August 9th, 2021, (United Arab Emirates): Nineteen listed companies in the UAE have appointed female board members following the mandate passed by the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) in March this year to empower Emirati women and encourage more females to play a greater role on the boards of listed companies. 111 listed companies are...
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CIRCLE partners with HBL to host She Loves Tech Pakistan 2021
Groundbreaking women-led startup CIRCLE is bringing She Loves Tech 2021, a women-centric global technology startup acceleration competition, back to Pakistan for the fifth time. This year CIRCLE will be hosting She Loves Tech Pakistan in 13 cities including Gilgit Baltistan, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Multan and Faisalabad – while working with different NGOs, academic institutes, incubators and...
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FIFA launches #ReachOut campaign for better mental health
FIFA has launched #ReachOut, a campaign designed to raise awareness of the symptoms of mental health conditions, encourage people to seek help when they need it, and take actions every day for better mental health. With the support of past and current football players, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Association of Southeast Asian...
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Art exhibition to showcase rich cross-continental dialogues around black femininity
July 15th, 2021 (London, England): HOFA Gallery and ADA contemporary art gallery (Accra, Ghana) are set to premiere an all-female group exhibition titled ‘Mother of Mankind’ which showcases the rich cross-continental dialogues around the subject of black femininity; how it is created, perceived, and deconstructed through art. On view from July 22 August 31 at HOFA’s...
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P@SHA report advocates infrastructural, diversity frameworks for Pakistani IT Companies
Karachi (Pakistan): P@SHA released D&I, ‘Diversity and Inclusion Framework: for Pakistani IT Companies’. P@SHA/PASHA is a functional trade body and registered association for the IT industry in Pakistan, primarily to promote and develop the software and services industry in Pakistan and to protect the rights of its members. According to Shamim Rajani, Chair Person P@SHA...
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Accelerating Female-led Business to the Next Level with CWPEC 2021
July 13th, 2021, Lahore (Pakistan): Acclaimed community Connected Women Pakistan (CWP) announced the launch of its signature venture Connected Women Pakistan Entrepreneurship Challenge (CWPEC) 2021 on July 5th, 2021. The application form is now live and being shared in different communities and platforms with the applications being closed on 25th July. The CWPEC 2021 is...
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HER ALLIES A Practical Toolkit to Help Men Lead Through Advocacy
Archna Sharma, publisher at Neem Tree Press is excited to be publishing this highly topical book on male allyship by Hira Ali https://advancingyourpotential.com/. As the https://www.everyonesinvited.uk/ project, regular reported assaults on women and very visible and thick glass ceilings demonstrate, simply wishing for gender equality is not enough. HER ALLIES provides a much-needed practical guide...
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Women in Alternative Dispute Resolution Network Launched
June 30th, 2021 (Lahore, Pakistan): The ADR Initiative and Women in Law Initiative Pakistan jointly held a meet and greet session for female lawyers/students interested in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) on Saturday, 26th June 2021. In-house experts and team of ADR gave a brief overview of what ADR practice entails and drew comparisons with litigation...
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World Economic Forum Launches Coalition to Tackle Harmful Online Content
Leaders in Australia, the UK, Indonesia, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Singapore and other public and private sector members have come together to collaborate and share best practices to reduce the spread of child sexual exploitation and abuse online, violent extremist and terrorist content, and health misinformation New report by the Forum highlights the need to implement a...
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WHO issues first global report on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in health and six guiding principles for its design and use
Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds great promise for improving the delivery of healthcare and medicine worldwide, but only if ethics and human rights are put at the heart of its design, deployment, and use, according to new WHO guidance published today. The report, Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health, is the result of two years of...