• UAE’s Evolvin' Women announces partnership with PwC's Academy

    UAE’s Evolvin’ Women announces partnership with PwC’s Academy

    February 11th, 2019 Dubai (UAE): Evolvin’ Women, a social enterprise that enables organisations to offer skill development to unemployed women from rural areas, has formed strategic alliance with PwC’s Academy, adding to its expanding group of educational partners. Aimed at developing employability skills of women with limited access to both education and capacity building trainings, the...
  • Pearl Initiative and NAMA call for a business-first approach to foster gender diversity in Gulf workplaces.

    Fostering Gender Diversity in Gulf Workplaces

    Two one-day workshops titled ‘Making the Business Case for Diversity’ were held by the Pearl Initiative in partnership with NAMA Women Advancement Establishment. The workshops were held in the UAE and Kuwait.   February 10th, 2020, Sharjah (UAE): The Pearl Initiative, the business-led non-profit organisation promoting a culture of corporate...
  • Enabling Women Re-entering the Workforce

    Enabling Women Re-entering the Workforce

    Enabling successful returnships for women who had gone on a hiatus due to different personal reasons was the premise of the event “Back to Work” co-organized by Ananke and Pakistan Women in Computing (PWiC) – Dubai Chapter on February 1st, 2020 at the Careem headquarters in the UAE. The...
  • Women in discussion

    Seera Group Hosts ‘Women In Tech Dubai’ talk

    January 22nd, 2020, Dubai (UAE): Seera Group, the Middle East region’s leading provider of travel and tourism services, highlighted its commitment to women empowerment by hosting an event organized by ‘Women In Tech Dubai’ at their Dubai hub. Women In Tech Dubai is a UAE based professional group that...
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    Capacity building camp empowers women

    December 20th, 2019, Sharjah (UAE): Sajaya Young Ladies of Sharjah (SYL), a subsidiary of the Rubu’ Qarn Foundation for Creating Leaders and Innovators, concluded the 6th edition of Afaaq Leadership Camp on Thursday, which was organised to empower young women with the 21st Century skills of critical thinking and...
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    Women’s Committee raise awareness, support women in the banking sector

    December 16th, 2019, Dubai (UAE):  The first-of-its-kind Women’s Committee set up by the Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS), a regional leader in banking and finance education and training, met recently at an event titled, “Her challenges – Her ideas” to discuss its agenda and objectives. Ms....
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    Cyber Safety Ambassadors ready to educate their peers

    December 16th, 2019, Sharjah (UAE): Following the conclusion of the training workshops for the Child Safety Department (CSD)’s ‘Cyber Safety Ambassadors’ initiative, which aims to provide children and youth with the skills and training to guide their peers towards best practices in online safety, its 24 participants have been...
  • Image of NAMA event

    Gulf Businesses Encourage Inclusion

    December 16th, 2019, Sharjah (UAE): Businesses across the Gulf Region are increasingly striving to empower women in the workforce, but key challenges persist and require immediate addressal to leverage the full power of women, according to newly unveiled survey results by the Pearl Initiative and NAMA Women Advancement Establishment...
  • Image of the Red Hat team engaged with faculty members and predominantly female students

    Red Hat Presents Women in Tech Tour Promoting Open Source Careers

    Dubai, UAE 21 November 2019: Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, has successfully completed Women in Tech tour of universities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Driven by a four-strong team of female Red Hatters, the tour was predominately tailored towards female university students....
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