CaterpillHERs, a Pakistan-based company that helps women launch and scale their businesses and careers, has partnered with Upwork, the worlds work marketplace, to provide women in the CaterpillHERs cohort access to coaching on Upwork Academy, an interactive learning hub that provides career tips, upskilling opportunities, and other educational resources. As part of the collaboration, members...
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Launch of complaint cell for women journalists in Pakistan announced
July 29th, 2022, (Islamabad, Pakistan): The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), in collaboration with the Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) and the Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ), held a consultative meeting with women journalists from across Pakistan. The purpose of the meeting was to give female journalists space to air their concerns and to collectively...
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Clarion call that fight for womens rights in Afghanistan is a global fight: UN Women Rep
Press briefing: It has been 344 days since the Taliban took power. For most Afghan women and girls, almost each one of these days since 15 August has brought a deterioration in their rights, their condition, and their social and political status. When I briefed you in September, I told you that decades of progress...
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IMFs new gender strategy announced
Washington, DC: Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement on July 22nd, 2022: I am most pleased and proud to announce that the Executive Board today approved the IMFs first Gender Strategy aimed at integrating gender into the Funds core activities surveillance, capacity development, and lending in...
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Ti22 Films To Produce a Live Show For The World Cup 2022
Partnering with AJS Events, Ti22 Films, an award-winning production company, will feature live content for football fans worldwide. July 21st 2022 (Dubai, UAE): Ti22 Films, a Dubai-based production company led by award-winning producer Reim El Houni, along with AJS Events, is creating a live TV show for the upcoming World Cup 2022 in Doha,...
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Dubai Business Women Councils month-long activities end on high note
Key issues discussed include mental and emotional health of female entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial skills. Halabi: DBWC events and activities are open exclusively to members of the Council. 250 female entrepreneurs took part in DBWCs activities last June. July 19th, 2022, (Dubai UAE): The Dubai Business Women Council (DBWC) has recently wrapped off a string of...
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Compounding Crises: Pandemic Disruptions and Weak Recovery Delay Time to Gender Parity to 132 Years
- Iceland remains the worlds most gender-equal country, followed by Finland, Norway, New Zealand and Sweden - COVID-19 set gender parity back by a generation and a weak recovery isnt compensating for it - Explore the full report, infographics and more information here Geneva, Switzerland: After a big COVID hit, the gender gap hasnt bounced back,...
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Reproductive rights are womens rights and human rights
Reproductive rights are integral to womens rights, a fact that is upheld by international agreements and reflected in law in different parts of the world. To be able to exercise their human rights and make essential decisions, women need to be able to decide freely and responsibly on the number and spacing of their children...
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First Female-Founded Entertainment Company in the Middle East, IAM Entertainment Agrees Multi-Million Dollar Funding
June 2022, (Dubai UAE): Co-Founded by Sonal Vara-Parmar six years ago, IAM Entertainment, one of the regions most renowned entertainment agencies, has confirmed a multi-million dollar funding round led by Abbey Road Investment Group. This funding will allow the agency to continue its explosive growth across the region through live shows, movie and TV production...
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New Initiative to Build An Equitable, Interoperable and Safe Metaverse
World Economic Forum initiative will focus on two key areas, metaverse governance and economic and societal value creation, and will explore themes across regulatory frameworks, technology choices and economic opportunities Visit the initiative page here and learn more about the Annual Meeting 2022 (Davos-Klosters, Switzerland): The World Economic Forum announced today a new initiative, Defining and Building the...