Dubai, UAE: The opening of the UN Women Liaison Office for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Abu Dhabi on the 17th of October is set to enhance the UAEs position on gender parity by helping to further promote womens empowerment and rights, according to Reach, the first non-profit organization dedicated to structured mentoring and leadership...
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ANANKE collaborates with WDL & WEP to launch Premier Digital Internship Program For Girls
Dubai, UAE/Lahore, Pakistan/ NY, USA (Oct 3rd, 2016): Ananke Magazine, a non-profit digital platform empowering women, in partnership with the Womens Digital League Pakistan (WDL), and Women Engineers of Pakistan (WEP) have launched a one-of-a-kind, home-based online internship program for women and girls. With a vision to economically empower women through digital media, technology and...
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Women Deliver Launches Campaign to Promote Critical Investments in Girls and Women
September 21st 2016, New York, NY: Women Deliver and 10 partners launched today the Deliver for Good campaign, a global initiative that applies a gender lens to the Sustainable Development Goals and promotes 12 critical investments in girls and women to power progress for all Achieving growth and prosperity for all starts with ensuring equal...
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CFA Institute Study Points to Way Forward for Women in Finance
Dubai (UAE), September 18, 2016: CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, has completed the largest survey of investment management professionals on the subject of gender diversity to date. The study finds that while women continue to make progress within the industry, much more needs to be done to ease the global bottleneck that is...
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Abu Dhabi Fund for Development hosts Women and Innovation seminar
August 28th, 2016 Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, the UAEs international development arms, has hosted its annual Women and Innovation seminar today to mark Emirati Womens Day. Moderated by Fatima Al Balooshi, Head of Media and Communications at Abu Dhabi Fund for Development the seminar had key note contributions from Dr. Omniyat Al-Hajri,...
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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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ANANKE Partners With Women Engineers Pakistan To Launch Premier Online Internship Program
Dubai, UAE/ New York, USA, June 1st, 2016: Ananke Magazine has partnered with Women Engineers Pakistan (WEP) to launch a one-of-its-kind internship program to economically empower women through digital media, technology and journalism. Celebrating visionary women across the MENA region and beyond, the digital magazine, Ananke, strives to create a difference by not only documenting...
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45.8 million people ensalved across the world
Dubai, UAE, May 31st, 2016: An estimated 45.8 million men, women and children around the world are today trapped in modern slavery – 28% more than previously estimated. They are enslaved through human trafficking, forced labour, debt bondage, forced or servile marriage or commercial sexual exploitation. This is revealed in the 2016 Global Slavery Index, the...
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Tech giants in ME join forces to attract, retain women in tech
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: LinkedIn, Dell, Facebook and Ericsson held the first ever MENA Connecting Women in Technology (CWIT) event in Dubai earlier this week. CWIT, a collaborative initiative which started with 15 technology companies in Ireland, was created to attract and retain women in the technology industry. The MENA chapter aims to drive initiatives...
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UN Women debuts We Are Here documentary series
CAIRO, EGYPT, May 23rd, 2016: UN Women Regional Office for Arab States announced today the debut and release of a six-part documentary series under the title of We Are Here highlighting the political, social, peacebuilding, and conflict resolution work of women living in challenging environments across the Arab States Region. With conflicts and humanitarian crises raging through...