A national awareness campaign · Seven Emirates
UAE Airports Turn Pink
Millions of people move through the airports of the Emirates every month. For the month of October, PinkRibbon United Arab Emirates wants every one of those terminals to carry one message in Arabic and English: found early, breast cancer is most often survivable. Awareness desks, ribbons and clear guidance on where to get checked — placed exactly where the country already gathers.
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Airports in the October 2026 launch
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Airports invited across the Emirates
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Emirates covered by the campaign
85%
Of every donation funds the mission
Why airports
Awareness where the country already meets.
More than one in three invasive cancers diagnosed in women in the UAE is breast cancer. An airport terminal reaches residents, visitors, crew and staff of every background and language in a single day — the widest public room in the country, open around the clock.
Terminals lit and dressed in pink
Arrivals halls, check-in islands and travel bridges carry the pink ribbon through October, so awareness meets people where they already are.
Awareness desks in the concourse
Volunteer teams hand out ribbons and short, plain-language guidance on breast self-awareness and when to seek a check.
Bilingual information, Arabic and English
Every leaflet, screen and conversation runs in both languages, matching the communities and the travellers who pass through.
A clear next step
Each visitor leaves knowing where to go for a screening appointment in their own Emirate, not just that screening matters.
How it works
Three steps to a pink terminal.
- 01
An airport joins
The airport operator agrees to host the campaign: space in the terminal, screen time, and permission for volunteer teams during October.
- 02
We bring the campaign kit
Ribbons, bilingual leaflets, banners, screen artwork, volunteer briefing and a referral list of screening services in that Emirate.
- 03
Travellers take it home
Passengers, crew and airport staff leave with the message and a place to go. The airport reports reach, and we publish it.
The airports
Seven Emirates, one ribbon.
These are the airports the campaign is being built with and around. Airports listed for phase two have been invited; nothing on this page states an agreement that is not yet signed.
- AUHOctober 2026 launch
Zayed International Airport
Abu Dhabi
- DXBOctober 2026 launch
Dubai International Airport
Dubai
- SHJOctober 2026 launch
Sharjah International Airport
Sharjah
- DWCInvited — phase two
Al Maktoum International Airport
Dubai
- AANInvited — phase two
Al Ain International Airport
Abu Dhabi
- RKTInvited — phase two
Ras Al Khaimah International Airport
Ras Al Khaimah
- FJRInvited — phase two
Fujairah International Airport
Fujairah
Run an airport, an airline or a terminal concession and want to take part? Write to media@pinkribbon.org and we will send the campaign pack.
Your contribution
Turn one more terminal pink.
Your selection
$500 once
A terminal for a day
85% funds awareness and early detection, 15% covers operations
A ribbon in an arrivals hall can start a check-up.
Help PinkRibbon United Arab Emirates turn the airports of the Emirates pink this October — and give every traveller who walks through them a reason to act early.