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February 7th, 2016, Dubai (UAE): As part of its strategy to support, develop and accelerate the adoption of structured mentoring programs in the Middle East, REACH, the first non-profit organization dedicated to professional women mentoring and leadership in the region, hosted the first mapping workshop for mentoring organizations in the...
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About Ananke | Realizing an Inclusive Future Founded in 2014, Ananke is a global digital media, publishing, and development platform dedicated to fostering inclusive conversations through a gender lens. Grounded in an ethos of ethical storytelling and feminist mentorship, the platform aims to democratize the media landscape by documenting...
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Core Team Sabin Muzaffar Founder and Executive Editor Sabin Muzaffar is the Founder and Executive Editor of Ananke Magazine, a Dubai-based new media and development platform that fosters inclusive, intersectional conversations in the digital sphere. With a vision to democratize access to knowledge and representation, Ananke serves as a...
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The Girls’ Lounge is a revolutionary US-based entity that offers support and mentoring to professional women, enabling them to find their voice and embrace their ‘feminine leadership powers’. Headed by the visionary Shelley Zalis, the Lounge advocates gender balance in the corporate world thereby effecting ‘real change for real...
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Dubai (UAE), February 2nd, 2016: Mother, baby and child e-commerce website and Endeavor UAE entrepreneur company ‘Mumzworld’ has successfully closed its Series B funding with multi-million dollar investments led by Wamda Capital, twofour54, and Endeavor Catalyst. Additional investors include Precinct Partners and WSB Holding among others, as well as...
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Lahore (Pakistan), February 1st, 2016: This week UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, organized a skills development workshop on ‘Women and Food Tech Sharing Economy: Employability and Empowerment’ to enable women to focus on self-efficiency and resourcefulness through innovation. The training...
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Wear Pink Sit properly. Talk politely. Study hard. Work harder. Prosper. Get promoted. Eat your greens. Bend carefully. Fall in love. Get married. Brush your teeth. Make babies. Love, live. Conversations, the beautiful ones. The ones that define our lives and livings. The ones that leave an imprint on...
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Career development on an institutional and student level is critical to one’s success. Developing countries like Peru, Uruguay in the Latin American region or Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka in Asia are prime examples of the dearth of opportunities in terms of skill development and mentorship that play an...
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Those already familiar with the concept of the “second shift” would know that the word “revisiting” in the title of this essay is actually a misnomer. And to those less familiar or uninitiated, let me introduce you, officially, to Second Shift. But in order to appreciate what the second...