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  • Digital Rights Foundation Pakistan celebrates Seven Years of Resilient Voices in the Media

    Digital Rights Foundation Pakistan celebrates Seven Years of Resilient Voices in the Media

    Digital Rights Foundation Pakistan celebrates Seven Years of Resilient Voices in the Media Islamabad, Pakistan:: Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) held a conference titled, ‘Celebrating Resilient Voices in the Media’ on September 15th, 2023 at the Marriott Hotel, Islamabad, Pakistan. The conference was marked as a celebratory event of DRF’s...
  • World Forum to Mobilize Investments for Climate, Energy, Health, Food

    World Forum to Mobilize Investments for Climate, Energy, Health, Food

    The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will hold the World Investment Forum 2023 to rally investments for climate action, clean energy, health care, food security and other development needs. Heads of state, more than 50 government ministers, over 150 CEOs of leading companies and stock exchanges, and...
  • PublisHer founder urges women to unite, challenge workplace discrimination at Rio de Janeiro Bienal do Livro

    PublisHer founder urges women to unite, challenge workplace discrimination at Rio de Janeiro Bienal do Livro

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Bodour Al Qasimi—who founded PublisHer to help women beat gender-based career barriers in publishing—has urged Brazil’s bookwomen to unite, find strength in numbers, and call out workplace discrimination. The Emirati publishing entrepreneur and philanthropist was speaking at Rio de Janeiro’s Bienal do Livro, opening PublisHer’s...
  • 340 million females will live in extreme poverty by 2030 with continuing trends

    340 million females will live in extreme poverty by 2030 with continuing trends: UN Report

    September 8th, 2023, (New York, USA): Despite global efforts, the world is falling short of achieving gender equality. This year’s edition of the UN Women and UN DESA “Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2023”, launched today, paints a worrisome picture halfway through the 2030 Agenda...
  • Mumzworld Launches an Initiative to Support Emirati Female Entrepreneurs

    Mumzworld Launches an Initiative to Support Emirati Female Entrepreneurs

    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...
  • UN Women Statement on Afghanistan

    UN Women Statement on Afghanistan

    It is now two years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, during which time it has imposed the most comprehensive, systematic, and unparalleled assault on the rights of women and girls. Through over 50 edicts, orders and restrictions, the Taliban have left no aspect of women’s lives untouched,...
  • 76 per cent of children exposed to extreme high temperatures in South Asia - UNICEF

    76 per cent of children exposed to extreme high temperatures in South Asia – UNICEF

    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...
  • HHS Launches Innovation Challenge to Prevent Human Trafficking Among Women and Girls

    HHS Launches Innovation Challenge to Prevent Human Trafficking Among Women and Girls

    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...
  • WMF Selects UAE-based journalist Anjana Sankar as 2024 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow

    IWMF Selects UAE-based journalist Anjana Sankar as 2024 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow

    August 2nd, 2023 (WASHINGTON, DC, USA): The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) today announced print journalist Anjana Sankar as the organization’s 2024 IWMF Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow. A veteran journalist, Sankar was chosen by a selection committee from more than 160 applicants across 59 countries. In its 19th year, the fellowship awards one journalist...
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