The third edition of Anankes one of a kind flagship event, Women in Literature Festival 2023 unveils a fascinating panel discussion featuring distinguished names from the Arab diaspora, Huda Fakhreddinne, Jehan Bseiso and Lela Aboulela. The event will be live-streamed on Ananke’s Facebook page – @anankemag with the option to participate in all live sessions...
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Finding my career through the digital
Being a digitally empowered woman enabled me to get an opportunity to work in the Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) space which was an area l was aspiring to be part of. I didn’t know how that would happen given my academic background was in Food Processing Technology, and sharing my academic background was...
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Media Unchained
HIStory tells us revolutions are often bloody. They are usually tainted with propaganda, hate, with the entire governmental machinery working aggressively against them. It is not just colonial but human legacy how the establishment have clamped down freedoms of expression and movement, freedoms not only given by ironically the countrys own constitutions but...
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Lack of women in the nuclear sector puts net zero goals in danger
March 8th, 2023: NEA analyses highlight that total nuclear energy production needs to triple by 2050 for governments around the world to achieve net zero emissions. The nuclear sector will need to grow and diversify its workforce as a result, but that will be difficult to achieve unless it attracts more women. A new NEA report...
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Massive Costs Due to Womens Under Representation in the Digital World
March 8th, 2023 (United Nations, New York): Under the theme DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality, UN Women, the United Nations, and its partners and allies around the world celebrate International Womens Day (IWD) on March 8th, 2023, calling on governments, activists and the private sector to power on in their efforts to shape...
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Dr. Jane Goodall: In Harmony with Nature
You have inspired millions of people all over the world. What does it mean to be fully human and to have meaning in our lives in this day and age of turmoil and strife? I think people need to think not about the whole picture. They just have to think about what I can do...
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Ananke Women In Literature Festival Announces Initial Speakers
Eminent names from across South Asia, MENA and beyond will be gracing the third edition of Anankes Women in Literature Festival 2023 (AnankeWLF. Planned to be held on April 11th and 12th, independent publishers, authors, filmmakers, artists, writers and journalists will congregate remotely to engage in dialogue focusing on new immersive approaches to storytelling, publishing...
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Grief Is The Window Through Which Light Enters
Decide today whether you want to live with me or your Ammi, uttered my father while I was boarding the school bus to take my Grade III Science Exam one dreary winter morning. I didnt feel anything at that time; or maybe I felt so much that it is still the highlight of my life....
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Pace of Reform Toward Equal Rights for Women Falls to 20-Year Low
March 3rd, 2023, (Washington, USA): The global pace of reforms toward equal treatment of women under the law has slumped to a 20-year low, constituting a potential impediment to economic growth at a critical time for the global economy, a new World Bank report shows. In 2022, the global average score on the World Banks Women,...
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On Freedom, Ideas of Feminism and Respectable Limitations
It’s hard to explain to others what it’s like to go through life as a woman. I am constantly reminded of the obstacles and limitations that have been placed on me simply because of my gender. It’s not just the overt harassment and discrimination that I face on a daily basis, but also the subtle...