Founder of Digital Rights Foundation and Internet activist striving to alleviate the plight of women in Pakistan, Nighat Dad has been awarded the 2016 Human Rights Tulip Award by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands. The award will be presented to her on the upcoming Human Rights Day, December 10th in The Hague. An...
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HERSELF initiative allies with Facebook to empower Pakistani women
October 5, 2016, Lahore, Pakistan: Punjab Information Technology Boards (PITB) program Herself became the first project in Pakistan to collaborate with Facebooks economic empowerment initiatives. This was announced at the launch ceremony of Herselfs partnership with Facebooks SheMeansBusiness, which was held at Arfa Software Technology Park and attended by more than 300 women from all...
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Hopscotch: Bringing Women Effectively Back To Work
October 25th 2016, Dubai, UAE: According to a new survey carried out by the women-only portal Hopscotch, there is a huge disparity between the support females need in order to make their journey back to work a smooth one, and what is currently on offer in the GCC region. Of the types of skills women...
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UN Women Adopts Sharjah Declaration To Empower Women
Sharjah, UAE: The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) has announced the adoption of the Sharjah Declaration that aim to strengthen the resilience of women and girls in the Arab region, on the closing session of the Investing in the Future Conference yesterday (Thursday). The Sharjah Declaration was...
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IIFMENA: Building Nations Through Women Empowerment
Sharjah, UAE, Oct 20th, 2016: Women are the drivers of the nations economy that was the message given by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, at the opening of the second edition of the Investing in the Future (IIFMENA) conference, which took place today...
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IIFMENA Conference Highlights Challenges, Opportunities Faced by Women
Sharjah, UAE, October 20th, 2016: The challenges and opportunities facing women in the region were the topics discussed at a quartet of concurrent roundtables that took up the closing sessions of the second Investing in the Future IIFMENA conference, which opened on Wednesday at the Al Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre in Sharjah. Organised by The...
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Enabling Sustainable Peace Via Women’s Participation
Sharjah, UAE, October 20th 2016: The fact that women are unfairly trapped in the devastation and ugliness of war and are tired of it, especially in light of the current situation in the Arab regions, have echoed throughout the meetings and discussions of the proceedings of the second edition of Investing in the Future (IIFMENA) conference....
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IIFMENA Highlights Female Assertiveness for Economic Development
Sharjah, UAE, October 20th, 2016: The importance of female assertiveness in womens empowerment was a key theme arising from a panel discussion that took place at the Investing in the Future (IIFMENA) conference, which concluded today (Thursday) at the Al Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre in Sharjah. Titled Strategic Partnerships for Economic Development, the discussion...
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Initiative in Cairo aims at halting rising problem on the streets
Sharjah, UAE, October 20th, 2016: The efforts of an organisation in Cairo that works to prevent sexual assaults on women was highlighted at the close of the second Investing in the Future (IIFMENA) conference, which concluded today (Thursday) at the Al Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre in Sharjah. The commitment of the dedicated group of workers...
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IIFMENA to focus gender equality and empowerment
Sharjah (UAE), October 17, 2016: In the presence and under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, and his wife, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Big heart Foundation, Chairperson of NAMA Women Advancement Establishment, the second edition of...