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  • Doing Fashion Sustainably

    Doing Fashion Sustainably

    The concept of Sustainable Fashion is still new in the Pakistani fashion industry. Only a handful of brands in the country are practicing sustainable couture and the number of individuals practicing slow fashion is even less. Nasheman is an upcoming startup that aims to bridge this gap between knowledge...
  • Melinda and Bill Gates Pen Letter on Learning

    Melinda and Bill Gates Pen Letter on Learning

    February 10th, 2020, Seattle (USA): Today, Bill and Melinda Gates share their 2020 Annual Letter, “Why We Swing for the Fences: Reflecting on the First Two Decades of Our Foundation.” In this year’s letter, Bill and Melinda reflect on what they’ve learned over the past two decades and how the world...
  • Pearl Initiative and NAMA call for a business-first approach to foster gender diversity in Gulf workplaces.

    Fostering Gender Diversity in Gulf Workplaces

    Two one-day workshops titled ‘Making the Business Case for Diversity’ were held by the Pearl Initiative in partnership with NAMA Women Advancement Establishment. The workshops were held in the UAE and Kuwait.   February 10th, 2020, Sharjah (UAE): The Pearl Initiative, the business-led non-profit organisation promoting a culture of corporate...
  • Enabling Women Re-entering the Workforce

    Enabling Women Re-entering the Workforce

    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...
  • Forbes names SAS among America's Best Employers for Diversity

    Forbes names SAS among America’s Best Employers for Diversity

    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,...
  • NetEase on Bloomberg Gender Equality Index

    NetEase Selected for 2020 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

    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...
  • Caroline Casey, Founder and Director, Valuable 500, Ireland

    241 Companies Commit to Addressing the Disability Inclusion Gap with Valuable 500

    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...
  • Women in discussion

    Seera Group Hosts ‘Women In Tech Dubai’ talk

    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...
  • Impressions from the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 21 January. Copyright by World Economic Forum

    Four Ways to Accelerate Social Mobility in Emerging Markets with the Internet of Things

    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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