How GCC National Visions Are Driving Women's Empowerment

Bahrain

Bahrain's Economic Vision 2030 places human development and equitable opportunity at the forefront of sustainable progress. Women's empowerment programs, under the guidance of the Supreme Council for Women, have moved from participation to leadership.

The 2025-2026 plan, “Bahraini Women: Empowerment, Progress and Striving for Leadership”, focuses on family stability and policy representation as its main priorities. Bahrain is ranked among the top leaders in the region in terms of gender equality, where women, for instance, are in the high government positions and are revolutionizing the finance, education and AI sectors.

A program like Tamkeen has enormously contributed to the development of women's entrepreneurship and their access to capital. The steady progress of Bahrain in the various global gender-gap indices is a clear testimony to the success of a strategy rooted in the continuous empowerment and institutional support, thus making it a bright example to the GCC.