Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) joined the global community in celebrating International Womens Day on March 8th, 2017, with a series of events and activities organized across ADNOC Group companies. In a statement marking International Womens Day, H.E. Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and ADNOC Group CEO, praised the valuable...
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Early marriage, pregnancy risk for adolescent Syrian refugees
Education and counseling are key to improving the lives of Syrian girls in Jordanian refugee camps, according to a new study. Writing in the journal Pathogens and Global Health, three current and former experts at the United Nations Population Fund outline the dire situation in which many young women in the Zaatari Camp find themselves. The...
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HERSELF initiative allies with Facebook to empower Pakistani women
October 5, 2016, Lahore, Pakistan: Punjab Information Technology Boards (PITB) program Herself became the first project in Pakistan to collaborate with Facebooks economic empowerment initiatives. This was announced at the launch ceremony of Herselfs partnership with Facebooks SheMeansBusiness, which was held at Arfa Software Technology Park and attended by more than 300 women from all...
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Hopscotch: Bringing Women Effectively Back To Work
October 25th 2016, Dubai, UAE: According to a new survey carried out by the women-only portal Hopscotch, there is a huge disparity between the support females need in order to make their journey back to work a smooth one, and what is currently on offer in the GCC region. Of the types of skills women...
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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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Cultures of Care: On Gender And Autonomy
This is the second article in the three part series on Care Economy. Click to read the first article. Gender has played a galvanizing role in the division of labor from time immemorial. From agrarian communities to modern age societies, economic development has formed its base by leveraging women as tools of production. Remarkable agents...
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Empowering Kidpreneurs
Tell us about your professional journey, your major success and the challenges you faced along the way. After studying Law and Politics in the UK, I stumbled into the marketing communications industry, fell in love and decided to pursue a career in it. After nine years in top international agencies and having leading brands like...
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Wife Inheritance in Africa
Wife inheritance is an affliction that has gripped the African society from eons of time. Widely practiced across the entire continent, it is a tradition where a widow gets inherited by relatives of her late husband. Once thought to be an honorable practice, the custom initially entailed taking care of the widow and her children...
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Justina Mutale: Advancing Gender Equality
Tell us about yourself and the journey undertaken to work for the cause of women? I have a personal and vested interest in championing the cause of women. I come from a background of strong, powerful and assertive women, who have always defied the gender dynamics. I grew up believing that women are the worlds...
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Achieving empowerment of the Arab Woman
Tell us about yourself and professional journey? I am an Engineer and a mother of two boys, originally from Damascus, Syria. Born and raised in the UAE which I consider my second home. I earned a degree in Electrical Engineering from McGill University Canada. My first working experience was with a Canadian electronic manufacturer representative,...