In a letter to the US Congressional Committee, FBI director James Comey reaffirmed the Bureaus opinion that Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges, after another round of investigation into the email case. In the letter, Comey says: “Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusions that we expressed in July.”...
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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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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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Driving innovation for women empowerment
Tell us about yourself? I was born in Kenya and moved to Canada in the late 70s. After finishing school, there was one thing on my mind that I wanted to do in the university and that was computer science. Later, based in the oil and gas city of Calgary, my first job was at...
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Leveling the Gender Quotient
The Girls Lounge is a revolutionary US-based entity that offers support and mentoring to professional women, enabling them to find their voice and embrace their feminine leadership powers. Headed by the visionary Shelley Zalis, the Lounge advocates gender balance in the corporate world thereby effecting real change for real women. Tell us about yourself and...
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Revisiting the second shift
Those already familiar with the concept of the second shift would know that the word revisiting in the title of this essay is actually a misnomer. And to those less familiar or uninitiated, let me introduce you, officially, to Second Shift. But in order to appreciate what the second shift entails, we must know what...
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Adolescent Girls: Catalysts of Change
The impact of climate change on gender can hardly be ignored. Realizing the stakes, countries, NGOs and scientists the world over are now coming together in not only putting an emphasis on adapting to the impact of climate change but also in striving to develop solutions to the issue of climate change. More recently, there...
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MKF to Technify more women in 2016
Dubai: With an aim to unlock the untapped potential of women in the region, and to provide an innovative and exciting platform for women to realize their start-up dreams or their coding potential, the Meera Kaul Foundation has announced the 2nd edition of its Women in Stem Hackathon. To be held on February 19th and...
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Empowering Voices of Tomorrow
Children hold key to the future and their positive mental, physical as well as socio-economic nourishment is fundamental not only for healthy societies, but for sustainable development of nations. That said, children are also one of the most vulnerable groups susceptible to man as well as climate inflicted devastation and disasters. Childrens voices need to...
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Triggering Global Debate on #GBV
November 25th, 2015 marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This day was the beginning of a ground-breaking global campaign 16 Days of Activism that aimed at raising awareness about the far-reaching effects of gender based violence. The initiative drew to a close on December 10th 2015, by celebrating the International...