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Ananke nominated for the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society Prize (WSIS) 2019

Ananke nominated for the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society Prize (WSIS) 2019

January 24th, Dubai (UAE): Ananke– a Dubai-based, digital, multi-faceted, platform empowering women through awareness, advocacy and education, announces that it has been nominated for the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) awards 2019 to be held in April in Geneva Switzerland. Ananke has entered the phase of online voting where voting will continue...

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UAE female-focused Organizations Boost Women’s Role in Addressing Sustainability Challenges

UAE female-focused Organizations Boost Women’s Role in Addressing Sustainability Challenges

January 17, 2019, Abu Dhabi (UAE): NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA) and the ‘Women in Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy’ (WiSER) platform – a Masdar-led initiative dedicated to inspiring women and girls to play an active role in addressing global sustainability challenges – have announced a strategic partnership for the year 2019. Through this year-long...

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Mind The Gender Pay Gap

Mind The Gender Pay Gap

January 17th, 2019, Boston & New York City (USA): Citigroup and the investment management firm Arjuna Capital, a leader in gender pay equity shareholder resolutions, announced today that Citi is the first U.S. company to agree to disclose data on its “global median gender pay gap.”  The announcement came quickly in response to a 2019 gender pay shareholder...

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Online Identity an asset to Dark Web criminals

Online Identity an asset to Dark Web criminals

While many of us have heard of, or even fallen victim to, cybercrimes such as data and identity theft, it seems that relatively few know the value of the information stolen from us. A new study from Kaspersky Labhas revealed that while our identity may not be worth a lot in terms of dollars, it...

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Leading Gulf Business-led Non Profit Appoints Yasmine Omari as Executive Director

Leading Gulf Business-led Non Profit Appoints Yasmine Omari as Executive Director

January 10th, 2019, Sharjah (UAE): The Pearl Initiative, the leading Gulf business-led non-profit organisation promoting a corporate culture of accountability and transparency, today announced the appointment of Yasmine Omari as its new Executive Director. Ms Omari assumed responsibilities on January 1st, 2019, after being promoted from her position as Head of Programmes at the Pearl...