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The UAE has updated its labor law to require equal pay for men and women who perform "the same work" or work of "equal value".

Law on Equal Wages and Salaries for Men and Women to ensure that women have equal opportunities as partners in the UAE’s development, and to further empower women to lead future national strategies and ambitious projects His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, said that since the Founding Father of the UAE, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, has recognized the importance of establishing gender balance and its long-term positive social and economic effects.
The UAE Government has been consolidating efforts to narrow the gender gap. In 2015, the UAE Council for Gender Balance was established to position UAE among the leading countries in the world in terms of gender balance.

The UAE currently ranks first in the Gulf region and 35th globally for gender equality.

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