Palestine is a land suffering due to conflict, dismal economy and possessing negligible opportunities. It is also a country that has witnessed tremendous growth in its IT sector, with women technologists showing resilience amid social and political restrictions, and shining bright in the digital stratosphere. Mai Temraz is one such woman! The first Palestinian female...
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Eliminating Child Marriages
A resolution on child, early and forced marriage is being considered in the UN Human Rights Council in the coming week. The alliance to end early and forced marriages KP/FATA is urging the Pakistan government to support the forthcoming resolution in the UN, and to co-sponsor the Human Rights Council resolution. The broad co-sponsorship of...
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On Accepting Violence Against Women
Whenever I come across news of a woman being sexually assaulted, or a girl being molested, my mind wanders back into my life as a social science teacher, conducting classes in both cultural anthropology and sociology, among other things. I remember one sociological reading I assigned to each of my classes every semester taken...
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Lady Liz Riesenburg: Todays Renaissance woman
Interview by Claire Dangalan You might remember her as that young lady who kayaked for 25 kilometers around the Palm Jumeirah and Dubai Marina with fellow British expat Julia Cafferkey to raise funds for Laras Foundation back in 2012. And if youre a tennis enthusiast, youve probably heard that Lady Elizabeth Riesenburg, Lady Liz for...
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Empowering Women Through Tech
Registered in Pakistan as a non-government organization (NGO), and operational since 2010, the Womens Digital League (WDL) is an online platform that provides training and work opportunities for local women. Introducing computer-based work, the social enterprise is not only recognized by Google but is also certified by Thunderbird Schools Project Artemis, and Goldman Sachs 10,000...
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Anankes efforts highlighting women issues receive recognition by The Moroccan Times
A non-profit initiative and the MENA regions premier e-zine celebrating visionary women, Ananke, has received significant recognition by a leading daily The Moroccan Times for its efforts to highlight women issues across the Middle East and around the globe. Detailing the online publications efforts, the report states: Against the scenario of submissive and helpless women,...
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Integrating Diversity into STEM
Increasing womens participation in the STEM fields has become a buzzword in recent times. With technology playing a key role in modern society, the inclusion of the female gender into the skilled workforce has gained more traction over the past several years. The social media boom and developments in ICTs have clearly illustrated the pivotal...
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Women Engendering Peace
It is a fact that we live in a world stricken with hunger, conflict and disease. While more than three billion of the world population lives in poverty, earning less than $1.25 a day, 90 percent of the victims of modern warfare are civilians. Even though ascertaining specific numbers of civilian casualties of war, both fatal and/or...
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Ananke joins forces with The Indian Trumpet
May 5th, 2015: Middle Easts premier eZine celebrating visionary women across the Middle East and beyond, Ananke, has recently formed an alliance with The Indian Trumpet to explore new approaches, primarily focusing on digital media and content creation to showcase innovative storytelling and amplifying online engagement. Talking about the collaboration, Ananke’s Executive Editor Sabin Muzaffar...
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On being female, sick and dying
When we read the news or come across statistics on national or global health concerns, does the word sex cross our minds? Does it matter at all, other than just being a mere demographic term? The widespread use of social media has also enabled us to easily, even accidentally discover articles of interest like those...