March2020

  • Legal, media, human rights, tech experts talk about weaponization of the Internet

    IWD2020 Special: Legal, media, human rights, tech experts talk about weaponization of the Internet

    Check out the video recording of the session. Click to view   On March 7th, 2020, Ananke began its International Women’s Day celebrations by hosting an engaging webinar titled Civil liberties under a gender lens in the digital age. The event was supported by Women In Law, Pakistan. The...
  • Female Traders Trending Upwards in UAE, MENA

    #IWD2020: Female Traders Trending Upwards in UAE, MENA

    Saxo Bank, the leading fintech and regtech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investment, has released new business data to mark International Women’s Day on Sunday March 8, outlining a major upswing in the number of females trading on its platforms in the UAE and wider MENA region over...
  • Women’s Rights Progressive Blueprint Unfinished, Opportunity Remains

    Women’s Rights Progressive Blueprint Unfinished, Opportunity Remains

    March 7th, 2020, New York (USA): Women Deliver, a global advocate for gender equality and the health and rights of girls and women, welcomes new research launched today by Equal Measures 2030 (EM2030) and UN Women that reveals progress and gaps in the work to advance gender equality. The...
  • The Catalyst’s #BiasCorrect Returns Marking Women’s Day

    The Catalyst’s #BiasCorrect Returns Marking Women’s Day

    March 4th, 2020, New York (USA): Catalyst is celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020 with a reboot of its successful #BiasCorrect campaign to interrupt unconscious bias by highlighting the power of words used to describe women in the workplace. Building on its 2019 IWD #BiasCorrect campaign success – which featured images of women leaders and influencers like Hillary Clinton and Sheryl Sandberg sharing...
  • Investing in culture to strengthen communications

    March 4th, 2020, Sharjah (UAE): To explore the impact of cross-cultural communication on culture and its impact , the ninth edition of the International Government Communication Forum (IGCF 2020) being held at Expo Centre Sharjah, hosted on its inaugural day a dialogue with HE Irina Bokova, President of the...
  • QIDZ Celebrate IWD by Lifting Aspiring Entrepreneurs

    QIDZ Celebrates IWD by Lifting Aspiring Entrepreneurs

    March 4th, 2020, Dubai (UAE): To mark the celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD), female-founded startup QiDZ, the go-to mobile application for family activities in the UAE, Bahrain and KSA, launches an initiative dedicated to women who want to disrupt the status quo with their own startup idea. QiDZ...
  • #IWD2020 Special: Engendering The Future of Work

    The world is changing at an unprecedented pace thanks to the rise of disruptive, new technologies. The digital age or industry 2.0 has not just fueled advancements, it has played a catalyzing role in the democratization of access, markets and opportunities to a good extent. Progress has enabled improvements...
  • Innovate for Good

    Innovate for Good

    March 2nd, 2020, Abu Dhabi (UAE): The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) has announced its support for Innovate4Good (I4G), a purpose-driven startup community platform and thought leadership forum committed to accelerating social innovation and transformational entrepreneurship in the MENA region and beyond. As part of its involvement, MOCCAE...
  • Fostering Gender Equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment

    IWD2020: Fostering Gender Equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment

    Tell us a bit about Women20, it’s 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...
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