Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, wife of HM the King, President of the Supreme Council for Women, expressed happiness that HRH Princess Sabeeka Global Award for women's Empowerment has reached the stage of announcing the winners after three years of careful and painstaking action overseen by the UN Women and supported by an independent jury committee, which included a group of prominent world figures.

On the sidelines of the winners ' announcement ceremony an exhibition was held showed statistics on the progress of Bahraini women and promotion of the objectives of the award and highlighted commitment of legislative and executive branches of countries and private organisations to policy on non-discrimination against women, achieving equal opportunities at various levels, highlighting efforts and initiatives aimed at integrating the needs of women for more stable and productive life, in addition to accentuating women’s status at the global level and effort to attain development goals related to achieving gender equality.