FinDev Canada's investment in Alitheia IDF Fund will improve women's access to finance in sub-Saharan Africa. November 13th, 2019, Johannesburg (South Africa): FinDev Canada invests in women-owned SMEs and has announced an investment of $7.5 million to Alitheia IDF, a fund supporting women-owned and led businesses, to boost women’s economic empowerment and access to finance in...
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Girls in Tech Bolsters Board of Advisors with New Appointments
November 13th, 2019, San Francisco (USA): Girls in Tech, a global non-profit that works to put an end to gender inequality in high-tech industries and startups, today announced two new additions to the company’s board of directors. Stephen Snyder, Chief Financial Officer at Addepar, a high-growth, venture-backed, wealth management SaaS platform, and Sastry Durvasula, Chief Digital Officer and...
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Nairobi Summit Coverage: Smart investments can transform womens lives
November 2019, Nairobi (Kenya): Smart investments can transform women’s lives! This was the message that reverberated across the Nairobi Summit. The price tag to achieve three world-transforming results in the next decade ending preventable maternal deaths, eliminating gender-based violence and harmful practices, and meeting the family planning needs of women in high-priority countries is...
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Nairobi Summit Opens With Commitment by Stakeholders
November 12th, 2019, Nairobi (Kenya): World leaders, representatives of non-governmental organizations, young people, business leaders and community groups today began unveiling their commitments to end preventable maternal death, meet all womens demand for family planning, and stop violence against women and girls by 2030. The commitments are being made during the three-day Nairobi Summit on...
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LOréalUNESCO Program Recognizes Women in Science
Six scientists win recognition for their pioneering research in scientific development in the region November 12th, 2019, Dubai (UAE): The sixth edition of the LOréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Middle East Fellowship has recognized 6 leading women scientists who have made extraordinary discoveries in their fields in 2019. This initiative is part of the...
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Nairobi Summit Coverage: Mobilizing $8 Billion for Women
November 12th, 2019, Nairobi (Kenya): Private sector organizations including the Ford Foundation, Johnson & Johnson, Philips, World Vision and many others announced today at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 they will mobilize some $8 billion in combined new pledges to achieve zero preventable maternal deaths, zero unmet need for family planning, zero gender-based violence and...
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Fostering Gender Equality in Publishing
The event promotes equality during the opening of the PublisHer summit with global female literati. November 11th, 2019, Sharjah (UAE): Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Vice President of International Publishers Association (IPA), and founder of PublisHer, has said that women stand on the brink of welcoming a new era for the publishing industry worldwide....
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Instilling Tolerance
Dubai (United Arab Emirates): The second edition of World Tolerance Summit (WTS), under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and themed ‘Tolerance in Multiculturalism: Achieving the Social, Economic and Humane Benefits of a Tolerant World’, will have a series of...
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The Inclusive Edge
November 7th, 2019 New York (USA): IFF (NYSE:IFF) (Euronext Paris:IFF) (TASE:IFF), a leading innovator of taste, scent, and nutrition, solidified its commitment to gender parity and womens empowerment by emboldening internal practices and working with global partners to complement ongoing efforts to increase equality within its world-wide footprint. The Company has pledged to adopt the...
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Connecting the Global North And South For SDGs Impact
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were first established at the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 by 193 world leaders, with a commitment to ending global poverty, reducing inequalities and tackling climate change by 2030. With only 10 years left to achieve the SDGs, a high-level international forum – SDGs Impact Summit – has...