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Amplifying Women Empowerment in the Corporate World

The Meera Kaul Foundation continues to strengthen their global initiative of empowering women in the corporate world with the newly launched Gender Bias Ranking App and web portal. ‘Parity’ measures gender bias in workspaces across the globe, evaluates companies based on their history to exclude women in leadership positions, records real data about sexual harassment...

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Meera Kaul Foundation Starts the Year by Inspiring Women in STEM

Unique event brings over 300 women entrepreneurs and senior executives under one roof.  Dubai UAE – Under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum, the year 2015 has commenced with a tribute to the female gender with the launch of Women in STEM 2015 Conference & Awards. Organized by The Meera Kaul Foundation,...

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Fertile Ground for Fashion

The fashion industry is one of the most lucrative businesses in the UAE and all across the Arabian Peninsula. Although more and more international designers such as Carolina Herrera have penetrated the Middle Eastern market, the local industry is also burgeoning with immense potential. A multi-billion dollar sector, growth has been substantial with the entrance...

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Education in the UAE

The higher education sector in the UAE has seen an accelerated rate of growth over the past one decade with the mushrooming of universities that are either offshore branches of foreign institutions or are accredited by one. With the country teeming with academic organizations, course options are many. That said, skyrocketing college fees, indecision about...

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On the recklessness of rationalizing conservatism

I get it why Pepsi’s newly appointed CEO Indra Nooyi said what she said; commenting on women striving to achieve work-life balance and can’t having it all. I was, however, fairly amazed to read Kim Kardashian (of all people) challenge a titan in the world of business – one who made her way up the...

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Just the Facts

History is a continuous chain of events. The present is only an extension of the past. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.  “A place without women is a place without spirit.” Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, 18 December, 2006. “In other countries, women have had to fight for their political rights, whereas women in...

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Aiming for the Stars

Theatre performer Moza Al Mazrouie Poet Ousha bint Khalifa Al Suwaidi, known as Fatat Al Arab, the “Girl of Arabs”, or “Gulf poet laureate” Photographer Sheikha Jasem Al Suwaidi. Now in her 80s, she started photography in the 1950s Doctoral student Dr Ayesha Al Sayyar, former Deputy Minister of Educational Activities at the Ministry of...