March 24th, 2019, Abu Dhabi (UAE): As part of its efforts to spread a culture of tolerance and inclusivity in line with the Year of Tolerance, Abu Dhabi University (ADU) hosted an International Day for the ADU community to celebrate diversity and promote exchange and understanding between different nationalities. With more than 14 different countries...
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Another medal for UAE at Special Olympics World Games UAE
March 17th, 2019, Abu Dhabi (UAE): The UAE’s Hamda Al Hosani will have to make room for another medal in her cabinet after winning gold in the 200m final at Special Olympics World Games. At Dubai Police Stadium today, the 30-year-old sprinter crossed the finish line in an impressive time of 32.14 seconds. Canada’s Eva Bell...
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Women in Finance
Women have long been underserved by the financial advisory sector – but this is now changing. This is the assessment of deVere Switzerland, part of one of the worlds largest independent financial advisory organisations, which recently held the Women in Finance summit in Zurich ahead of International Womens Day today. deVere Switzerland Area Manager, Daniel OLeary, notes:...
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UAE Women in Civil Engineering
March 13th, 2019, Abu Dhabi (UAE): The Department of Civil Engineering at Abu Dhabi University (ADU) hosted the 2ndannual fib-UAE Women in Civil Engineering (WICE) Forum. The forum was organized by Dr. Reem Sabouni, Associate Professor and Chair of Women Engineersfib-UAE,and it waspart of the fib-UAE engineering week,held in collaboration with the fibinternational, the fib-UAE...
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Women of the Channel
March 8th, 2019 was International Womens Day, a time when the world recognizes the contributions and accomplishments of women across the globe and acknowledges the continuing strides being made toward a more gender-balanced world. Xerox has consistently worked to build a workforce that exemplifies and values diversity at all organizational levels, from its support of women in...
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Culture of Equality Is A Powerful Multiplier of Workplace Innovation, Accenture
March 10th, 2019Dubai (UAE): Aworkplace culture of equalityis a powerful multiplier of innovation and growth, according to new research from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). Published today in the companys Getting to Equal 2019 report,the research found that employees innovation mindsettheir willingness and ability to innovateis six times higher in companies with a robust culture of equality, where everyone...
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Status of Gender Equality
Governments around the world are paying more attention to gender equality but progress is too slow and uneven, and much remains to be done to increase women’s rights, opportunities and participation in public life and senior jobs, according to the OECD. Despite gender equality reforms in many countries, with innovative rules and regulations in many...
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UAE Aviation Incubator Marks IWD2019 with Ideation Workshop
March 6th, 2019, Dubai (UAE): Intelak, the UAEs aviation, travel, and tourism-focused incubator, marked International Womens Day with an ideation workshop and mentoring session to dive into the history of, and activate the participation of GCC women in the regions travel industry. This was the first time Intelak hosted an ideation workshop that targeted the...
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Gartner Says Middle East and North Africa IT Spending to Reach $160 Billion in 2019
March 4, 2019, Dubai (UAE): Middle East and North Africa (MENA) IT spending is projected to reach $160 billion in 2019, a 1.8 percent increase from 2018, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. In 2019, businesses in MENA are set to increase their IT spending in all segments except for the devices segment,...
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OECD to mark International Womens Day
Gender equality is vital for both well-being and in order for economies to prosper and provide sustainable, inclusive growth. The OECD will launch two new reports tracking progress on womens rights, opportunities and participation in public life during its March on Gender events at the OECD Conference Centre to mark International Womens Day on March 8. At 10:00, OECD Secretary-General...