On thinking about womens rights and activism, unity and difference, I had considered the theory of Intersectionality as an important factor in a womans lived experience of marginalisation and oppression. This is an important exploration insomuch as the womens rights movement needs to be inclusive of women from all walks of life, if it is...
Category: Gender & Inclusion
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Of Women, Manels And Gender Stereotype in Pakistan
Women are one of the biggest emerging (and continuously growing) consumer markets in the world online and off with their impact in the next decade on global economy as significant as India and China to say the least. While women are now being touted as the third billion, there are some who are...
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OPINION: Care Work, Gender and Sustainability
Every day, mothers, daughters, sisters labor on, remaining unrecognized, unacknowledged toiling rigorously for the continuation of societies and communities all across the world. While hundreds of thousands walk miles and miles to get water for entire families, others take care of the elderly at home and yet there many more who scurry off to work...
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Ending the Darkness of Violence in Kenya
TAP AFRICA Is an organization based in Kenya that engages teens in addressing community challenges, in order to help them develop into young change agents. The Teens Weave stars project is a campaign aimed at helping end Gender Based Violence in Kenya. The concept came into existence as a result of our interactions with teens...
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STEM: Pathway to Sustainability II
To read the first article of the two-part series, click here. It is not untrue to claim that gender equality and education together form the bedrock on which sustainable development is based. It is also a fact that merely raising literacy rates or attaining equality do not solve issues in their entirety. That said, alleviating...
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STEM: Pathway to Sustainable Development
To read the second article of the two-part series, click here. Prosperity of the worlds present and future generations lies in sustainable development where all needs are met through such careful, efficient strategies and deliberations, which refrains from compromising environmental, social and economic resources. Essential to development that has both short and long term benefits is the...
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OWN IT: The Power of Women at Work
April 11th, 2017, Dubai (UAE) Ellevate Dubai is pleased to announce its upcoming 2017 Forum; a continuation of the annual event that has gained impressive momentum over the past few years with entrepreneurs and business leaders of both genders. Taking place on the morning of 30th of April (08:30am 02:00pm) at The Address Dubai Marina,...
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HERstoryUAE: Helen McGuire
Helen McGuire is the Co-Founder and MD of Hopscotch. Formerly the Head of Digital Content at Impact BBDO/Proximity, she launched Hopscotch in March 2016 whilst seven months pregnant with a mission to enable professional women to play a part in the workplace in the Middle East, no matter what their personal commitments. The company now...
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Striving to achieve Gender Equality
Dubai, UAE: According to a new survey carried out by Professional Womens Community, Hopscotch, 6 out of 10 women believe the UAE still has work to do to achieve gender equality. The survey was released to understand the views of women and the ways in which they feel empowerment and gender equality could be improved...
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Why women in tech matter bringing the message to #SXSW
This article was originally published on the ITU Blog. What does a 14-year-old teenager from Ireland, an engineer from Nigeria, an executive from France, a tech entrepreneur from Texas, and a Hollywood actor have in common? They all support the EQUALS vision for gender equality in tech! At South by Southwest (SXSW) this week, a diverse...