The highly anticipated Step Conference, The Leading Tech Festival in Emerging Markets, is celebrating a decade with a back-in-person edition in February 2022 in Dubai! If youre a startup looking to showcase your products and services or just want to attend the event to watch big speakers and expand your network, this event is for...
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Call for Papers for Rubina Saigol Research Award Announced
Lahore (Pakistan): On the occasion of Dr. Rubina Saigols first birth anniversary, Lahore Education and Research Network (LEARN) announced the Rubina Saigol Research Award – Call for Papers. The Award is intended to honour and carry on the work of notable scholar Rubina Saigol and to encourage continued research contributions on thematic areas pioneered by...
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Pakistans 1st National Women in Law Awards and Symposium on Diversity & Inclusion
Women in Law Initiative Pakistan is a leading and pioneer collective working for equality of opportunity and networking of female lawyers in Pakistan. It was established in the year 2016 and has consistently worked to highlight and mainstream gender equality in the legal profession through seminars, conferences, policy input, law reform proposals and other initiatives....
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New UN Women data confirms violence against women has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic
November 24th, 2021, (New York, USA): On the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November), a new report released by UN Women highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s safety at home and in public spaces. The report shows that women’s feelings of safety have been eroded, leading to...
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talabat appoints new female UAE MD
Following Toon's departure, 2 senior executives have been appointed to talabat's C-suite; Jérémy Doutté, talabat UAE's VP of the UAE is promoted to Chief Business Officer, overseeing all of talabat's regional markets and Key Accounts. Tareq Barto, previously SVP International Markets at Delivery Hero SE, talabat's parent company, joins as Chief Operations Officer, overseeing talabat's...
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First Saudi NFT marketplace, Nuqtah, closes Pre-Seed Round
Nuqtah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabias first and leading NFT marketplace, closed their Pre-Seed round led by Shorooq Partners and joined by strategic angel investors. The Company founded by Salwa Radwi plans to become the de facto platform for the Saudi and MENA digital creative economy. NFTs represent a major transformation for artists to safely...
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Strengthening Dubai’s orientation as a leading destination for entrepreneurs
The Dubai Business Women Council (DBWC) has selected 52 mentees to take part in the 4th cycle of its Mentorship Programme, which will continue for a period six months. A meeting was held recently at the Council premises in the presence of selected mentees, mentors who had volunteered to take part in the current cycle...
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Independent Woman-led, Pakistani Publishing House Zuka Books makes it to the UN Women Award Shortlist
ZUKA BOOKS, a Lahore based publishing organisation, had been shortlisted for a UN Women Asia-Pacific WEP Award in the Gender-responsive Marketplace category. The UN Women Asia-Pacific Awards are the only regional awards that recognise gender-inclusive initiatives in business organisations. They are conducted in partnership with the European Union with assistance by Australia Aid and Investing...
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Cherie Blair Foundation ME Powering Women To Redefine Future
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women officially launched the Middle East Chapter of the organization on November 14th, 2021 at Dubai Expo 2020. The event was organized at the New Zealand Pavilion, Sustainability District. The newly appointed chair of the Middle East chapter of The Cherie Blair Foundation for Womens 100,000 Women Campaign Pembe Al...
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CodeGirls hosts the second edition of EQUALS Tech4Girls Workshops
CodeGirls recently hosted a series of workshops with EQUALS and Tech4Girls to raise awareness and educate women and young girls about digital skills, E-commerce, and Mobile Application Development. The second edition of this series was hosted online on October 22nd and 23rd, Friday and Saturday. The host, CodeGirls Pakistan, is an exclusive women-only initiative that...