Dubai UAE: The second edition of Anankes Women in Literature Festival will be held digitally on March 31st and April 1st, 2022. The two-day, online event plans to celebrate independent publishers, writers, poets, literary agents as well as connoisseurs of the written word especially from the Global South. With the theme, Rethinking Paper, Ink &...
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Annie Zaidi, Myriam Tadasse, Sabyn Javeri & Saba Karim share platform at Anankes WLF2022 to Unpack A Womans Experience of Displacement
Leading voices from across the literary landscape are all set to share their views about fictionalizing womens lived experiences at the second edition of Anankes much celebrated Women In Literature Festival 2022 (#WLF2022). Taking place digitally on March 31st and April 1st, 2022. The two-day, online event plans to celebrate independent publishers, writers, poets, literary...
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International Womens Day celebrates the contribution of women and girls as climate solution multipliers
March 8th, 2022, (New York, USA): Advancing gender equality in the context of the climate crisis and disaster risk reduction is one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century. This years theme for International Womens Day (8 March), Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow, explores the ways in which women and girls are...
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Mastercard partners with Expo School Programme to mark Womens Day with biggest ever Girls4Tech rollout
Girls and parents are invited to sign up for the sessions in celebration of International Womens Day March 7th, 2022, (Dubai, UAE): Mastercard, the Official Payment Technology Partner of Expo 2020 Dubai, is collaborating with the Expo School Programme to stage two of its biggest ever Girls4Tech sessions as part of International Womens Day 2022....
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Dubai Airports Launches Womens Network to Connect and Empower its Female Professionals
March 7th, 2022, (Dubai, UAE) – Dubai Airports, the operator of Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC), has announced the launch of the new Dubai Airports Womens Network (DAWN), a dedicated platform to empower, inspire, inform and connect women in aviation and maximise personal and professional development opportunities for Dubai Airports female professionals....
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Beyond #MeToo
SAGE India is proud to announce the publication of Beyond #MeToo: Ushering Women’s Era or Just Noise? by Tanushree Ghosh, Senior Engineering and Program Manager at Intel Corporation and Founder and Director of Her Rights Inc. Published under the SAGE-Select imprint, this book unboxes the #MeToo movement beyond the headlines and hashtags and repositions to its equally deserving urgency as a...
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Anankes Women in Literature Festival To Celebrate Independent Publishers, Writers From The Global South
The second edition of Anankes much celebrated Women In Literature Festival 2022 (#WLF2022) is all set to take place digitally on March 31st and April 1st, 2022. The two-day, online event plans to celebrate independent publishers, writers, poets, literary agents as well as connoisseurs of the written word especially from the Global South. With the...
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Nearly 2.4 Billion Women Globally Dont Have Same Economic Rights as Men
Washington USA: Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent their full economic participation, according to the World Banks Women, Business and the Law 2022 report. In 86 countries, women face some form of job restriction and 95 countries do not guarantee equal pay for...
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Mastercard Women SME Leaders Awards 2022 is open for nominations from women-owned and run businesses in MENA
February 21st, 2022 (Dubai, UAE): Entrepreneurial women across the world are leading the way in tapping into the power of the digital economy to succeed and grow. As a celebration of their achievements, Mastercard has announced the inaugural Women SME Leaders Awards 2022, the first initiative of its kind to recognize and further empower women-owned...
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Ananke announces the second edition of its successful flagship event Women in Literature Festival 2022
After the resounding success of the pilot edition of Anankes Women in Literature Festival (WLF2021) in 2021, the Dubai-based organization officially announces plans to hold the second round of the event in March this year. The two-day, digital (online) event, from March 31st to April 1st, offers a unique window not just into womens lived...