• Compounding Crises: Pandemic Disruptions and Weak Recovery Delay Time to Gender Parity to 132 Years

    Compounding Crises: Pandemic Disruptions and Weak Recovery Delay Time to Gender Parity to 132 Years

     - Iceland remains the world’s most gender-equal country, followed by Finland, Norway, New Zealand and Sweden - COVID-19 set gender parity back by a generation and a weak recovery isn’t compensating for it - Explore the full report, infographics and more information here   Geneva, Switzerland: After a big COVID hit,...
  • The Women Who Gave Me Wings

    The Women Who Gave Me Wings

    Reverie Publishers through its label, Moringa Books, has announced the publication of ‘The Women Who Gave Me Wings,’ written by Zainab Suleman Sharif. This book, in the spirit of holy month of Ramadhan, celebrates women who have played a vital part in spreading the message of Islam. The book...
  • Annie Zaidi, Myriam Tadasse, Sabyn Javeri & Saba Karim share platform at Ananke’s WLF2022 to Unpack A Woman’s Experience of Displacement

    Annie Zaidi, Myriam Tadasse, Sabyn Javeri & Saba Karim share platform at Ananke’s WLF2022 to Unpack A Woman’s Experience of Displacement

    Leading voices from across the literary landscape are all set to share their views about fictionalizing women’s lived experiences at the second edition of Ananke’s much celebrated Women In Literature Festival 2022 (#WLF2022). Taking place digitally on March 31st and April 1st, 2022. The two-day, online event plans to...
  • A Practical Guide to Sustainable Debt For Gender Equality

    UN Women, IFC and the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) launched, on November 16th, 2021, a new practical guide to using sustainable bond issuances to advance gender equality, entitled “Bonds to Bridge the Gender Gap: A Practitioner’s Guide to Using Sustainable Debt for Gender Equality“. Gender inequalities persist in...
  • IBM Z: Prepare For Your Future

    IBM Z: Prepare For Your Future

    The Global Student Hub is an IBMZ community created especially for students from around the globe to explore the world of Z and for students wanting to explore careers in enterprise computing & prepare for the future of work. Check out Ananke’s special below focusing on how the IBM...
  • Editorial: On Voice And Agency

    Editorial: On Voice And Agency

    It was in 1911 when women took to the streets to demand the right to vote, hold public office and equal pay in different parts of Europe. These were some of the numerous – and many a times – unrecognized building blocks that culminated in the ideals of women’s...
  • Unilever embraces an inclusive vision of beauty

    Unilever embraces an inclusive vision of beauty

    June 25,th, 2020, (London/Rotterdam): Unilever announced today the next step in the evolution of its skin care portfolio to a more inclusive vision of beauty – which includes the removal of the words ‘fair/fairness’, ‘white/whitening’, and ‘light/lightening’ from its products’ packs and communication. As part of this decision, the...
  • Enabling Return To New Normal Through Tech

    Enabling Return To New Normal Through Tech

    June 7th, 2020, Dubai (UAE): WRLD3D and SMARTCITTI, two leading innovators in the 3D digital visualisation and smart workplace solutions space, have joined forces to launch the social distancing navigation app – SafeDistance.  The app has been specifically designed to meet the needs of people re-entering places of work...
  • Dr Jane Goodall, H E Mariam bint Mohammed Al Mheiri in conversation on pandemic, sustainable issues

    Dr Jane Goodall, H E Mariam bint Mohammed Al Mheiri in conversation on pandemic, sustainable issues

    June 1st, 2020, Dubai (UAE): ‘Sustainability  – Have we pulled back from the brink?’ is the second discussion in the Literary Conversation Across Borders digital series, with Dr Jane Goodall, one of the world’s best-known environmental scientists in conversation with Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Al Mheiri, Minister of...
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