• Dubai based entrepreneur wins prestigious Montegrappa Writing Prize

    Dear Michael is a dark psychological thriller based on a mother’s letters to a prison inmate incarcerated for murder Karen Osman, the founder of Travel Ink, has won the Montegrappa Writing Prize at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature for her novel Dear Michael. The fictional work is a thriller, set...
  • Educate to Empower!

    Women’s Digital League will train 300 women on digital livelihood in six districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the North Western province of Pakistan. The trainings will be conducted under the World Bank sponsored KP Digital Livelihood Training Program. These trainings have started at partner institutes and organizations in which...
  • The 8th Annual DIAMUN hosts women & development event

    Dubai, 16 March 2016: DIAMUN 2016 – the Dubai International Academy’s Model United Nations, a yearly event starts today and will run until March 19th. Over 800 middle and high school students from 45 schools around the world will discuss issues around the theme “Women and Development: Investing in...
  • National Geographic Abu Dhabi Airs “My Name is Malala”

    Abu Dhabi, UAE, 13 March, 2016: National Geographic Abu Dhabi, the number one Arabic entertainment documentary channel, will dedicate sizable share of its airtime during March 2016 to woman-specific subjects, notably for the occasion of Mother’s day, and International Women’s day. As such, “He Named Me Malala” will be...
  • REACH Initiates First Mentor Mapping Workshop for UAE

    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...
  • ‘Mumzworld’ secures multi-million dollar investment to accelerate growth strategy

    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...
  • Leveraging Tech for Women Economic Empowerment

     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...
  • Little Play, Big Talent!

    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...
  • Inspiring Leadership

    WHISTLER, British Columbia. January 21, 2016 – A new year often comes with new career aspirations and WNORTH Conference, a business summit in Whistler, BC, addresses goal setting for women who aspire to leadership positions. From balancing work and home priorities, to inspiring change and making connections that matter, setting...
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