-32">[32]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law">Law</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Law">edit</a>]</div> Women are unequal to men under the UAE law.<a href="#cite_note-:2-50">[50]</a> Article 72 of the Law on Personal Status allows judges to determine if it is permissible for a married woman to leave the house and to work. Unlike the case of children of Emirati fathers, Emirati citizenship is not transmitted automatically to the children of Emirati women.<a href="#cite_note-amnesty.org-51">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-50">[50]</a> Some Emirati laws have been amended in women's favor. In 2016, the clause in Article 53.1 of the Penal Code recognizing that a husband has the right to discipline his wife was removed. Also, a line in Article 56.1 of the Law on Personal Status stating that a husband has the right to courteous obedience from his wife was removed in 2019. In 2020, Article 334 of the Penal Code punishing <a href="/wiki/Honor_killing" title="Honor killing">honor killings</a> by a little as one month in jail was annulled.<a href="#cite_note-amnesty.org-51">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-Abbas-52">[52]</a> However, families of <a href="/wiki/Honor_killing" title="Honor killing">honor killing</a> victims can waive their right to have the murderer punished in return for blood money (or none) in which case the murderer will be punished by 7 years.<a href="#cite_note-Abbas-52">[52]</a> Under Article 9 (1) of the Federal Decree-Law No. 10 of 2019 concerning Protection from Domestic Violence, anyone found guilty of <a href="/wiki/Domestic_violence" title="Domestic violence">domestic violence</a> will face a maximum of six months in prison and/or a fine of up to Dh5,000 (about $1361).<a href="#cite_note-report-53">[53]</a> The law covers physical, emotional, sexual, and economic abuse.<a href="#cite_note-report-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-50">[50]</a> Some of the women's rights under the Personal Status Law require the consent of a <a href="/wiki/Male_guardianship" class="mw-redirect" title="Male guardianship">male guardian</a>, who is often the husband or a male family member.<a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-34">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-50">[50]</a> In Sep. 2020, the updated UAE Labour Law 8/1980 took effect, requiring equal pay for men and women who perform the same work or work of equal value.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> Under Emirati law, women are free to choose their jobs, although employers can ask for permission from a male guardian.<a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-34">[34]</a> Pregnant people working in the private sector are entitled to 45 paid scheduled days of <a href="/wiki/Parental_leave" title="Parental leave">maternity leave</a>.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> After returning to work, the Emirati law allows mothers an extra hour off per day for breastfeeding.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> The UAE amended in Nov. 2020 Article 356 of the Penal Code, removing language that was used to punish consensual sex outside of marriage, but marriage certificates continue to be a requirement for obtaining birth certificates, which may affect migrant women and leave their children undocumented.<a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-32">[32]</a> Women in the UAE are free to own property and acquire a mortgage, and a third (30%) of all <a href="/wiki/Dubai" title="Dubai">Dubai</a> real estate is owned by women.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UAE_Gender_Balance_Council">UAE Gender Balance Council</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: UAE Gender Balance Council">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Gender_Balance_Council" title="Gender Balance Council">UAE Gender Balance Council</a> was founded in 2015 to implement the UAE's gender balance agenda. It is tasked with reducing the gender gap across all government sectors, improve the UAE's performance in global competitiveness reports on gender equality, achieving gender balance in decision-making positions, and launching initiatives that aim to improve gender balance across the UAE.<a href="#cite_note-Home-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-aljazeera.com-61">[61]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business">Business</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Business">edit</a>]</div> The UAE ranked first in the <a href="/wiki/MENA" class="mw-redirect" title="MENA">Middle East and North Africa (MENA)</a> region in the economic participation of women in the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a>'s 2021 'Women, Business and the Law' report.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> The country also announced on March 15, 2021, a list of companies that must have at least one female board member, but by May 2021, only four of the 23 people holding these roles at firms on the UAE's two major stock exchanges were women.<a href="#cite_note-aljazeera.com-61">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-RarePush-63">[63]</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fatma_Hussain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fatma Hussain (page does not exist)">Fatma Hussain</a>, for example, is the only female on the board of Dubai-based Aramex PJSC.<a href="#cite_note-RarePush-63">[63]</a> But since the decision came to effect in early April, <a href="/wiki/Emaar_Properties" title="Emaar Properties">Emaar Properties PJSC</a>, Du, <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_National_Oil_Company" title="Abu Dhabi National Oil Company">Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for Distribution</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dana_Gas" title="Dana Gas">Dana Gas</a> named women to their boards.<a href="#cite_note-RarePush-63">[63]</a> Even with the new rules being made, gender inequality is still a major problem in our lives today. Women struggle with wage gaps, getting promotions, and even underrepresentation in positions, which can impact their careers as women in the business industry.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Businesswomen_councils">Businesswomen councils</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Businesswomen councils">edit</a>]</div> The UAE established, under the auspices of the Federal Chamber of Commerce, a group of businesswomen's councils to support <a href="/wiki/Businessperson" title="Businessperson">businesswomen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Female_entrepreneurs" title="Female entrepreneurs">female entrepreneurs</a> in the country.<a href="#cite_note-DBWC_{{!}}_Mission_Objectives-65">[65]</a> A number of organizations have the stated intent to empower women in business, such as the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abu_Dhabi_Business_Women_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abu Dhabi Business Women Council (page does not exist)">Abu Dhabi Business Women Council</a>,<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sharjah_Business_Women_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sharjah Business Women Council (page does not exist)">Sharjah Business Women Council (SBWC)</a>,<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dubai_Business_Women_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dubai Business Women Council (page does not exist)">Dubai Business Women Council (DBWC)</a>,<a href="#cite_note-DBWC_{{!}}_Mission_Objectives-65">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajman_Business_Women_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ajman Business Women Council (page does not exist)">Ajman Business Women Council (AJBWC)</a>,<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> and the Arab Women Leadership Forum.<a href="#cite_note-nightingaledubai.com-76">[76]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flogging_and_stoning">Flogging and stoning</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Flogging and stoning">edit</a>]</div> The UAE's judicial system is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Civil_law_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil law system">civil law system</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sharia_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharia law">Sharia law</a>. The court system consists of civil courts and Sharia courts. According to <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a>, UAE's civil and criminal courts apply elements of Sharia law, codified into its criminal code and family law, in a way that discriminates against women.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> Women in UAE can be victims of flogging.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> <a href="/wiki/Flogging" class="mw-redirect" title="Flogging">Flogging</a> and stoning are legal judicial punishments in the UAE because of the Sharia courts. Flogging is used in UAE as a punishment for several criminal offences, such as <a href="/wiki/Adultery" title="Adultery">adultery</a>, premarital sex, and prostitution.<a href="#cite_note-flog-79">[79]</a> In most emirates, floggings are frequent with sentences ranging from 80 to 200 lashes.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> Between 2007 and 2013, many women were sentenced to 100 lashes.<a href="#cite_note-flog-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-khaleejtimes.com-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> Moreover, in 2010 and 2012, several Muslims were sentenced to 80 lashes for alcohol consumption.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> Under UAE law, premarital sex is punishable by 100 lashes.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> <a href="/wiki/Stoning" title="Stoning">Stoning</a> is a legal form of judicial punishment in UAE though sentences are overturned on appeal. In 2006, an <a href="/wiki/Expatriates_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Expatriates in the United Arab Emirates">expatriate</a> was sentenced to death by stoning for committing adultery.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> Between 2009 and 2013, several people were sentenced to death by stoning.<a href="#cite_note-khaleejtimes.com-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> In May 2014, an Asian woman was sentenced to death by stoning in Abu Dhabi.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> Sharia law dictates the <a href="/wiki/Family_law" title="Family law">personal status law</a>, which regulate matters such as marriage, divorce, and child custody. The Sharia-based personal status law is applied to Muslims and sometimes non-Muslims.<a href="#cite_note-lia-98">[98]</a> Non-Muslim expatriates are liable to Sharia rulings on marriage, divorce, and child custody.<a href="#cite_note-lia-98">[98]</a> Sharia courts have exclusive jurisdiction to hear family disputes, including matters involving divorce, inheritances, child custody, child abuse and guardianship of minors. Sharia courts may also hear appeals of certain criminal cases including rape, robbery, driving under the influence of alcohol and related crimes.<a href="#cite_note-uae-court-99">[99]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics_and_government">Politics and government</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Politics and government">edit</a>]</div> Within the public sector, governmental employment for Emirati women has increased from 11.6% in 1995 to 22% in 2005 and 66% as of June 2007.<a href="#cite_note-portrait-30">[30]</a> In September 2008, <a href="/wiki/Hissa_Abdulla_Ahmed_Al-Otaiba" title="Hissa Abdulla Ahmed Al-Otaiba">Dr. Hissa Al Otaiba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sheikha_Najla_Al_Qasimi" title="Sheikha Najla Al Qasimi">Najla Al Qasimi</a> became the UAE's first female ambassadors, serving <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> respectively.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> The representation of women in the Federal National Council was raised in Dec. 2018 to 50%,<a href="#cite_note-unwomen.org-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> and about 30% of the Cabinet of the UAE is female.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-unwomen.org-101">[101]</a> Nine out of the 33 Cabinet members are women,<a href="#cite_note-uae-embassy.org-104">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-Members_Of_The_Cabinet-106">[106]</a> and these are: Minister of Culture and Youth Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashimy, Minister of Community Development Hessa bint Eisa Bu Humaid, Minister of State for Public Education Jameela bint Salem Al Muhairi, Minister of State Dr. Maitha bint Salem Al Shamsi, Minister of State for Food and Water Security Mariam Al Mheiri, Minister of State for Advanced Technology Sara Al Amiri, Minister of State for Government Development and the Future Ohood bint Khalfan Al Roumi, and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Shamma bint Sohail Faris Al Mazrui.<a href="#cite_note-uae-embassy.org-104">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-Members_Of_The_Cabinet-106">[106]</a><a href="#cite_note-Home-60">[60]</a> In December 2019,<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> the UAE became the only Arab country, and one of only five countries in the world, to attain <a href="/wiki/Gender_parity" title="Gender parity">gender parity</a> in a national legislative body, with its lower house 50 per cent women.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a><a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> The UAE became the second <a href="/wiki/Arab_world" title="Arab world">Arab country</a> with a female marriage registrar after <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> By 2006, women accounted for over 22% of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_National_Council" title="Federal National Council">Federal National Council</a>.<a href="#cite_note-brief_2-111">[111]</a> The UAE's minister of state post is <a href="/wiki/Reem_Al_Hashimi" class="mw-redirect" title="Reem Al Hashimi">Reem Al Hashimi</a>, who is the first female minister to be in this position and have that role.<a href="#cite_note-thebusinessyear-112">[112]</a> The UAE appointed in 2004 its first female minister, <a href="/wiki/Lubna_Khalid_Al_Qasimi" title="Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi">Lubna Al Qasimi</a>, who was a member of the Sharjah royal family and served as the minister of economics and planning although her background was in information technology.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> In Sep. 2013, <a href="/wiki/Lana_Nusseibeh" title="Lana Nusseibeh">Lana Nusseibeh</a> was appointed as the UAE's first female Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and she was elected in 2017 as President of the UN Women Executive Board.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> Emirati women must receive permission from male guardian to remarry.<a href="#cite_note-maleguardian-116">[116]</a> This requirement is derived from Sharia, and has been considered a federal law since 2005.<a href="#cite_note-maleguardian-116">[116]</a> In all emirates, it is illegal for Muslim women to marry non-Muslims.<a href="#cite_note-religiousfreedom-117">[117]</a> In the UAE, a marriage union between a Muslim woman and non-Muslim man is punishable by law, since it is considered a form of "<a href="/wiki/Fornication" title="Fornication">fornication</a>".<a href="#cite_note-religiousfreedom-117">[117]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sexual_violence">Sexual violence</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sexual violence">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexual_assault">Sexual assault</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Sexual assault">edit</a>]</div> Human rights groups express concern over what they consider a criminalization of rape victims.<a href="#cite_note-Rape_laws_Dubai-118">[118]</a> In two cases, women who reported being raped were sentenced to prison for "engaging in extramarital relations", as their allegations were considered unfounded by authorities. Over 50% of women residents in the UAE say that they would not report a rape to the police.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> In 2010, a Muslim woman in Abu Dhabi recanted her allegations of being gang-raped by 6 men, claiming that the police threatened her with corporal punishment for premarital sex.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> In 2013, a Norwegian woman, <a href="/wiki/Prosecution_of_Marte_Dalelv" title="Prosecution of Marte Dalelv">Marte Dalelv</a>, received a prison sentence of sixteen months in Dubai for perjury, consensual extramarital sex, and alcohol consumption, after she reported her boss to the police for an alleged rape; she was later fully pardoned and allowed to leave the country.<a href="#cite_note-Rape_laws_Dubai-118">[118]</a> Men involved in these alleged rapes were also convicted for extramarital sex. Another victim of rape was arrested in 2016, this time a British national. She alleges that she was raped by British men and the matter is still being investigated.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> Nadya Khalife, a researcher for <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a>, says that "these charges will make young women in the UAE, citizens and tourists alike, think twice about seeking justice and reporting sexual assaults for fear of being charged themselves".<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> She also stated that "the message to women is clear: victims will be punished for speaking out and seeking justice, but sexual assault itself will not be properly investigated".<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> In 2016, a Dutch rape victim, originally charged with sex outside marriage, was released by authorities.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="False_allegations_crimes">False allegations crimes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: False allegations crimes">edit</a>]</div> Many western associations state that many women who reported rape but were convicted for false allegations are still victims of rape. This is what they call the criminalization of rape victims.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> The Emirates Center for Human Rights expressed concern over Dubai's criminalization of what they call "rape victims".<a href="#cite_note-Rape_laws_Dubai-118">[118]</a> In Dubai, a woman who engages in consensual extramarital relations and presses false allegations of rape can be sentenced to over a year of time in prison.<a href="#cite_note-Rape_laws_Dubai-118">[118]</a> The Emirates Center for Human Rights states that "Until laws are reformed, victims of sexual violence in the UAE will continue to suffer" referring to a case in July 2013 in which a <a href="/wiki/Prosecution_of_Marte_Dalelv" title="Prosecution of Marte Dalelv">24-year-old Norwegian woman</a> reported an alleged rape to the police and received a prison sentence for "<a href="/wiki/Perjury" title="Perjury">perjury</a>, consensual extramarital sex and alcohol consumption" after she admitted lying about the rape.<a href="#cite_note-Rape_laws_Dubai-118">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-thenational.ae-126">[126]</a><a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Education">edit</a>]</div> The 2007 report on the progress of MDGs in the UAE states, "the proportion of females in higher education has risen remarkably at a rate that has not been achieved in any other country in the world. During the years 1990 to 2004, the number of female university students has grown to double that of male students. This is the result of the promotion and encouragement of women's education by state and family."<a href="#cite_note-md-128">[128]</a> Upon completion of high school, 95% of Emirati women continue on to higher education and constitute 75% of the student population at the Al Ain national university. Women constitute 70% of college graduates in the UAE.<a href="#cite_note-brief_2-111">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-brief_3-129">[129]</a><a href="#cite_note-RarePush-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-Home-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-Dubai-130">[130]</a> According to Dubai Women's College, 50-60% of its 2,300 students proceed to seek employment upon graduation.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> The literacy rate of women in the UAE is 95.8%,<a href="#cite_note-UAE's_female_literacy_rate_up-132">[132]</a><a href="#cite_note-indexmundi.com-133">[133]</a> while it is 93.1% among men.<a href="#cite_note-indexmundi.com-133">[133]</a> Women constitute 80-90% of the student population at two of the nation's three federal institutions of higher learning.<a href="#cite_note-Home-60">[60]</a> At the end of 2000, female literacy in the UAE stood at 79% while male literacy was at 75%.<a href="#cite_note-UAE's_female_literacy_rate_up-132">[132]</a> Both genders had an equal literacy rate in 1990, and it stood at 75%.<a href="#cite_note-UAE's_female_literacy_rate_up-132">[132]</a> In 1975, the rate of female literacy rate was 31% while male literacy stood at 54%.<a href="#cite_note-Dubai-130">[130]</a> Also, 77% of Emirati women enroll in higher education in secondary school.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a><a href="#cite_note-Home-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-Dubai-130">[130]</a> Women account for 56% of the UAE's graduates in <a href="/wiki/Science,_technology,_engineering,_and_mathematics" title="Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics">STEM</a> courses at government universities.<a href="#cite_note-Dubai-130">[130]</a><a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-Home-60">[60]</a> At the <a href="/wiki/Masdar_Institute_of_Science_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Masdar Institute of Science and Technology">Masdar Institute of Science</a>, 60% of Emirati graduate students are female.<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a><a href="#cite_note-Home-60">[60]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Occasions">Occasions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Occasions">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emirati_Women's_Day">Emirati Women's Day</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Emirati Women's Day">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirati_Women%27s_Day&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emirati Women's Day (page does not exist)">Emirati Women's Day</a>, August 28, is a national United Arab Emirates day dedicated to gender equality and women empowerment. It was celebrated for the first time in 2015 upon the initiative of <a href="/wiki/Fatima_bint_Mubarak_Al_Ketbi" title="Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi">Fatima Bint Mubarak</a> and it marks the anniversary of the creation of the UAE's General Women's Union.<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a><a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a><a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a><a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a><a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emirates_Women_Award">Emirates Women Award</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Emirates Women Award">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Emirates_Women_Award&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emirates Women Award (page does not exist)">Emirates Women Award</a> was launched in 2003 to recognize women in the UAE (both expatriates and citizens) who have been successful in their businesses and careers.<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> The award honors 12 women every cycle in the business and professional categories as well as the leadership, strategic and financial planning, career achievements, community contributions, innovation criteria.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Arab_societies" class="mw-redirect" title="Women in Arab societies">Women in Arab societies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rights_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's rights in the United Arab Emirates">Women's rights in the United Arab Emirates</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 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class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Federal government of the United Arab Emirates">Federal</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates#Executive_branch" title="Federal government of the United Arab Emirates">Executive</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates">Cabinet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cabinets_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of cabinets of the United Arab Emirates">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Supreme_Council" title="Federal Supreme Council">Federal Supreme Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="President of the United Arab Emirates">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of prime ministers of the United Arab Emirates">Prime Minister</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates#Legislative_branch" title="Federal government of the United Arab Emirates">Legislative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Supreme_Council" title="Federal Supreme Council">Federal Supreme Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_National_Council" title="Federal National Council">Federal National Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Elections in the United Arab Emirates">Elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Emirati_parliamentary_election" title="2006 Emirati parliamentary election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Emirati_parliamentary_election" title="2011 Emirati parliamentary election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Emirati_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Emirati parliamentary election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Emirati_parliamentary_election" title="2019 Emirati parliamentary election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Emirati_parliamentary_election" title="2023 Emirati parliamentary election">2023</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Judicial system of the United Arab Emirates">Judicial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates">Supreme Court</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Legal_system_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Legal system of the United Arab Emirates">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Constitution of the United Arab Emirates">Constitution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_nationality_law" title="Emirati nationality law">Nationality</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Intelligence</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Signals_Intelligence_Agency" title="Signals Intelligence Agency">Signals Intelligence Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Uniformed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces" title="United Arab Emirates Armed Forces">Armed Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force" title="United Arab Emirates Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Army" title="United Arab Emirates Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Navy" title="United Arab Emirates Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Presidential_Guard" title="United Arab Emirates Presidential Guard">Presidential Guard</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates#Local_politics" title="Politics of the United Arab Emirates">Local</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Courts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_Judicial_Department" title="Abu Dhabi Judicial Department">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubai_Courts" title="Dubai Courts">Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li>Common law courts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_Global_Market" title="Abu Dhabi Global Market">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DIFC_Courts" title="DIFC Courts">Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_individual_Emirates_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of rulers of individual Emirates of the United Arab Emirates">Emirate rulers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_families_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Royal families of the United Arab Emirates">royal families</a></li></ul></li> <li>Governments <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Abu_Dhabi" title="Government of Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Dubai" title="Government of Dubai">Dubai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sharjah" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Sharjah">Sharjah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ajman" title="Government of Ajman">Ajman</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Foreign relations of the United Arab Emirates">Foreign relations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Accords" title="Abraham Accords">Abraham Accords</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of diplomatic missions in the United Arab Emirates">diplomatic missions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S.%E2%80%93UAE_123_Agreement_for_Peaceful_Civilian_Nuclear_Energy_Cooperation" title="U.S.–UAE 123 Agreement for Peaceful Civilian Nuclear Energy Cooperation">US-UAE nuclear energy agreement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Human rights in the United Arab Emirates">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blasphemy_law_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Blasphemy law in the United Arab Emirates">blasphemy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Capital punishment in the United Arab Emirates">capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Freedom of religion in the United Arab Emirates">freedom of religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migrant_workers_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates">migrant workers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Judicial system in the United Arab Emirates">Justice system</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Law enforcement in the United Arab Emirates">law enforcement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legal_system_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Legal system of the United Arab Emirates">Legal system</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Cannabis in the United Arab Emirates"> cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Gun laws in the United Arab Emirates">guns</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Visa policy of the United Arab Emirates">Visa policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Economy of the United Arab Emirates">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of companies of the United Arab Emirates"> Companies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_government-owned_companies_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of government-owned companies of the United Arab Emirates">state-owned</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_corporate_law" title="United Arab Emirates corporate law">Corporate Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_dirham" title="United Arab Emirates dirham">Currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entrepreneurship_policies_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Entrepreneurship policies in the United Arab Emirates">Entrepreneurship</a></li> <li>Finance <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_banks_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of banks in the United Arab Emirates">banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates">central bank</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Energy in the United Arab Emirates">Energy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Nuclear power in the United Arab Emirates">nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oil_reserves_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates">oil</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oil_reserves_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates">reserves</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_power_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Solar power in the United Arab Emirates">solar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of power stations in the United Arab Emirates">power stations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_free-trade_zones_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of free-trade zones in the United Arab Emirates">Free trade zones</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_free-trade_zones_in_Dubai" title="List of free-trade zones in Dubai">Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Taxation in the United Arab Emirates">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Tourism in the United Arab Emirates">Tourism</a> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Dubai" title="Tourism in Dubai">Dubai</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tourist_attractions_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of tourist attractions in the United Arab Emirates">attractions</a></li></ul></li> <li>Stock exchanges <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_Securities_Exchange" title="Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange">ADX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubai_Financial_Market" title="Dubai Financial Market">DFM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasdaq_Dubai" title="Nasdaq Dubai">Nasdaq Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li>Local economies <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi#Economy" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Dubai" title="Economy of Dubai">Dubai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Telecommunications in the United Arab Emirates">Telecommunications</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_telecommunications_companies#United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of telecommunications companies">companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.ae" title=".ae">Internet domain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_and_Digital_Government_Regulatory_Authority" title="Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority">regulator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Telephone numbers in the United Arab Emirates">telephone numbers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Transport in the United Arab Emirates">Transport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airlines_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of airlines of the United Arab Emirates">airlines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of airports in the United Arab Emirates">airports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of bridges in the United Arab Emirates"> bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etihad_Rail" title="Etihad Rail">national rail operator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Rail transport in the United Arab Emirates">railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speed_limits_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Speed limits in the United Arab Emirates">speed limits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Vehicle registration plates of the United Arab Emirates">registration plates</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Category:Society of the United Arab Emirates">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Culture" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Culture of the United Arab Emirates">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ishy_Bilady" title="Ishy Bilady">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Architecture of the United Arab Emirates"> Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Emirati_artists" title="List of Emirati artists">Artists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Cinema of the United Arab Emirates">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clothing_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Clothing in the United Arab Emirates"> Clothing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Emblem of the United Arab Emirates">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_cuisine" title="Emirati cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Flag of the United Arab Emirates">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the United Arab Emirates">Heritage sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_Arabic" title="Emirati Arabic">Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Mass media in the United Arab Emirates">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of newspapers in the United Arab Emirates">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Television in the United Arab Emirates"> television</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of museums in the United Arab Emirates"> Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Music of the United Arab Emirates">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="National Library of the United Arab Emirates">National library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Religion in the United Arab Emirates">Religion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahá'í Faith in the United Arab Emirates">Bahá'í Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhism in the United Arab Emirates">Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Christianity in the United Arab Emirates"> Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Hinduism in the United Arab Emirates"> Hinduism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Irreligion in the United Arab Emirates"> irreligion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Islam in the United Arab Emirates">Islam (official)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Shia Islam in the United Arab Emirates">Shia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judaism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="Judaism in the United Arab Emirates">Judaism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Sikhism in the United Arab Emirates">Sikhism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Sport in the United Arab Emirates">Sport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Camel_racing" title="Camel racing">camel racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Cricket in the United Arab Emirates">cricket</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cricket_grounds_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of cricket grounds in the United Arab Emirates">grounds</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sporting_events_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of sporting events in the United Arab Emirates">events</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Football in the United Arab Emirates">football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of football clubs in the United Arab Emirates">clubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_stadiums_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of football stadiums in the United Arab Emirates">stadiums</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Ice hockey in the United Arab Emirates">ice hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polo_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Polo in the United Arab Emirates">polo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Time in the United Arab Emirates">Time</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Emirati_writers" title="List of Emirati writers">Writers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Conscription in the United Arab Emirates"> Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Crime in the United Arab Emirates">Crime</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Human trafficking in the United Arab Emirates">human trafficking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Prostitution in the United Arab Emirates"> prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Terrorism in the United Arab Emirates"> terrorism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Demographics of the United Arab Emirates">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Education in the United Arab Emirates">Education</a> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Education_in_Abu_Dhabi" title="Education in Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Dubai" title="Education in Dubai">Dubai</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of schools in the United Arab Emirates">schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_and_colleges_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of universities and colleges in the United Arab Emirates">universities</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emiratis" title="Emiratis">Emiratis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Emiratis" title="Afro-Emiratis">Afro-Emiratis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_Americans" title="Emirati Americans">Emirati Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirati_diaspora" title="Emirati diaspora">diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Emiratis" title="List of Emiratis">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expatriates_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Expatriates in the United Arab Emirates">Expatriates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Health in the United Arab Emirates">Health</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates">COVID-19</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="COVID-19 vaccination in the United Arab Emirates">vaccination</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Healthcare in the United Arab Emirates">healthcare</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of hospitals in the United Arab Emirates">hospitals</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="HIV/AIDS in the United Arab Emirates">HIV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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