Increasing economic productivity of a country is deeply connected with the financial emancipation of women the other half of the world population. And, one of the foremost hurdles in the way of empowering the female gender is the restriction on her mobility stemming from patriarchy, suffocating social norms and a rigid mindset. It is...
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Abu Dhabi Fund for Development hosts Women and Innovation seminar
August 28th, 2016 Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, the UAEs international development arms, has hosted its annual Women and Innovation seminar today to mark Emirati Womens Day. Moderated by Fatima Al Balooshi, Head of Media and Communications at Abu Dhabi Fund for Development the seminar had key note contributions from Dr. Omniyat Al-Hajri,...
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Activating Confidence in Girls
Tell us what Pad-a-Dada Initiative is all about. Dada is a Swahili word for sister. It is an initiative that helps girls stay in school by donating sanitary towels to those who cant afford to buy them. We also donate pads to women who live on the streets. Our aim is to increase access to...
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Whats holding women back at Pakistans international tech event?
Half of the population of the world is women. Termed as the next billion, women are touted as the torchbearers of global sustainable development. Reams of paper have been written, scores of posts published about the critical role of women in every sphere of society, be it economic, political, social and most importantly technological. From...
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Cultures of Care: On Media and Gender
This is the last article of Ananke’s special series on Care Economy. Click to read the first and second articles. While the realm of fiction has been a playing field for feminist writers such as the Sub-continents Quratulain Haider, Ismat Chugtai, Kamla Das and renowned Arab author Nawal el Saadawi, media has ironically played a...
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Cultures of Care: On Gender And Autonomy
This is the second article in the three part series on Care Economy. Click to read the first article. Gender has played a galvanizing role in the division of labor from time immemorial. From agrarian communities to modern age societies, economic development has formed its base by leveraging women as tools of production. Remarkable agents...
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Enabling Empowerment Digitally
NEW YORK CITY Its one thing for a successful Technology Entrepreneur in her early thirties, from South Africa, to challenge the male-dominated bastions of Silicon This & That, in the United States, Canada, UK, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Asia, Middle East and other locales around the globe and, beat the boys at their own...
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Cultures of Care: Morality and Gender
This article is the first of three articles on Care Economy and its critical role in development. From time immemorial, care work has been considered a female prerogative. Stemming from a patriarchal mindset, care-giving responsibilities to the young and old alike are presumed to be mainly a womans job. All across the world, women spend...
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Empowering Kidpreneurs
Tell us about your professional journey, your major success and the challenges you faced along the way. After studying Law and Politics in the UK, I stumbled into the marketing communications industry, fell in love and decided to pursue a career in it. After nine years in top international agencies and having leading brands like...
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BEDARI: Reawakening Hope
Tell us about Bedari when and why it came into existence? Bedari is a national level non-governmental, voluntary development organization in Pakistan working with women and children for the promotion and protection of their human rights. It was registered in 1992 under Societies Act 1860 to provide support to victims of gender-based violence, as...