PINKRIBBON UNITED ARAB EMIRATES · EST.2008 NEW YORK
PinkRibbon United Arab Emirates — Funding 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 FUNDS RESEARCH →
Registered
New York Nonprofit
Allocation
A minimum of 85% to research
Reviewed
SRAC peer review
Audited
SHRK CPAs annually
Press Release · Abu Dhabi · 21 October 2026
Pink Ribbon International Launches Pink Ribbon Foundation in the United Arab Emirates
UAE launch 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.
Prevention first · Programmes that save lives · Research that finds a cure · A minimum of 85% of donations
Newest Campaign
Queen's University Belfast
Funding 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% funds research
Explore this campaignCancer 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 grant. Every dollar.
Get Involved
How you can help.
Every action moves the science forward. Choose the path that fits you.
Fund Research
Your donation goes directly to TRL 3–5 research at verified institutions. 85 cents of every dollar. Tracked to the grant.
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.
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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 fund research across all female gender-related cancers: gynaecological cancers that only affect women, plus breast cancer.
Tile colour reflects research attention and funding. 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. Well-funded relative to 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 funds research. 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 grant. 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 fund.
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 funding, 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 grant is evaluated by independent scientists before a single dollar moves. Rigour only.