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Empowering Women Through Tech

Empowering Women Through Tech

Registered in Pakistan as a non-government organization (NGO), and operational since 2010, the Women’s Digital League (WDL) is an online platform that provides training and work opportunities for local women. Introducing computer-based work, the social enterprise is not only recognized by Google but is also certified by Thunderbird School’s Project Artemis, and Goldman Sachs’ 10,000...

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Integrating Diversity into STEM

Integrating Diversity into STEM

Increasing women’s participation in the STEM fields has become a buzzword in recent times. With technology playing a key role in modern society, the inclusion of the female gender into the skilled workforce has gained more traction over the past several years. The social media boom and developments in ICTs have clearly illustrated the pivotal...

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Women Engineers Pakistan: Advancing STEM on the home front

Women Engineers Pakistan: Advancing STEM on the home front

What is the participation ratio or percentage of Pakistani women in STEM fields? As per the Pakistan Council for Science & Technology, there are roughly 18 percent women in the science and technology fields in comparison with men, whereas a little over 10 percent women are into engineering. If there is, in fact, a low...

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Disrupting the Status Quo in STEM

Disrupting the Status Quo in STEM

It is a well-known fact that economic emancipation in modern society, be it on an individual or mass level, relies heavily on innovation and technological advancement. Equally important is the inclusion and active participation of women in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields – both in education and vocation – in order to truly...

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Gazan Women Enterprise: Promise & Roadblocks

Gazan Women Enterprise: Promise & Roadblocks

The Middle East has traditionally been a region engulfed in political unrest and discord. Surprisingly though, it is also an area burgeoning with immense potential as far as women entrepreneurship is concerned. With countries like the UAE – transforming from a frontier to an emerging market – and Palestine, with its remarkable rate of women...

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The Digital Gender Divide

The Digital Gender Divide

ICTs have revolutionized the way we live our lives. Smart technologies and new media has not only empowered us socially; but have played a pivotal role in fueling global economic activity. Viable growth within the constraints of the planet’s finite resources is only plausible if the infinite potential of human resource, particularly that of the female gender...