Emirati diplomacy.

She served as Senior Advisor at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and Senior Vice President for International Participants at Expo 2020 Dubai.

Al-Owais joined the diplomatic corps in 2000, and during her work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs she held the position of Special Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. More recently, she held the position of Advisor and Acting Chargé d'Affaires to the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations in New York, during which she led a number of initiatives on women, security and peace.

On September 7, 2015, Hind Abdul Aziz Al Owais began her work as a senior advisor at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York, thus becoming the first Emirati to hold this position since the UAE joined the organization in 1971.

Al-Owais was selected to assume this position in the office of the Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, Lakshmi Puri, and Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support, Coordination and Strategic Partnerships of UN Women.

This appointment coincides with the UAE’s declaration of August 28 as Emirati Women’s Day, which marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the “General Women’s Union of the Emirates,” and is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of Emirati women since the Union’s founding.

Al Owais will primarily work to ensure that gender considerations are integrated into the implementation of internationally agreed Sustainable Development Goals, and to assist the Deputy Executive Director in mobilizing the necessary support and technical assistance for international and non-governmental governmental processes, as well as strategic partnerships.

Al-Owais holds a Master of Arts degree in Public Policy from the Tisch School of the Arts in New York, and a Master of Arts degree in International Affairs from the American University of Beirut . She is currently pursuing a PhD at the Steinhardt School of Culture and Civilization at New York University.