February2020

  • Empowering Pakistani Women in the Legal Profession

    In 2016, Women in Law, a Lahore Education and Research Network  initiative was established. Working for equality of opportunity and connectivity of female lawyers in Pakistan, the organization strives to not just build an inclusive and accessible legal profession but also highlight and raise awareness about gender equity. The...
  • Workplace well being programs failing working moms and millennials

    Workplace well being programs failing working moms and millennials

    February 11th, 2020, Portland, Ore. (USA): Working women caring for children experience loneliness, isolation and stress at far greater rates than others and are looking to their employers to help them better manage these issues, according to the results of a new survey from WebMD Health Services. The well-being division of WebMD, WebMD...
  • UAE’s Evolvin' Women announces partnership with PwC's Academy

    UAE’s 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...
  • Doing Fashion Sustainably

    Doing Fashion Sustainably

    The concept of Sustainable Fashion is still new in the Pakistani fashion industry. Only a handful of brands in the country are practicing sustainable couture and the number of individuals practicing slow fashion is even less. Nasheman is an upcoming startup that aims to bridge this gap between knowledge...
  • Melinda and Bill Gates Pen Letter on Learning

    Melinda and Bill Gates Pen Letter on Learning

    February 10th, 2020, Seattle (USA): Today, Bill and Melinda Gates share their 2020 Annual Letter, “Why We Swing for the Fences: Reflecting on the First Two Decades of Our Foundation.” In this year’s letter, Bill and Melinda reflect on what they’ve learned over the past two decades and how the world...
  • Pearl Initiative and NAMA call for a business-first approach to foster gender diversity in Gulf workplaces.

    Fostering Gender Diversity in Gulf Workplaces

    Two one-day workshops titled ‘Making the Business Case for Diversity’ were held by the Pearl Initiative in partnership with NAMA Women Advancement Establishment. The workshops were held in the UAE and Kuwait.   February 10th, 2020, Sharjah (UAE): The Pearl Initiative, the business-led non-profit organisation promoting a culture of corporate...
  • Enabling Women Re-entering the Workforce

    Enabling Women Re-entering the Workforce

    Enabling successful returnships for women who had gone on a hiatus due to different personal reasons was the premise of the event “Back to Work” co-organized by Ananke and Pakistan Women in Computing (PWiC) – Dubai Chapter on February 1st, 2020 at the Careem headquarters in the UAE. The...
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