March 10th, 2020, Ras Al Khaimah (UAE): Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) has celebrated this year’s International Women’s Day with a Business High Tea & Networking event exclusive for UAE businesswomen. Attended by women business leaders, the event held in Waldorf Astoria Ras Al Khaimah served as an excellent platform to connect and learn...
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#IWD2020: Female Traders Trending Upwards in UAE, MENA
Saxo Bank, the leading fintech and regtech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investment, has released new business data to mark International Womens Day on Sunday March 8, outlining a major upswing in the number of females trading on its platforms in the UAE and wider MENA region over the past decade, with the findings...
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Womens Rights Progressive Blueprint Unfinished, Opportunity Remains
March 7th, 2020, New York (USA): Women Deliver, a global advocate for gender equality and the health and rights of girls and women, welcomes new research launched today by Equal Measures 2030 (EM2030) and UN Women that reveals progress and gaps in the work to advance gender equality. The analyses show that the agenda laid...
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QIDZ Celebrates IWD by Lifting Aspiring Entrepreneurs
March 4th, 2020, Dubai (UAE): To mark the celebration of International Womens Day (IWD), female-founded startup QiDZ, the go-to mobile application for family activities in the UAE, Bahrain and KSA, launches an initiative dedicated to women who want to disrupt the status quo with their own startup idea. QiDZ will host a series of events...
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Investing in culture to strengthen communications
March 4th, 2020, Sharjah (UAE): To explore the impact of cross-cultural communication on culture and its impact , the ninth edition of the International Government Communication Forum (IGCF 2020) being held at Expo Centre Sharjah, hosted on its inaugural day a dialogue with HE Irina Bokova, President of the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin...
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The Catalysts #BiasCorrect Returns Marking Womens Day
March 4th, 2020, New York (USA): Catalyst is celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020 with a reboot of its successful #BiasCorrect campaign to interrupt unconscious bias by highlighting the power of words used to describe women in the workplace. Building on its 2019 IWD #BiasCorrect campaign success which featured images of women leaders and influencers like Hillary Clinton and Sheryl Sandberg sharing biased words used to describe them...
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Innovate for Good
March 2nd, 2020, Abu Dhabi (UAE): The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) has announced its support for Innovate4Good (I4G), a purpose-driven startup community platform and thought leadership forum committed to accelerating social innovation and transformational entrepreneurship in the MENA region and beyond. As part of its involvement, MOCCAE intends to work with I4G strategic...
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NAMA Empowers Afghani Women Refugees in Pakistani Host Communities
February 24th, 2020, Pakistan: Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, Chairperson of NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA) and UNHCR Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children, has concluded a comprehensive visit to Pakistan, which entailed meetings with several entities and institutions in major cities of Islamabad and...
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Women 20, We-Fi highlight better gender-disaggregated data on access to finance
Dubai (UAE): Issues facing women entrepreneurs across the MENA region were discussed today at the We-Finance Challenge workshop, co-sponsored by Women 20 (W20), held at the WE-Fi MENA Regional Summit in Dubai. The two secretariats joined forces to look at the barriers on access to finance; and the legal framework and regulations that hinder womens...
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Setting Standards in Hospitality
Mona AlHebsi, director of human resources at Jumeirah Groups Jumeirah Zabeel Saray Hotel, received the Excellence in Hospitality award at the fifth edition of the Women in Leadership and Excellence Awards organised by Mice Quotient. Held on February 6, 2020, WLEA is a part of the Arab Women in Leadership and Business series, a conference...