The United Arab Emirates swore in eight new ambassadors on Wednesday. Three of them were women.

Noora Mohammed Juma will represent the country in Finland, Fatima Khamis Al Mazrouei will serve as the envoy to Denmark and Hanan Khalfan Al Alili will represent the country in Latvia.

The ambassadors were sworn in before Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, the prime minister and vice president of the UAE and the ruler of Dubai. 

He instructed them to represent the nation with tolerance, peace and love, according to Gulf News. He also encouraged them to work diligently in developing friendly bilateral relations with their designated nations.

Juma, Mazroui and Alili join several other women who already serve as ambassadors for the UAE. 

Women currently hold post as ambassadors to Spain, Portugal and Montenegro. Lana Nusseibeh was also appointed as the UAE's permanent representative to the United Nations in 2013.

Women make up 20 percent of the country's diplomatic corps according to the website of the UAE's embassy to the United States. 

But diplomacy isn't the only place where women are rising in the ranks of UAE leadership.

8 women serve in the UAE's cabinet

Sheikha Lubna serves as the Minister of State for Tolerance. Source: WikiMedia

Seven new women were appointed to the country's cabinet this year in a shake-up by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid. These included Shamma al-Mazrui as the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Ohood Al Roumi  as the country’s first-ever Minister of State for Happiness.

Sheikha Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi has been a member of the cabinet since 2000 and currently holds the position of Minister of State for Tolerance.

9 women hold seats on the Federal National Council

Dr. Amal Al Qubaisi was the first women elected to the FNC. Source: YouTube

Making up nearly one-quarter of the consultative parliamentary body, women hold nine seats on the Federal National Council. The forty-member advisory council is made up of 20 members chosen by general election and 20 members chosen by an electoral college and the rulers of each emirate.

The FNC is also headed by a women. Last year, Dr. Amal Al Qubais became the first woman in the Gulf to lead a national assembly. She previously became the first elected female to the FNC in 2006.

Women fill two-thirds of public sector jobs

A delegation of senior Emirati women from government, business and media in the U.S. Source: UAE Interact

Women make up the majority of the UAE's public sector workforce. Thirty percent of these women serve in senior and decision-making positions.