https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-ea ... ee00031f06Women miss out at Dubai’s gender equality awards where all recipients were men.
It was a nice idea: a government plan to recognise advances in gender equality with a special awards show. There was just one massive problem. They were all men!
A top gender equality awards show held in the UAE has been branded a big joke after all the winners were men.
Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the vice-president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, awarded the prestigious medals on Sunday night.
The categories included ‘best government entity supporting gender balance’, ‘best federal authority supporting gender balance’ and ‘best gender balance initiative’.
The awards eventually went to the finance ministry, federal statistics authority and ministry of human resources — who were all represented by men on the night.
Lt Gen Sheikh Saif bin Zayed al-Nahyan was also recognised for the ‘best personality supporting gender balance’ after pushing to implement maternity leave in the UAE’s military.
The ceremony was labelled “ridiculous” and “misogynistic” on social media, the Guardian reported.
Massive FAIL!