This interview is part of Ananke's special #Resilience Edition, click here to view. Jane Ohuma, Country Manager Kenya and Cluster Lead for Kenya, Burundi and Rwanda, The Fred Hollows Foundation, chats with Sabin Muzaffar about the organizations groundbreaking work in Africa, how blindness exacerbates gender inequities and approaching COVID19 with an integrated response. ...
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Art exhibition to showcase rich cross-continental dialogues around black femininity
July 15th, 2021 (London, England): HOFA Gallery and ADA contemporary art gallery (Accra, Ghana) are set to premiere an all-female group exhibition titled ‘Mother of Mankind’ which showcases the rich cross-continental dialogues around the subject of black femininity; how it is created, perceived, and deconstructed through art. On view from July 22 August 31 at HOFA’s...
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World Economic Forum Launches Coalition to Tackle Harmful Online Content
Leaders in Australia, the UK, Indonesia, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Singapore and other public and private sector members have come together to collaborate and share best practices to reduce the spread of child sexual exploitation and abuse online, violent extremist and terrorist content, and health misinformation New report by the Forum highlights the need to implement a...
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WHO issues first global report on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in health and six guiding principles for its design and use
Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds great promise for improving the delivery of healthcare and medicine worldwide, but only if ethics and human rights are put at the heart of its design, deployment, and use, according to new WHO guidance published today. The report, Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health, is the result of two years of...
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WTTC launches ground-breaking initiative to support women in Travel & Tourism
Cancun Declaration adopted by more than 100 companies, industry associations and destinations Mexican Caribbean, Hilton, Carnival Corporation, Apple Leisure Group, Intrepid, Expedia, IHG, Barcelona Tourism and CLIA amongst signatories Cancun (Mexico): The worlds leading Travel & Tourism leaders pledged to work towards womens equality and boost female representation in leadership roles in an announcement before...
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Constitutionalizing Womens Human Rights in Australia
We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter defeat so that we can know who the hell we are, what we can overcome, what makes us stumble and fall, and somehow miraculously rise and go on. Maya Angelou Women belong in all places where...
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Teens in AI Celebrates International Womens Day with #GirlsInAI Hackathon
March 3rd, 2021, (UK): In celebration of International Womens Day on 8th March, Teens in AI is proud to be hosting its third annual #GirlsInAI hackathon. The London-based global initiative strives to increase diversity and inclusion in technology, with the hackathon aiming to create new opportunities for underrepresented talent through mentoring, talks, and exciting projects...
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Deglobalization, Inequality and Digital Concentration Among Key Trends Shaping the Global Economy in 2021, Say Leading Chief Economists
Managing responses to these trends will shape monetary, fiscal and competition policy-making in the near term, making bigger government another likely legacy Chief economists suggest parallel supply chains and deglobalization unlikely to last Learn more here January 28th, 2021, Geneva (Switzerland): Accelerating inequality, remote work and greater tech market dominance are among the pandemics emerging trends...
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TBHF, NAMA partner on project to support economic empowerment of over 300 women in Kenya
December 29th, 2020, Sharjah (Sharjah): The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF) and NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA) two Sharjah-based non-profit organisations, have joined hands to support a skills development training programme to economically empower more than 300 women in the Kenyan village of Nanyuki. TBHF, a global humanitarian organisation dedicated to helping people in need...
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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...