September 9th, 2020, Dubai (UAE): The Gender Balance Council at du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has concluded its first-ever internal webinar, where a range of topics were discussed concerning gender equality and achieving inclusion in the workplace. Held under the theme ‘Defying gender stereotypes through working in gender dominated industries,’ the agenda entailed...
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Bodour Al Qasimi issues directive to restore three libraries damaged in Beirut explosion.
September 8th, 2020, Sharjah (UAE): Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Vice President of the International Publishers Association (IPA) and Head of the Advisory Committee of Sharjah World Book Capital (SWBC) 2019, has issued a directive to restore and develop several libraries damaged by the devastating explosions in Beirut. The Sharjah World Book Capital Office...
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Rose Academies Launches Fellowship Program for Ugandan Youth
Wakiso (Uganda): Rose Academies Uganda announced the launch of a unique fellowship program that will bring healthcare education using state-of-the-art technology into rural communities that lack internet access. Every year millions of infants die before they reach 28 days of life, primarily from preventable causes. Rose Uganda Fellowship Program was specifically developed to address...
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Celebrating Emirati Women’s Day
Coinciding with the founding of the UAEs General Womens Union which began in 1975 on August 28, Emirati Womens Day was launched by H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF). Check...
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Digital Transformation Evolutionary Key To Address Generational Skills Gap
A task force of the G20 research and policy advice network, Think20 (T20), has identified artificial intelligence (AI) based learning technologies as the recommended approach to overcoming current educational challenges and ensuring existing and future employees are prepared to be a member of the workforce of today and tomorrow. With economies reeling from the repercussions...
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Reloading She Love Tech Pakistan
Groundbreaking startup CIRCLE, is bringing She Loves Tech 2020, a women-centric global technology startup competition, back to Pakistan for the fourth time. This year CIRCLE will be hosting She Loves Tech Pakistan in 10 cities including Azad Kashmir, Sukkur, Multan and Faisalabad – while working with different NGOs, academic institutes, incubators and ecosystem partners across...
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Five entrepreneurship-focused webinars in August under Badiris Knowledge Exchange series
August 11TH, 2020, SHARJAH (UAE): Following the huge success of its virtual educational initiative, Badiri Knowledge Exchange, Badiri Education and Development Academy, the education and capacity building arm of NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA), has announced five more workshops to be held through August. The online education series was launched in April following the Coronavirus...
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Concrete steps sought from govts to push world out of crises
The members of the Major Groups and Other Stakeholders, official stakeholders to the United Nations Sustainable Development processes, are concerned and disappointed that governments have failed to deliver a Ministerial Declaration at the end of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The forum was held virtually from July 7-16, 2020. ?We attended...
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Women Gain Key Economic Benefits from Greater Trade, World Bank Study
July 30, 2020, Washington (USA): Trade increases women’s wages and helps close the wage gap between men and women while creating better jobs for women, a new World Bank Group report concludes. Countries that are open to international trade tend to grow faster, innovate, improve productivity, and provide higher income and more opportunities to their...
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Fast tracking the Elimination of Hepatitis B Among Mothers and Children
July 27th, 2020: The proportion of children under five years of age chronically infected with hepatitis B (HBV) dropped to just under one percent in 2019 down from around five percent in the pre-vaccine era (the period between the 1980s and the early 2000s), according to new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO). This...