SAGE India is proud to announce the publication of Beyond #MeToo: Ushering Women’s Era or Just Noise? by Tanushree Ghosh, Senior Engineering and Program Manager at Intel Corporation and Founder and Director of Her Rights Inc. Published under the SAGE-Select imprint, this book unboxes the #MeToo movement beyond the headlines and hashtags and repositions to its equally deserving urgency as a...
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Anankes Women in Literature Festival To Celebrate Independent Publishers, Writers From The Global South
The second edition of Anankes much celebrated Women In Literature Festival 2022 (#WLF2022) is all set to take place digitally on March 31st and April 1st, 2022. The two-day, online event plans to celebrate independent publishers, writers, poets, literary agents as well as connoisseurs of the written word especially from the Global South. With the...
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Nearly 2.4 Billion Women Globally Dont Have Same Economic Rights as Men
Washington USA: Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent their full economic participation, according to the World Banks Women, Business and the Law 2022 report. In 86 countries, women face some form of job restriction and 95 countries do not guarantee equal pay for...
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Slowly yet steadily, women are climbing the workforce ladder
Behind every successful man is a woman used to be a very common expression. These days, however, women across the globe are breaking glass ceilings and shattering stereotypes about a womans place in society, in the workplace specifically. The latest Lets Get Real About Equality: When Women Thrive report published by Mercer, a leading global...
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On Changemaking
I work for a San Francisco based health tech firm, Doximity, as their Senior Data Analytics Manager. Doximity provides digital workflow tools for medical professionals such as doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and pharmacists in the US. It is surprising how the health care system is one of the last benefactors of the digital revolution....
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Mastercard Women SME Leaders Awards 2022 is open for nominations from women-owned and run businesses in MENA
February 21st, 2022 (Dubai, UAE): Entrepreneurial women across the world are leading the way in tapping into the power of the digital economy to succeed and grow. As a celebration of their achievements, Mastercard has announced the inaugural Women SME Leaders Awards 2022, the first initiative of its kind to recognize and further empower women-owned...
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Ananke announces the second edition of its successful flagship event Women in Literature Festival 2022
After the resounding success of the pilot edition of Anankes Women in Literature Festival (WLF2021) in 2021, the Dubai-based organization officially announces plans to hold the second round of the event in March this year. The two-day, digital (online) event, from March 31st to April 1st, offers a unique window not just into womens lived...
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UAE to Cooperate with Bavaria on Climate Action, Environmental Protection
February 3rd, 2022 (Dubai, UAE): The UAE and the German federal state of Bavaria have agreed to cooperate in tackling climate change and protecting the environment. In this context, Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, and His Excellency Roland Weigert, Bavaria’s Vice Minister of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and...
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Nestlé announces innovative plan to tackle child labor risks
January 27th, 2022: Nestlé today announced a new plan to tackle child labor risks in cocoa production. At the center is an innovative income accelerator program, which aims to improve the livelihoods of cocoa-farming families, while also advancing regenerative agriculture practices and gender equality. A cash incentive will be paid directly to cocoa-farming households for...
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Dr Jane Goodall delivers an important message of hope at the 2022 Procter & Gamble AMA Sustainability Summit
January 25th, 2022 (Singapore): Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) today announced that it hosted its 2022 Sustainability Summit for the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa (AMA) region. Built on the theme “Hope for our Home”, the Summit explored how corporations, non-profit organisations, governments and the wider community can work together to drive real change, bring hope...