November 7th, 2019, PHILADELPHIA (USA): The changing nature of work in America and the countrys corresponding shortage of technology workers continues to inspire a rising number of girls and women to pursue technology-related instruction and careers. As part of its year-long tenth anniversary celebration, nonprofit TechGirlz today unveiled the Girls in Tech Summit to help accelerate this...
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Security Council Urges Recommitment to Women, Peace, Security Agenda
The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2492 on October 29th, 2019, urging States to recommit themselves to its women, peace and security agenda now approaching its twentieth anniversary including by creating safe environments for women leaders, peacebuilders, human rights defenders and political actors around the globe. By terms of the resolution, the 15?member Council...
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Sowing seeds for a sustainable future
October 31st, 2019, BERKELEY, CA, (USA): As You Sow, a leading non-profit promoting sustainable investing, today announced that its Gender Equality Funds investing tool has been upgraded with a first-of-its-kind sustainability report card, grading investments on six environmental and social issues including gender equality, fossil fuels, deforestation, and weapons. The updated search tool helps investors find mutual funds and...
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Deliver to Empower
In 2007, a groundbreaking organization, Women Deliver, was founded that advocated for gender equality and health and rights of women and girls all over the world. Founded by Jill Sheffield, a staunch advocate of maternal, reproductive and sexual health and also a founder of Family Care International. Womens Delivers very first conference was held in...
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Ananke nominated for the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society Prize (WSIS) 2019
January 24th, Dubai (UAE): Ananke a Dubai-based, digital, multi-faceted, platform empowering women through awareness, advocacy and education, announces that it has been nominated for the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) awards 2019 to be held in April in Geneva Switzerland. Ananke has entered the phase of online voting where voting will continue...
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Phyllis Chesler: A Politically Incorrect Feminist
Would you say the course of your life has had a great impact on your vision and perspective? We would love to know from you how your life’s journey started as a feminist? Like many other American feminists, I was active in the civil rights and anti-war movements–but unlike most feminists, I had “once lived in a harem in...
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Weaving Safe Spaces for Kenyan Youth
TAP Africas founder, Gladys Muthara retraces her steps from violence to victory and how her journey has empowered the African youth, resulting in her receiving the prestigious VSO Impact Beyond Volunteering Award 2018 by VSO/ICS.
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Day of the Girl: An Australian Perspective
Melanie Bublyk celebrates day of the Girl Child by focusing on girls and womens empowerment in Australia.
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On Championing Girls
Sabin Muzaffar ponders on what empowerment entails while celebrating the Day of the Girl.
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Global Call To Action for Gender Equality
Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, UN Women Ambassador Anne Hathaway, and actor Winston Duke make global call to action for gender equality at the HeForShe IMPACT Summit.