November 12th, 2019, Nairobi (Kenya): Private sector organizations including the Ford Foundation, Johnson & Johnson, Philips, World Vision and many others announced today at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 they will mobilize some $8 billion in combined new pledges to achieve zero preventable maternal deaths, zero unmet need for family planning, zero gender-based violence and...
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Fostering Gender Equality in Publishing
The event promotes equality during the opening of the PublisHer summit with global female literati. November 11th, 2019, Sharjah (UAE): Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Vice President of International Publishers Association (IPA), and founder of PublisHer, has said that women stand on the brink of welcoming a new era for the publishing industry worldwide....
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Instilling Tolerance
Dubai (United Arab Emirates): The second edition of World Tolerance Summit (WTS), under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and themed ‘Tolerance in Multiculturalism: Achieving the Social, Economic and Humane Benefits of a Tolerant World’, will have a series of...
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Connecting the Global North And South For SDGs Impact
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were first established at the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 by 193 world leaders, with a commitment to ending global poverty, reducing inequalities and tackling climate change by 2030. With only 10 years left to achieve the SDGs, a high-level international forum – SDGs Impact Summit – has...
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The Inclusive Edge
November 7th, 2019 New York (USA): IFF (NYSE:IFF) (Euronext Paris:IFF) (TASE:IFF), a leading innovator of taste, scent, and nutrition, solidified its commitment to gender parity and womens empowerment by emboldening internal practices and working with global partners to complement ongoing efforts to increase equality within its world-wide footprint. The Company has pledged to adopt the...
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TechGirlz Launches Girls In Tech Summit
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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Knowledge Beyond Border at SIBF
November 5th, 2019, Sharjah (UAE): Cultural events like the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) play a tremendous role in inculcating a love of reading in the young generation through the hosting of multiple edutainment activities and interactive reading sessions, remarked Emirati author Sheikha Mariam Saqr Al Qasimi while addressing more than 50 school students at the...
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Gender Strategy Takes Flight at UNIDO
November 5th, 2019, Abu Dhabi (UAE): An ambitious and far-reaching gender equality policy was launched by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) at its General Conference in Abu Dhabi. The Strategy for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (2020-2023) promotes UNIDOs vision that women and men equally lead, participate in, and benefit from...
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Millennials taking center stage at EmTech MENA 2019
Millennials taking center stage at EmTech MENA 2019; Ghena Alhanaee, Amer Al Jabri, Fouad Maksoud and Laila Ziko know that they can make the world a better and safer place. When MIT Technology Review announced its Innovators Under 35 award, they were ready to take center stage at EmTech MENA 2019 in Dubai and demonstrate...
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Sustainability Driving Innovation
November 4th, 2019, (Dubai-UAE): The second edition of EmTech MENA kicked off today at Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai, focusing sustainability driving innovation. Organized by Dubai Future Foundation, the conference showcases emerging technologies with the greatest potential to impact lives, inspire the future and drive the new global economy. The event runs until November 5 under...