October 24th, 2017, Sharjah (UAE): NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA) and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)the organizers of the first edition of the Womens Economic Empowerment Global Summit (WEEGS), set to take place in Sharjah from 4 to 5 December 2017are calling for interested parties to register...
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Increase in number of females in UAE with critical illness cover: Research
October 23rd, 2017, Dubai (UAE): Research commissioned by Friends Provident International (FPI) and conducted by YouGov for the third consecutive year – has revealed an increase in the number of UAE resident females who have insurance against a serious illness. Slightly less than one quarter (24 per cent) of the 396 female respondents surveyed...
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TEDxDubai to Stage Live Streaming of TEDWomen at Alserkal Avenue, Dubai
October 20th, 2017, Dubai (UAE): TEDxDubai has announced it will host the first live streaming viewing party in Dubai of this years TEDWomen which is taking place from 1-3 November in New Orleans, USA. The Dubai event takes place at Nadi Al Quoz, Alserkal Avenue on Thursday 2nd November from 5:30pm. Registration is open on...
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One step forward against cyber harassment of female journalist
Washington, DC/Athens, Ohio (USA), October 14th, 2017: The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) has just received a grant from the Craig Newmark Foundation to conduct research in the United States on online harassment of women journalists. Dr. Michelle Ferrier, founder of TrollBusters, will be the principal investigator on the project, while Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz...
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Women Empowerment Organization unveils new digital platform at UAE’s tech exhibition
Sharjah (UAE)h, October 10th, 2017: NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA) has launched its Badiri Business Entrepreneurship Virtual Academy with 16 episodes and four e-books that aim to empower entrepreneurs and equip them with the skills to reach their highest potential. The platform was launched in partnership with Bel Pesce, a Brazilian entrepreneur and Founder of...
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ME Organizations Rank Closing Skills Gap as Top Business Priority
DUBAI (UAE) October 9th, 2017: Closing the skills gap is the top business priority for 40 percent of Middle East and North Africa organizations, one of the worlds leading digital skills enablers, SAP, announced today at GITEX Technology Week 2017. In the Digital Economy, where the only certainty is change, the one source of lasting...
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Teachers: influential changemakers
Abu Dhabi (UAE) October 8th, 2017: Her Excellency Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, UAE Minister of State for Tolerance, highlighted the importance of teachers as mentors and agents of change in a Meet the Mentor session on the opening day of the Qudwa 2017 Global Teachers Forum. The Q&A session, moderated by Sultan Sooud...
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Teachers delivering on UN SDG 4
Abu Dhabi (UAE) October 8th, 2017 Teachers hold the key to fuelling sustainable growth, building social cohesion and stability, and promoting tolerance and equality, a plenary session themed Equity in Education: Delivering on SDG4 highlighted on Day 2 of Qudwa 2017 Global Teachers Forum in Abu Dhabi. Exploring the role of education as a...
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WolTech creates ripples of womens empowerment
Tunisia, Oct 3rd, 2017: WoLTech association recently organized an innovative event within its mentoring program the Tunisia Mentoring Council (TMC). The event, Entrepreneurship bus, is intended for mentees and mentors of TMC and has been achieved through efforts of a great team of WoLTechers led by Noura Ghali, WoLTech Vice President. Organizers and participants drove up...
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Women’s Empowerment Highlighted in Short Film, Strappa
LOS ANGELES, CA, USA: The Farhang Foundation Short Film Festival returns Sept. 30, with the film Strappa chosen as one of their six finalists in this highly competitive festival. The duo behind Strappa, meaning ‘to rip or tear’ in Italian are artist and filmmakers, Sepideh Salehi and Kamran Taherimoghaddam. In this black-and-white meditation on the...