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UAE Support towards SDGs and its Sectors of Assistance

The UAE’s commitment to SDG 5 extends beyond 36.7 million (USD 10.0 million) in 2022. The We-Fi
hosting events that provide important avenues for initiative aims to unlock the potential of women
global discourse. In 2022, the UAE’s financial entrepreneurs by facilitating over AED 3.67 billion
support to gender equality reached AED 51.8 (USD 1.00 billion) in financing. The initiative aims
million (USD 14.1 million). This included core to enhance access to capital, provide technical
contributions to UN-Women as well as financial assistance, and invest in projects and programs
assistance provided to the United Nations dedicated to supporting women and women-led
Population Fund (UNFPA) to fund projects that small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
help prevent gender-based violence and offer
Rohingya refuges in Cox’s Bazar integrated Alongside these efforts and disbursements, two
response services for sexual and reproductive UAE donors - Abu Dhabi Shelter and Humanitarian
health and women’s rights. These on-going Care Centre (Ewaa) and Dubai Foundation for
initiatives led by the UNFPA aim to address urgent Women and Children – are also dedicated to
humanitarian needs and challenges faced by providing focused support for women. This
Rohingya refugees in the midst of the prolonged report’s donor pages provide detailed information
crisis, saving lives and supporting vulnerable about their contributions to SDG 5 in 2022.
groups.

The UAE also reaffirmed its commitment to
supporting World Bank’s Women Entrepreneurs
Finance Initiative (We-Fi), and disbursed AED

The Early Childhood Development Centers Project in Colombia aims to ensure that all children, including girls,
have access to early childhood care and development services.
Source: Abu Dhabi Fund for Development