evidence: - 56% of UAE government university graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are women. [...] Women in the UAE participate actively in the private sector in various roles. They have equal rights to economic resources, including guaranteed equal pay, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws. [...] Women’s participation is particularly strong in the public sector. In fact, women hold two-thirds of public sector jobs in the UAE, with 30% in leadership roles and 15% in technical and academic roles. As the only country in the MENA region that has achieved parity at the parliamentary level, the UAE is ranked 40th globally for advancing women’s political empowerment, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2024.