PINKRIBBON UNITED ARAB EMIRATES · ESTABLISHED 2026 DIFC UAE
PinkRibbon United Arab Emirates — Advancing global breast cancer and female cancer research.ONE UAEONE FIGHT
Global Platform for Breast Cancer and other Female Cancers
A MINIMUM OF 85¢ OF EVERY DOLLAR GOES TO RESEARCH →
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Coming soon
Allocation
A minimum of 85% to research and prevention programmes
Reviewed
SRAC peer review
Audited
SHRK CPAs annually
Pink Ribbon International
Strengthening Our Humanitarian Presence in the UAE
Pink Ribbon International (PRI) is strengthening its international presence through collaboration with local stakeholders, healthcare professionals, educational institutions and humanitarian partners in the United Arab Emirates.
Our focus is on advancing breast cancer prevention, awareness, education and research, while supporting sustainable, community-focused initiatives that improve health outcomes for women and girls.
Through strategic partnerships and locally delivered programmes, PRI seeks to share international expertise, support early awareness and prevention, and contribute to the UAE's wider health and humanitarian priorities.
Our presence in the UAE represents an opportunity to build meaningful cross-sector collaboration, exchange knowledge and support long-term improvements in women's health, with a particular focus on breast cancer and other female cancers.
All activities will be undertaken in accordance with applicable UAE laws, regulatory requirements and the approvals governing the organisation's activities.
Latest News · Abu Dhabi
A successful, prestigious event in the UAE
At the Four Seasons Hotel Abu Dhabi, Pink Ribbon International marked its expansion into the United Arab Emirates with an event attended by select key individuals, investors and the health and education leaders that PinkRibbon International UAE will be working with.
“This was a very prestigious event that focused on our objectives of local delivery in the UAE, with outcomes on prevention, education and area-focused delivery. Pink Ribbon is honoured and excited to progress the UAE as a global example of how we deliver female cancer, and in particular breast cancer, prevention to make a sustainable and long-term impact on health and education.”
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Event Video · Four Seasons Abu Dhabi
Watch the event at the Four Seasons Abu Dhabi
Moments from the Pink Ribbon expansion event in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, 21 October 2026.
Press Release · Abu Dhabi · 21 October 2026
Pink Ribbon International Marks Its Expansion in the United Arab Emirates With an Event
The UAE event sets a 2032 mission — world-leading prevention of female gender-related cancers — aligned with the UAE National Policy for Improving Women's Health, Abu Dhabi's Healthy Living Strategy and Dubai's health strategy. The ceremony takes place on 21 October at Four Seasons Hotel Abu Dhabi at Al Maryah Island, during the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit 2026.
PinkRibbon International UAE will be honoured to collaborate with existing and future organisations and individuals to ensure that we make an impact in the UAE, showcasing and scaling prevention models.
Prevention first · Programmes that save lives · Research that finds a cure · A minimum of 85% of donations
Presentation · UAE Event · Wednesday 21 October 2026
The three unique UAE originals will be presented for Pink Ribbon International
At the event on Wednesday, 21 October 2026 at Four Seasons Hotel Abu Dhabi at Al Maryah Island — during the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit 2026 — the three bespoke UAE artworks will be presented in aid of Pink Ribbon International.
EMBRACED
50 × 70 cm
PriceUSD 3,000
DON'T STOP ME NOW
50 × 50 cm
PriceUSD 2,700
CIRCLE OF LIFE
50 × 50 cm
PriceUSD 2,700
One original per artwork · signed by the artists · embossed PROJECT EMBRACE seal · FineArt Texture paper, 210 g/m²
Prefer email? uae@pinkribbon.org
Project Embrace · UAE Edition
Embracing Art with a Cause.
Three country originals. One of each.
Project Embrace offers three unique country originals — one of each artwork. Each original features a distinctive country emblem with an embossed PROJECT EMBRACE seal. For each artwork, only one original bearing that country's emblem will be created.
Signed by the artists. Printed on FineArt Texture paper, 210 g/m².
01 / 03 · 2026
EMBRACED
- Size
- 50 × 70 cm
- Price
- USD 3,000
02 / 03 · 2026
DON'T STOP ME NOW
- Size
- 50 × 50 cm
- Price
- USD 2,700
03 / 03 · 2026
CIRCLE OF LIFE
- Size
- 50 × 50 cm
- Price
- USD 2,700
uae@pinkribbon.org
Newest Campaign
Queen's University Belfast
Supporting pioneering breast cancer prevention research at Queen's University Belfast — precision genome engineering and functional genomics to find the genetic changes behind breast cancer risk and stop the disease before it starts.
85% goes to research & prevention
Explore this campaignInternational Giving
Donate to Pink Ribbon International (USA).
You can also give directly to Pink Ribbon International in the United States. Secure card giving, monthly options and bank-transfer details are published on pinkribbon.org.
Pink Ribbon International · New York, USA · EIN 42-1764709
Cancer doesn't fly business class. Neither do we.
Quote: Walter Scheffrahn
Most cancer charities can't tell you where your money goes. We name the scientist, the institution, the TRL level, and the cancer type. Every project. Every dollar.
Get Involved
How you can help.
Every action moves the science forward. Choose the path that fits you.
Advance Research
Your donation goes directly to TRL 3–5 research at verified institutions. 85 cents of every dollar. Tracked to the project.
Corporate Partnership
We're always looking for corporates to collaborate with us and sponsor health and education. Align your brand with verifiable science — named researcher, named institution, named TRL level. You can also learn more through our CSR event partner Pink Ladies Games.
Discuss sponsorship tiers →Spread the Word
Share our mission. Follow our research updates. Help us reach the people who believe science should come first.
UAE National Cancer Registry 2023 · IARC/WHO
More than 1 in 3 invasive cancers diagnosed in women in the UAE is breast cancer.
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New invasive breast cancer cases among women in 2023 — the UAE National Cancer Registry.
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Of all invasive cancers diagnosed in women — breast cancer is the number-one cancer among UAE women.
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Age-standardised incidence rate per 100,000 women — cases begin in the 20–24 age group and rise with age.
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Cause of female cancer death in the UAE, alongside cervical, uterine and ovarian cancers that benefit from prevention and early detection.
PinkRibbon United Arab Emirates builds on the UAE's healthcare infrastructure to mobilise communities, corporates and healthcare professionals around one objective: reducing preventable female cancer burden and catching cancers earlier, when outcomes are substantially better.
Yet recent UAE research found that 68% of women surveyed rarely or never had a mammogram — our flagship campaign, From Awareness to Action, closes the gap between knowing and doing.
Discover the flagship campaign →Sources: UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention — National Cancer Registry 2023 · IARC/WHO Global Cancer Observatory
Scope
Breast Cancer and other Female Cancers
We support research across all female gender-related cancers: gynaecological cancers that only affect women, plus breast cancer.
Tile colour reflects research attention and progress. Deepest pinks mark the cancers most commonly discussed — lightest pinks highlight the rare and under-researched ones that receive far less support.
Most common
Breast
The most commonly diagnosed cancer in women worldwide. Better resourced than other female cancers — but survival gaps persist across geographies and subtypes.
Scale
2.3M new cases / year globally
Financial Architecture
Built to be lean.
Not aspirational.
85 cents of every dollar goes to research and prevention programmes. 15 cents runs the entire operation. This isn't a target. It's a constraint encoded in our bylaws.
Radical Transparency
We publish everything.
Every project. Every dollar. Every result. Our open books are coming — full financial transparency so you can verify exactly where your money went. No charities hiding behind "overhead ratios." Just the numbers.
Researcher Names
The scientists behind the science.
- Dr. Kienan Savage
- Queen's Belfast · BRCA genomics
- Dr. Banu Arun
- MD Anderson · Early detection
- Dr. Priya Ramesh
- Chennai · Screening outreach
We publish PIs, not just institutions.
The TRL Ladder
Where your dollar meets the science.
Every research project sits somewhere on the Technology Readiness Level scale. Hover or tap a stage to see what it means — and why TRL 3–5 is the gap we back.
TRL 3 · Why this gap kills breakthroughs
Proof of concept
The science works in the lab. Needs validation in relevant biological systems.
TRL 3–5 is where discoveries have proven their concept but can't attract pharmaceutical investment. A BRCA marker identified at Queen's Belfast. A detection method validated at MD Anderson. Without bridge support, this science simply stalls. We make sure it doesn't.
Presence Across The Emirates
PinkRibbon United Arab Emirates Map
One movement, seven Emirates. Hover or click any Emirate to trace where PinkRibbon United Arab Emirates' research, awareness, and screening programs reach.
Institutional Partners
Named researchers.
Verified institutions.
Follow the science.
Named scientists at verified institutions, doing published work you can look up yourself.
Scientific Research Advisory Council
Every project is evaluated by independent scientists before a single dollar moves. Rigour only.