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September 6th, 2023 (UAE): To celebrate Emirati Women’s Day, Mumzworld, the leading e-commerce shopping destination for mothers in the Middle East & North Africa, has launched an initiative to empower and support innovative Emirati female entrepreneurs and small business owners. This initiative contributes to the company’s goal of enhancing...
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It is now two years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, during which time it has imposed the most comprehensive, systematic, and unparalleled assault on the rights of women and girls. Through over 50 edicts, orders and restrictions, the Taliban have left no aspect of women’s lives untouched,...
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August 7th, 2023, New Delhi – India/Kathmandu – Nepal): South Asia has the highest percentage of children exposed to extreme high temperatures, compared to all other regions, according to a UNICEF analysis. UNICEF estimates that 76 per cent of children under 18 in South Asia – 460 million – are...
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) Office on Women’s Health (OWH), is launching a new challenge worth up to $1.8 million to organizations with successful innovative and life-changing approaches to address human trafficking prevention among women and...
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August 2nd, 2023 (WASHINGTON, DC, USA): The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) today announced print journalist Anjana Sankar as the organization’s 2024 IWMF Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow. A veteran journalist, Sankar was chosen by a selection committee from more than 160 applicants across 59 countries. In its 19th year, the fellowship awards one journalist...
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July 24th, 2023 (Lahore, Pakistan): The Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) released its Policy Brief for journalists’ and media practitioners’ complaints received by the Cyber Harassment Helpline during the year 2022. In 2022 the Helpline received a total of 75 complaints from journalists and media practitioners consisting of 34 female, 40 male and...
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July 19th, 2023 (New York, USA): UN Women and FIFA are coming together during the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia & New Zealand 2023 (20 July to 20 August 2023) to celebrate the skills and achievements of the teams and players, to advance gender equality in football, and...
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Over 2 billion to tune into FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, up from 1.12 billion in 2019 Women’s club football stadium attendance for 2022 in top leagues already exceeding pre-Covid levels FIFA Women’s Football World Cup kicks off as audience for club football is on a high across Germany,...
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July 18th, 2023, (Kigali, Rwanda): No country has achieved full gender parity and fewer than 1 percent of women and girls live in a country with high women’s empowerment and a small gender gap, according to a new global report launched by UN Women and UNDP today at the Women...