October 27th, 2019, Dubai (UAE): The Afghanistan booth at the FIRST Global Challenge 2019 in Dubai is packed, with hardly any space to move. The all-teenage-girl Afghan Dreamers team are being filmed for a documentary and trailed everywhere by a camera crew while curious bystanders look on. The girls first garnered global attention in 2017 when...
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Meet the female STEM role models redefining femininity in the sciences
October 27th, 2019, Dubai (UAE): Sofia Nanjari was just nine when she was introduced to robotics. She overheard her brother, then an engineering first-year undergraduate student, complain about how hard robotics programming was. She later went on to YouTube for tutorial videos, and the first thing she ever learned to build and program were traffic light...
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Ending Child Marriage in Tanzania
One of the biggest wins against child marriages in Africa was achieved on October 23, 2019, by the Supreme Court of Appeals when it upheld a 2016 landmark ruling which had raised the minimum marriage to 18 years. Hailed by women and child welfare advocates as a groundbreaking milestone, Ann Sangai, Tanzania Gender Networking Program...
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Mastercard Expands Commitment to Global Development of Women
October 24th, 2019, Washington DC, (USA): Today, Mastercard announces partnerships with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and CARE USA, which will create new models and tools to financially include women, micro-entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers across the world. Expand Mastercards commitment to the U.S. Governments Womens Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP), the first...
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She is Arab Launches in UAE
October 23rd, 2019, Dubai (UAE): She is Arab, the first dedicated speakers platform for Arab women in the world launched today in the UAE as its first country of operation in line with the countrys commitment to gender equality. Incubated at In5 Tech in Dubai Internet City, its vision is to be the new voice...
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Gender equality audits should be mandatory, MAXIS GBN survey
Two thirds of global office-based employees think firms should be required to introduce an annual gender equality audit, according to research commissioned by MAXIS Global Benefits Network among employees in ten different countries including the UK, US, Germany, Japan and Australia. A gender equality audit appraises the institutionalization of gender equality in organizations, including in...
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Strengthened gender strategies, policies empower women
New York (USA): Liberias Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, His Excellency Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr. has called for continuous technical and expert support to strengthen and deepen the global framework for gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls. Addressing the United Nations Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural...
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LEGO® Middle East Announces Winner of Trip to LEGO® House in Billund with #SheBuiltIt
October 13th, 2019 Dubai (UAE): In celebration of the International Day of the Girl, LEGO® Middle East announced the winner of their social media competition, #SheBuiltIt. Joy Alnemri,age 6, who crafted a model of a soccer field made entirely of LEGO bricks, won a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit the LEGO® House in Billund, Denmark with...
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Contribution of corporate sector towards womens economic empowerment in India
UNDP, New Delhi (India): A new report by the United Nations Development Programme in India (UNDP India), in partnership with Samhita Social Ventures, has found that 72% of BSE 100 companies report an intervention in womens empowerment. The report, Corporate Engagement in Women’s Economic Empowerment, launched today in New Delhi, includes a micro-analysis of the corporate social responsibility...
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AFDB empowers women through affirmative financial action
October 6th, 2019, (United Nations): A new tool to track the level of lending to women across the continent will be important for ensuring women get the critical financial help they need, African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina told attendees at a public event held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The Womens Financing...