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Karachi, Pakistan, Sept 22nd, 2017: K Electric, National Foods, Engro Corp, and Standard Chartered have partnered with entrepreneurial innovator, CIRCLE Pakistan, to embark on a program that commits to empowering women in the workplace starting Sept. 21st. Elevate Pakistan is a program and advocacy campaign created by CIRCLE Pakistan,...
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LOS ANGELES, CA, USA: The Farhang Foundation Short Film Festival returns Sept. 30, with the film Strappa chosen as one of their six finalists in this highly competitive festival. The duo behind Strappa, meaning ‘to rip or tear’ in Italian are artist and filmmakers, Sepideh Salehi and Kamran Taherimoghaddam....
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Globalization – a buzzword in today’s day and age! A term that has both negative and positive connotations, it is all about open or free trade economies, internationalized financial markets and much more. But that said, a thorough study highlights how it can negatively impact the female gender. According...
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Dubai (UAE) September 10th, 2017: KPMG has launched a first-of-its-kind initiative, aimed at working women in the UAE under the national ‘Year or Giving’ initiative, as part of its ongoing corporate social responsibility (CSR) program. KPMG has donated and distributed over 200 ‘care packages’ containing a number of basic...
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Innumerable speeches have been given on the subject of humanitarianism and the need to care for refugees. These powerful addresses have underlined how the global population is one big family whose members share a common destiny, with humanity being unable to advance its culture and civilisation unless it truly...
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On the occasion of the International Day of Youth, the Red Elephant Foundation announced the formal launch of its mobile app, Saahas. The mobile version of the GBV Help Map, Saahas is a tool for survivors of gender-based violence and for bystanders to equip themselves with resources to respond...