The EQUALS Global Partnership for Gender Equality in the Digital Age, alongside CodeGirls Pakistan, and Womens World Wide Web (W4), a member of the global EQUALS Skills Coalition have partnered to organize GSMA-led Tech4Girls workshops for girls and women in Pakistan. The global EQUALS/GSMA Tech4Girls pilot workshop program series is funded by technology leader...
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Ananke Girl Summit welcomes 300 guests in MENA regions first ever digital summit on the girl child
November 5th, 2020. Dubai (UAE): Ananke a digital platform empowering women through awareness, advocacy and education welcomed 300 guests on October 29th, 2020, at the MENA and Subcontinent regions first ever digital event focusing the girl child. The event was not only largely attended by women and girls, 99 percent of the guest...
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Ananke To Host First Ever Digital Girl Summit in the Middle East & Subcontinent
October 20th, 2020. Dubai (UAE): The youth is an unstoppable force leading positive social change globally. Making up half of this population, girls are amazing agents of change within their communities and beyond. Observing #DayOfTheGirl in the month of October, Ananke is organizing a digital event The Girl Summit on October 29th, 2020 with the...
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Every Girl is Ada
From the 10th-17th October 2020, Teens In AI ran their annual Ada Lovelace Hackathon in recognition of Ada Lovelace Day. This exciting event brought together students from all around the globe to develop innovative AI solutions to the most pressing healthcare and societal challenges facing the planet. Attracting 130 enterprising young people from around the...
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Girls Rights, Gender Equity Take Centre Stage
October 12th, 2020, Sharjah (UAE): Female leaders in gender advocacy and women empowerment from the Middle East have met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to reflect on how girls education and economic empowerment in the region have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, and talk about their unique experiences in trying to...
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‘Changing the Course of Society By Educating Women’
October 7th, 2020, Sharjah (UAE): Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and Chairperson of The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF) has called on the international community to make education of refugee girls...
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Nearly 9 in 10 People Globally Want a More Sustainable and Equitable World Post COVID-19
In a new World Economic Forum/Ipsos global survey of more than 21000 adults, 86% say they want the world to change significantly and become more sustainable and equitable. Globally, 72% also want their personal lives to change significantly, rather than returning to pre-COVID-19. While the US is one of the most change-averse nations, alongside the...
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Award-Winning Dubai Author Launches online course for budding writers
September 17th, 2020, Dubai (UAE): Number-one best-selling author, Karen Osman, has launched Kick Start Your Book With Karen, an online course to help people write a book. The 8-week course is made up over 30 hours of video tutorials, downloadable worksheets, exercises, templates and checklists, and weekly live Q & A sessions with the award-wining...
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World Economic Forum Announces Co-Chairs of 4th Sustainable Development Impact Summit
Fourth annual Sustainable Development Impact Summit will take place virtually from 21 to 24 September Summit aims to scale up solutions to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of our time Explore the programme September 14th, 2020 Geneva (Switzerland): The World Economic Forum announced today the co-chairs of the annual Sustainable Development Impact Summit, taking place from 21...
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EBRD and Women 20 call on G20 members to mainstream gender equality
G20 Leaders should put women at the heart of all immediate and long-term post-Covid-19 recovery efforts, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Women 20 (W20), the official G20 engagement group for womens empowerment, are urging in a joint statement. The pandemic risks exacerbating pre-existing inequalities and reversing progress towards gender parity, the...