Over half (51 percent) of women stressed that transparency around pay and remuneration was a key consideration in removing barriers around diversity, equity, and inclusion. September 8th, 2022, (Dubai, UAE): Six in 10 women expressed concern that a hybrid working style leads to them missing out on key opportunities for career progression, a strong sentiment...
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WFP takes drastic action to avert projected famine
September 6th, 2022, (Mogadishu, Somalia): In Somalia, the United Nation World Food Programme is delivering life-saving assistance to more people than ever before, reaching 3.7 million people with relief and over 300,000 with nutrition support – but famine is now an imminent reality unless immediate and drastic action is taken. With the country gripped by a...
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Achieving full gender equality is still centuries away, warns the UN in new report
September 6th, 2022, (New York, USA): At the current rate of progress, it may take close to 300 years to achieve full gender equality, the Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): The Gender Snapshot 2022 shows. Global challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, violent conflict, climate change, and the backlash against...
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Promoting digital & financial inclusion through 6th round of She Loves Tech Pakistan
Expressing her inspiration behind bringing She Loves Tech to Pakistan, CIRCLEs founder Sadaffe Abid says: At CIRCLE we are committed to promoting digital and financial inclusion of women along with creating an enabling ecosystem for women startups and women in tech. HBL has been our key partner from early days and collectively we will be...
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OneLoad Women Empowerment Project Signs MoU with Kashf Foundation Enabling Women Micro Entrepreneurs
Lahore, Pakistan: OneLoad Women Empowerment Project (OWEP) funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has signed an MoU with Kashf Foundation for a limited scale pilot targeting their beneficiaries. The pilot project will help Kashfs beneficiaries to earn a supplemental income. Speaking on the occasion Roshaneh Zafar, Managing Director of Kashf, said, Through this innovative...
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Upwork, CaterpillHERs partnership gamechanger for female freelancers in Pakistan
CaterpillHERs, a Pakistan-based company that helps women launch and scale their businesses and careers, has partnered with Upwork, the worlds work marketplace, to provide women in the CaterpillHERs cohort access to coaching on Upwork Academy, an interactive learning hub that provides career tips, upskilling opportunities, and other educational resources. As part of the collaboration, members...
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Clarion call that fight for womens rights in Afghanistan is a global fight: UN Women Rep
Press briefing: It has been 344 days since the Taliban took power. For most Afghan women and girls, almost each one of these days since 15 August has brought a deterioration in their rights, their condition, and their social and political status. When I briefed you in September, I told you that decades of progress...
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IMFs new gender strategy announced
Washington, DC: Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement on July 22nd, 2022: I am most pleased and proud to announce that the Executive Board today approved the IMFs first Gender Strategy aimed at integrating gender into the Funds core activities surveillance, capacity development, and lending in...
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Launch of complaint cell for women journalists in Pakistan announced
July 29th, 2022, (Islamabad, Pakistan): The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), in collaboration with the Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) and the Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ), held a consultative meeting with women journalists from across Pakistan. The purpose of the meeting was to give female journalists space to air their concerns and to collectively...
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Ti22 Films To Produce a Live Show For The World Cup 2022
Partnering with AJS Events, Ti22 Films, an award-winning production company, will feature live content for football fans worldwide. July 21st 2022 (Dubai, UAE): Ti22 Films, a Dubai-based production company led by award-winning producer Reim El Houni, along with AJS Events, is creating a live TV show for the upcoming World Cup 2022 in Doha,...