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Digital Rights Foundation’s (DRF) Pakistan’s Executive Director Nighat Dad has joined the United Nations Secretary General’s high-level advisory board on Artificial Intelligence (AI) along with esteemed distinguished individuals from across the globe. The board will address the overarching theme of addressing global governance of AI. The AI advisory body’s...
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New York City, USA: More than 600 million women and girls lived in conflict-affected countries in 2022, a 50 per cent increase since 2017. Civilians around the world need greater humanitarian aid than ever before—but countries are instead increasing military spending, which topped USD 2.2 trillion in 2022. That...
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Rome, Italy: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed the opening of the border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, which enabled a first convoy of trucks to bring in urgently needed food, water and other supplies provided by the Egyptian Red Crescent and the United Nations for hundreds of...
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New York City: UN Women’s Rapid Assessment and Humanitarian Response in the Occupied Palestinian Territory sheds light on the profound impact of the ongoing conflict on the people in Gaza, including on women and girls. Following the 7 October attack by Hamas on Israel and the ensuing Israeli attacks on Gaza,...
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October 16, 2023: Oxfam South Africa has learnt from its programmatic and advocacy work with communities in South Africa and the SADC that the pandemic and subsequent austerity measures have worsened inequality and food insecurity, catalysing an urgent need for concerted efforts to address the crisis. The pandemic has...
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September 25th, 2023 (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates): The UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum, one of the world’s largest investment gatherings hosted by Abu Dhabi from 16 to 20 October 2023, is shining a spotlight on the imperative need for innovative investment strategies and policies to facilitate the flow of...
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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...
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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...
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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...