October 24th, 2019, Washington DC, (USA): Today, Mastercard announces partnerships with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and CARE USA, which will create new models and tools to financially include women, micro-entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers across the world. Expand Mastercards commitment to the U.S. Governments Womens Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP), the first...
Category: Gender & Inclusion
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ARiiSE Inclusion
It doesnt matter if you can see or not, because we are always in the dark. Fears are overwhelming especially the fear we might fail. All these fears conspire against us to paralyze us. But life is ever changing, and we still reach out and embark on great adventures. Engineer your own future. You dont...
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LEGO® Middle East Announces Winner of Trip to LEGO® House in Billund with #SheBuiltIt
October 13th, 2019 Dubai (UAE): In celebration of the International Day of the Girl, LEGO® Middle East announced the winner of their social media competition, #SheBuiltIt. Joy Alnemri,age 6, who crafted a model of a soccer field made entirely of LEGO bricks, won a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit the LEGO® House in Billund, Denmark with...
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Contribution of corporate sector towards womens economic empowerment in India
UNDP, New Delhi (India): A new report by the United Nations Development Programme in India (UNDP India), in partnership with Samhita Social Ventures, has found that 72% of BSE 100 companies report an intervention in womens empowerment. The report, Corporate Engagement in Women’s Economic Empowerment, launched today in New Delhi, includes a micro-analysis of the corporate social responsibility...
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AFDB empowers women through affirmative financial action
October 6th, 2019, (United Nations): A new tool to track the level of lending to women across the continent will be important for ensuring women get the critical financial help they need, African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina told attendees at a public event held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The Womens Financing...
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LEGO®promotes Gender Equality Through #SheBuiltIt Campaign
Dubai, (UAE): Summertime is over and its time for back to school season, but that doesnt mean that playtime is over. This month, LEGO®, the household name that has brought the joy of building into the homes of millions of families around the world, is running a social media competitionwith its latest campaign in the...
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Delivering Inclusive Progress, Not Promises at the Workplace
Supporting Women at the Workplace a highly relevant topic that needs more attention than a mere birds eye view. So what is it all about? Womens Empowerment Economic Empowerment, Gender Equality at the Workplace, supporting women etc. these are some of the buzzwords emphatically voiced these days, yet to be enforced properly. It...
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Pearl Initiative, NAMA Engage in Research on Womens Participation in Gulf Workforce
The Pearl Initiatives Women in the Economy reportwill beout this December, offering an evidence-based and consolidated outlook on womens experiences in the workforce across the Gulf Region July 7th, 2019, Sharjah (UAE): Pearl Initiative, the leading non-profit organisation fostering corporate accountability and transparency across the Gulf Region, recently held a stakeholder meeting in collaboration with...
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IN FOCUS WD2019: Meeting Needs of Youth, Women And the Marginalized
Experts share new studies and documented best practices at global conference. June 8th, 2019, Vancouver (Canada):To help power progress, organizations at all levels have stepped up to document solutions and develop guidance for improving the health and rights of girls and women in humanitarian emergencies. Today at the Women Deliver 2019 Conference, Bill Chambers,...
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IN FOCUS – WD2019: Automation in the workplace will be a crossroads for women: McKinsey
June 5th, 2019, Vancouver (Canada):A new McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) report, The future of women at work: Transitions in the age of automation, released on June 4th, 2019 at the Women Deliver 2019 Conference, explores the impact of automation on the global workforce through a gender lens. It finds that 40 million to 160 million womenas...