Power of Emirati women growing in the UAE’s nuclear industry

Power of Emirati women growing in the UAE’s nuclear industry

Originally by Caline Malek on March 31, 2016 to The National UAE.

Emirati women now make up 21 per cent of those working for the country’s nuclear sector.

According to a report by the UAE mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 50 women were employed in 2014 with more than 150 joining the following year.

The report marked the seventh anniversary of the mission’s establishment in Vienna, and Hamad Alkaabi, the UAE’s permanent representative to the IAEA, said: “Women are an important component of UAE society and their contribution in the nuclear industry is just as important, demonstrating the integration of women in all sectors of the UAE. Continue Reading