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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...
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January 29th, 2020, CARY, N.C., (USA): Forbes has ranked analytics leader SAS as one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity in 2020. To attract and retain top talent, SAS firmly believes that a diverse and inclusive workforce plays a crucial role in the company’s innovative and creative culture. “SAS’ culture blends our different backgrounds, experiences,...
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January 27th, 2020, Hangzhou (China): (“NetEase” or the “Company”, one of China’s leading internet and online game services providers, today announced that it has been named to the 2020 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI), which distinguishes companies committed to transparency in gender reporting and advancing gender equality. The 2020 Gender-Equality Index comprises 325...
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January 22nd, 2020, Davos-Klosters (Switzerland): Within just one year since the announcement of the Valuable 500 initiative at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019, more than 241 companies have signed up to the business-led initiative. It is aimed at engaging 500 leading CEOs for catalysing the influence of large private-sector corporations...
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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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Continual investment in new technology now required to be competitive has become a significant hurdle Pilot projects carried out across 130 SMEs in Brazil indicate that government could help SMEs unlock economic value and improve societal mobility if a new framework is applied Read the report here and for more...
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A new white paper surveying 5,000 people, including youth and chief executive officers, has identified the five elements at the heart of responsible leadership January 20th, 2020, Davos (Switzerland): The 2020s have been declared the “decade of delivery” for society to come together and tackle the challenges ahead....
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Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)’s award-winning Women’s Livelihood BondTM Series (WLB Series) – Asia-Pacific’s first-ever multi-country gender bond series to be listed on a stock exchange – has gained new support the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and...
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January 15th, 2020, London (United Kingdom): Economic and political polarization will rise this year, as collaboration between world leaders, businesses and policy-makers is needed more than ever to stop severe threats to our climate, environment, public health and technology systems. This points to a clear need for a multistakeholder...