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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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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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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...
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June 15th, 2023 (Dubai, UAE): Dubai-based author Sara Hamdan has achieved a regional first in publishing: Her debut novel, What Will People Think?, got snapped up in a major two-book deal with US publisher Holt following a highly competitive auction. Holt is the prestigious publisher of literary giants including...
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(Information source: The Gender Security Project) Since 2014, 12 countries have adopted Feminist Foreign Policies. However, a lot more needs to be done in prioritizing feminism in feminist foreign policies. While some countries focused on providing aid, some chose to add women and stir. Instead of choosing to engage...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
June 15th, 2023 (Dubai, UAE): Dubai-based author Sara Hamdan has achieved a regional first in publishing: Her debut novel, What Will People Think?, got snapped up in a major two-book deal with US publisher Holt following a highly competitive auction. Holt is the prestigious publisher of literary giants including...
(Information source: The Gender Security Project) Since 2014, 12 countries have adopted Feminist Foreign Policies. However, a lot more needs to be done in prioritizing feminism in feminist foreign policies. While some countries focused on providing aid, some chose to add women and stir. Instead of choosing to engage...
