August 11TH, 2020, SHARJAH (UAE): Following the huge success of its virtual educational initiative, Badiri Knowledge Exchange, Badiri Education and Development Academy, the education and capacity building arm of NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA), has announced five more workshops to be held through August. The online education series was launched in April following the Coronavirus...
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TiE Dubai launches TiE Women competition for entrepreneurs in MENA
June 1st, 2020, Dubai (UAE): The Dubai chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) announced its official participation in TiE Women, a global initiative dedicated to empowering women entrepreneurs across the globe. Through the TiE Women initiative, TiE Dubai aims to provide budding women entrepreneurs in the UAE and the MENA region with a platform to...
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IWD2020: Fostering Gender Equality and Womens Economic Empowerment
Tell us a bit about Women20, its vision and goals. The Women 20 (W20) is an official G20 engagement group. Operating independently from government, it works within the G20 process to recommend policy to ensure that gender considerations are mainstreamed into G20 discussions. The ultimate goal is for these to enter the G20 Leaders Declaration...
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UAEs Evolvin’ Women announces partnership with PwC’s Academy
February 11th, 2019 Dubai (UAE): Evolvin’ Women, a social enterprise that enables organisations to offer skill development to unemployed women from rural areas, has formed strategic alliance with PwC’s Academy, adding to its expanding group of educational partners. Aimed at developing employability skills of women with limited access to both education and capacity building trainings, the strategic partnership envisions to enhance the...
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Capacity building camp empowers women
December 20th, 2019, Sharjah (UAE): Sajaya Young Ladies of Sharjah (SYL), a subsidiary of the Rubu Qarn Foundation for Creating Leaders and Innovators, concluded the 6th edition of Afaaq Leadership Camp on Thursday, which was organised to empower young women with the 21st Century skills of critical thinking and creativity, innovation and leadership skills, in...
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Gulf Businesses Encourage Inclusion
December 16th, 2019, Sharjah (UAE): Businesses across the Gulf Region are increasingly striving to empower women in the workforce, but key challenges persist and require immediate addressal to leverage the full power of women, according to newly unveiled survey results by the Pearl Initiative and NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA). The survey, titled Women in...
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Cyber Safety Ambassadors ready to educate their peers
December 16th, 2019, Sharjah (UAE): Following the conclusion of the training workshops for the Child Safety Department (CSD)s Cyber Safety Ambassadors initiative, which aims to provide children and youth with the skills and training to guide their peers towards best practices in online safety, its 24 participants have been certified as capable of conducting workshops...
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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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HRH Princess Lamia Bin Majid Al Saud awarded for philanthropic work
November 3rd, Dubai (UAE): HRH Princess Lamia Bint Majid Al Saud, Secretary General of Alwaleed Philanthropies, chaired by HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz AlSaud, has been awarded for Outstanding Achievements in Philanthropy at the Arabian Business Achievement Awards in Dubai. The award recognizes Princess Lamia for her personal leadership and role model across...
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A Lens on the Vision of Inclusion
Tell us a bit about your professional journey? I began my career in 2007, a week after completing my graduation in India. I moved to Dubai to start my first job at Sanyo Gulf. At an inquisitive age of 19 then, and even though I was inexperienced and rough around the edges, I was full...