Dubai, UAE, May 31st, 2016: An estimated 45.8 million men, women and children around the world are today trapped in modern slavery – 28% more than previously estimated. They are enslaved through human trafficking, forced labour, debt bondage, forced or servile marriage or commercial sexual exploitation. This is revealed in the 2016 Global Slavery Index, the...
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Tech giants in ME join forces to attract, retain women in tech
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: LinkedIn, Dell, Facebook and Ericsson held the first ever MENA Connecting Women in Technology (CWIT) event in Dubai earlier this week. CWIT, a collaborative initiative which started with 15 technology companies in Ireland, was created to attract and retain women in the technology industry. The MENA chapter aims to drive initiatives...
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UN Women debuts We Are Here documentary series
CAIRO, EGYPT, May 23rd, 2016: UN Women Regional Office for Arab States announced today the debut and release of a six-part documentary series under the title of We Are Here highlighting the political, social, peacebuilding, and conflict resolution work of women living in challenging environments across the Arab States Region. With conflicts and humanitarian crises raging through...
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Hillary Clinton, Jessica Biel Close Women Deliver 2016 Conference
Copenhagen, Denmark: The fourth Women Deliver Conference, May 19th, 2016, came to a close today with a focus on solutions to make sure girls and women are at the center of efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) globally and at the country level. During the closing ceremony, U.S. Presidential Candidate and former Secretary of...
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Women Deliver 2016: Putting Girls & Women at Forefront of Development
Copenhagen, Denmark: On May 16, 2016, heads of state and global leaders joined more than 5,000 advocates, experts and young people from 168 countries for the fourth Women Deliver Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. It will be the largest gathering on the health, rights and wellbeing of girls and women in over a decade. We all...
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Women Deliver 2016: Global Leaders Urge More Investment in Girls, Women
Copenhagen, Denmark: On the second day of the Women Deliver 2016 Conference, global leaders emphasized that investing in solutions that advance the health, rights and wellbeing of girls and women will drive economic growth and development and ignite change across communities. Plenary sessions and partner announcements showcased how when girls and women are given equal opportunities...
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Powering inclusion in ICT
May 10th, 2016 – Dubai, UAE:: In a global effort to raise awareness around the necessity for girls to consider a career in ICT, Cisco is once again supporting Girls in ICT Day through its Girls Power Tech initiative. The UAE edition of the event will be held on May 12, 2016 at the Ciscos Dubai...
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Celebrating Woman
April 17th, 2016, Dubai, UAE – BOLDtalks Woman continues to bring to light the incredible stories of women – looking at both their challenges and triumphs – and encouraging solutions to womens issues. When you invest in a woman, change happens. Because when a woman thrives, a family thrives, a community prospers, and an entire nation creates the...
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Dubai based entrepreneur wins prestigious Montegrappa Writing Prize
Dear Michael is a dark psychological thriller based on a mothers letters to a prison inmate incarcerated for murder Karen Osman, the founder of Travel Ink, has won the Montegrappa Writing Prize at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature for her novel Dear Michael. The fictional work is a thriller, set in the North of England about...
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Educate to Empower!
Womens Digital League will train 300 women on digital livelihood in six districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the North Western province of Pakistan. The trainings will be conducted under the World Bank sponsored KP Digital Livelihood Training Program. These trainings have started at partner institutes and organizations in which housewives and female students are learning...