Celebrating the connecting power of sport and spotlighting a rich Emirati tradition, Expo 2020 Dubai sponsored the 2022 Camel Racing Festival in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Co-curated with the UAE Camel Association and Dubai Camel Racing Club, the Festival began on 29th January and ran until 2nd February. It witnessed a number of racing events that took place across both the Al Marmoum Camel Race track in Dubai and the Al Wathba track in Abu Dhabi. Winners of the Expo 2020 Dubai Camel Racing Festival are celebrated in this awards ceremony at Dubai Millennium Amphitheatre.

Expo 2020 Dubai Camel Racing Festival

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Winners of the Expo 2020 Dubai Camel Racing Festival are celebrated in this awards ceremony at Dubai Millennium Amphitheatre.

The Dubai Millennium Amphitheatre is a performance space hosting cultural performances and live music for seated crowds, located in Al Forsan Park. The venue’s design features a model of two Ghaf trees that intertwine above the centre of the stage. 

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Expo 2020 Dubai Camel Racing Festival: Awards Ceremony

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Inside Expo: The Future is Well

The global pandemic has tested our interconnected world. Expo presents an important opportunity for all stakeholders in the health sector to design an inclusive, crisis-proof global health system that is fit for the future. The very latest health and medical technology will also be on display, including systems that are transforming how communities access healthcare and fight disease outbreaks. The programme will highlight how innovation and investment in health and wellness can contribute to a healthier, happier global community. 

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The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted existing (gender) inequalities in healthcare professions as well as the acute challenges of being a frontline female healthcare worker. These range from rising work pressure due to understaffing, to increased violence, to underrepresentation in decision-making and a wide variety of gender biases at the institutional, executive and patient-level. Healthcare workers are the beating heart of health system across the work. The vast majority of these professionals, around 70 percent, is female. Global demand for health workers is on the rise, but at the same time, the profession is becoming rapidly less attractive. By 2030, we might see a shortfall of 18 million healthcare workers, according to WHO estimates. While the problem is acute across the world, it is most pronounced in low- and lower-middle income countries. Frontline healthcare workers risk their lives to save others and deserve all our support. But while the pandemic response has been combined with outbursts of public support for those saving lives, their day-to-day reality remains full of challenges. The most pressing of these might be that of growing violence against healthcare workers. To illustrate, between 2016 and 2020, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) counted no less than 3,780 attacks on healthcare workers and facilities. Most likely, with most cases unrecorded, this is only the “tip of the iceberg”. But the increase in work floor violence is just one of the many challenges female frontline workers face. There are many other stressors, which are less visible and as such, often perceived as less acute. These include underrepresentation in decision-making, with just 30% of all C-suite executives across the health-industry being women3, as well as double care duties when domestic housework also falls on these professionals. Another deep-rooted problem is that of implicit gender-career biases.  

Women on the Frontline

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Thought leaders, changemakers and visionaries come together to discuss the implicit and explicit challenges faced by women health workers. 

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Women make tremendous contributions to the world, yet many remain unknown or forgotten. The Women’s Pavilion in collaboration with Cartier at Expo 2020 challenges this imbalance by taking visitors on a journey through the remarkable achievements of women across the globe. Our showcase underscores the principle that “When women thrive, all of humanity thrives”.

The pavilion showcases the exceptional accomplishments of women, world-famous and unknown. Immerse yourself in the triumphs of women through history, discover the journeys women have taken to claim their equality and dive into the stories of the inspirational women shaping our future.


Globe-spanning tour of women’s achievements and ongoing challenges

Multisensory exhibition created by actor/artist Mélanie Laurent and Emirati artists

Majlis-inspired social space for live conversations and events

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Reflecting the UAE’s commitment to women’s empowerment and gender equality, the Women’s Pavilion serves as a catalyst for social transformation, both in Dubai and far beyond. By championing exceptional women, it aims to inspire dialogue, shatter gender misconceptions, and leave a lasting legacy of positive change for women worldwide.

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Women's World Majlis | Women on the Frontline or In the Line of Fire?

Back in 2015, United Nations unveiled the Sustainable Development Goals as a means to work towards a better future. Expo 2020 Dubai’s purpose embodies the two main pillars of these goals: sustainability and opportunity. The global COVID-19 pandemic has further proved the urgency of this global agenda. As this mega-event takes place, Expo 2020 Dubai will become the center of commitment and action in ensuring that no one is left behind. The Leave No One Behind Track of Expo 2020 Dubai's Programme for People and Planet features a tapestry of event series that spotlight the importance of opportunity for all, gender equality and much more.

Catalysing Opportunity for All

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Under the title “New Perspectives”, the Women’s World Majlis programme invites you to recognise a fundamental principle: when women thrive, humanity thrives.

The programme highlights the impact women have made on society and shines a light on their often forgotten contributions. By shifting perspectives, we embrace the infinite approaches to a more balanced world.

A common vision for a unique collaboration; sustainable development goals and aspirations for a peaceful and prosperous world cannot be achieved without gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Sharing this vision, Expo 2020 Dubai and Cartier celebrate women changemakers around the globe, asserting our conviction that innovative collaboration between the private sector, civil society and committed individuals is the pathway to meaningful change.

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Workplaces and people’s expectations for working life are changing fast. If you were CEO, what would your company look like?

Previous generations spend most of their adult life at work. From factories to offices,from open fields to deep-seas, and from urban spaces to nature reserves, these environments defined daily life.

There are now robots in factories and on farms. People are comfortable at events that happen online and in person. Even medical consultation is often digital. 

Digital technology also ushered in a new era where work can get done anywhere. Instead of a work-life balance, some today call it a work-life “blend”.

Younger workers say that having the ability to manage their working time is the numberone factor in choosing an employer. The same people will soon to account for more than half the global workforce, making this a good moment to re-open the question of how we design working life.


A Good Place to Work: Balancing Personal and Professional Lives 

Young adults and thought leaders discuss whether employers should further embed health and wellbeing in corporate policy, including listing wellbeing as a Key Performance Indicator.

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For centuries, Portuguese explorers such as Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan sailed the world, creating new connections with Africa, India and beyond. Now at Expo 2020, the country is honouring its heritage of multiculturalism at the Portugal Pavilion, a celebration of diversity and inclusion.

The pavilion’s theme is “A World in One Country”, and you’ll see this idea reflected in its exhibits, including the dynamic digital faces that welcome you and a garden area that showcases Portugal’s biodiversity. Other attractions include tours of the country’s aerospace industry and “blue” ocean economy, as well as the best of Portuguese cuisine.


Authentic Portuguese cuisine at the pavilion’s restaurant

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With tall sail-shaped façades that rise high into the air, the Portugal Pavilion recalls a white sailing ship cruising through Expo 2020, much as Portuguese explorers like Ferdinand Magellan, featured within, once sailed across the globe. 

The pavilion’s bottom level is open in the centre, with sturdy grey structures to either side. Resting upon these is the broad main exhibit hall, a squared-off take on the caravel, a 15th century Portuguese boat design renowned for its speed. Its four rectangular sails stand tall at various heights. 


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Amal Alsayegh (L), Zayed University, Dubai, Lara Matossian (C), Writer Educator Storyteller and Mcee and Hishaam Abdul Razik (R), GEMS Our Own High School - Al Warqa’a, Dubai during Next Gen World Majlis A Good Place to Work Balancing

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Next Gen World Majlis | A Good Place to Work: Balancing Personal and Professional Lives 

Explore a series of exciting conversations inspired by the theme of Expo 2020 Dubai. The World Majlis is a vibrant forum where diverse points of views are shared on important topics of our time. Each conversation brings together globally recognised thought-leaders who are invited for their exceptional contributions to the theme and their unique perspective on the topic. In each Majlis, students and members of the public are also welcome to contribute and engage.

World Majlis

Conversations on complex issues that bring together thought leaders, visionaries and changemakers.

World Expos have always been meeting places for people across cultures and geographies; an opportunity to come together and celebrate human ingenuity and forge meaningful human connections. As the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, and with the participation of more than 192 countries, Expo 2020 Dubai looks to take this legacy even further. The Build Bridges track of Expo 2020 Dubai’s Programme for People and Planet features a tapestry of event series and experiences that celebrate our common humanity and the vital connections that can help us prosper together as a worldwide community.