September 22nd, 2023, (Dubai, UAE): Yspot, the unique and forward-thinking platform designed to revolutionize connectivity between youth and organizations, announces the commencement of its Autumn Internships, in partnership with industry leaders, after celebrating the success of its summer pilot program. As part of its mission to support students in future career choices, the newly-launched, female-led...
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Dubai Cares Vision for Global Education Takes Centerstage at 77th UNGA
September 20th, 2022 (Dubai, UAE): Continuing its global advocacy efforts for a transformed education ecosystem, Dubai Cares, a civil society organization formally associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications, unveiled the Rewiring Education for People and Planet report at the Transforming Education Summit (TES) in collaboration with the Education Commission. Held as part...
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Apps UP 2022: Huawei empowers Women in Tech
September 19th, 2022, (Dubai, UAE): Huawei, the global tech giant, continues its legacy of honoring and empowering women in technology by presenting the unique Tech Women’s Award in the Huawei Global App Innovation Contest (Apps UP) 2022 in the Middle East and Africa (MEA). The award category provides regional women app developers a global stage...
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Kearney Survey: 6 in 10 women concerned that hybrid working style leads to missing out opportunities for career progression
Over half (51 percent) of women stressed that transparency around pay and remuneration was a key consideration in removing barriers around diversity, equity, and inclusion. September 8th, 2022, (Dubai, UAE): Six in 10 women expressed concern that a hybrid working style leads to them missing out on key opportunities for career progression, a strong sentiment...
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Achieving full gender equality is still centuries away, warns the UN in new report
September 6th, 2022, (New York, USA): At the current rate of progress, it may take close to 300 years to achieve full gender equality, the Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): The Gender Snapshot 2022 shows. Global challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, violent conflict, climate change, and the backlash against...
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Promoting digital & financial inclusion through 6th round of She Loves Tech Pakistan
Expressing her inspiration behind bringing She Loves Tech to Pakistan, CIRCLEs founder Sadaffe Abid says: At CIRCLE we are committed to promoting digital and financial inclusion of women along with creating an enabling ecosystem for women startups and women in tech. HBL has been our key partner from early days and collectively we will be...
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OneLoad Women Empowerment Project Signs MoU with Kashf Foundation Enabling Women Micro Entrepreneurs
Lahore, Pakistan: OneLoad Women Empowerment Project (OWEP) funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has signed an MoU with Kashf Foundation for a limited scale pilot targeting their beneficiaries. The pilot project will help Kashfs beneficiaries to earn a supplemental income. Speaking on the occasion Roshaneh Zafar, Managing Director of Kashf, said, Through this innovative...
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Upwork, CaterpillHERs partnership gamechanger for female freelancers in Pakistan
CaterpillHERs, a Pakistan-based company that helps women launch and scale their businesses and careers, has partnered with Upwork, the worlds work marketplace, to provide women in the CaterpillHERs cohort access to coaching on Upwork Academy, an interactive learning hub that provides career tips, upskilling opportunities, and other educational resources. As part of the collaboration, members...
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Clarion call that fight for womens rights in Afghanistan is a global fight: UN Women Rep
Press briefing: It has been 344 days since the Taliban took power. For most Afghan women and girls, almost each one of these days since 15 August has brought a deterioration in their rights, their condition, and their social and political status. When I briefed you in September, I told you that decades of progress...
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IMFs new gender strategy announced
Washington, DC: Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement on July 22nd, 2022: I am most pleased and proud to announce that the Executive Board today approved the IMFs first Gender Strategy aimed at integrating gender into the Funds core activities surveillance, capacity development, and lending in...