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  • Calls for greater inclusion in all travel companies is championed by industry leaders

    Calls for greater inclusion in all travel companies is championed by industry leaders

    March 12th, 2020, Dubai (UAE): Fifty-four per cent of women make up the global tourism workforce compared to thirty-nine per cent in the broader economy and yet many still struggle to follow a clear leadership track to senior positions and so remain in lower-level employment. In travel, specifically, the...
  • UAE-based female leaders driven to make a positive impact

    UAE-based female leaders driven to make a positive impact

    March 11th, 2020, Dubai (UAE): Half of UAE-based female leaders feel driven to make a positive impact on the world compared with 32% of global peers, according to KPMG’s latest UAE Female Leaders Outlook. In addition, a majority (74%) feel it is their personal responsibility to align their organization’s...
  • International General Insurance teams up with Career Excel to empower female employees

    International General Insurance teams up with Career Excel to empower female employees

    March 3rd, 2020, London (GB): International General Insurance Holdings Limited (IGI), the international specialist commercial insurer and reinsurer, today announced plans to support the women in its organization on International Women’s Day by investing in their personal and professional development. As part of its ongoing Diversity & Inclusion (D&I)...
  • Algorithms of Bias

    Algorithms of Bias

    Gender bias is prevalent in our society, and while numerous efforts are being made to counter it, we are still long ways from eliminating or even reducing it. So it should not come as a surprise that Artificial Intelligence models and frameworks are learning gender bias as well. There...
  • Nurturing Women’s Economic Empowerment

    Nurturing Women’s Economic Empowerment

    March 10th, 2020, Ras Al Khaimah (UAE): Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) has celebrated this year’s International Women’s Day with a Business High Tea & Networking event exclusive for UAE businesswomen. Attended by women business leaders, the event held in Waldorf Astoria Ras Al Khaimah served as an...
  • 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...
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