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  • LEGO®promotes Gender Equality Through #SheBuiltIt Campaign

    Dubai, (UAE): Summertime is over and it’s time for back to school season, but that doesn’t mean that playtime is over.  This month, LEGO®, the household name that has brought the joy of building into the homes of millions of families around the world, is running a social media...
  • Startup Weekend Women Pakistan Sets Off to Resounding Start

    Over the past several years, Pakistan has witnessed a breakthrough when it comes to female entrepreneurship especially through technology. Celebrating and encouraging women’s participation in economy and promoting female entrepreneurship, the country’s leading technology incubator the Nest I/O has organized the third edition of Startup Weekend Women happening starting...
  • Emirati Women Create Unique Hand-crafted Collections through Irthi’s ‘Design Labs’

    September 11th, 2019, Sharjah (UAE):Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council (Irthi), an affiliate of NAMA Women Advancement Establishment, brought together young Emirati women to train with international designers to create handmade products that merge local and international crafts. The women, aged 18-35, were trained in eight different crafts and techniques through...
  • Groundbreaking series of events on women’s empowerment coming soon

    July 11th, 2019, London (England): Hira Ali, award winning international leadership and career coach, Chief Executive Officer of Advancing Your Potential and author of highly acclaimed bookHer Way to the Tophas announced the launch of International Women Empowerment Events (IWEE) along with teamincluding co-founder Gull Khan–barrister and money mind-set expertand advisory...
  • Pearl Initiative, NAMA Engage in Research on Women’s Participation in Gulf Workforce

    The Pearl Initiative’s Women in the Economy reportwill beout this December, offering an evidence-based and consolidated outlook on women’s experiences in the workforce across the Gulf Region   July 7th, 2019, Sharjah (UAE): Pearl Initiative, the leading non-profit organisation fostering corporate accountability and transparency across the Gulf Region, recently held...
  • SHERAA & Sharjah Youth Council In Partnership To Strengthen Start-up Ecosystem

    July 8th, 2019, Sharjah (UAE): Creating strong, inclusive and innovative start-up communities, the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa) and Sharjah Youth Council (SHJYC), have come together to host their first ever workshop series. Set to take place from June 22ndto July 06th  2019, the 9-part series will provide aspiring entrepreneurs...
  • Emirates SkyCargo appoints first Emirati female Cargo Managers in Kuwait and Oman

    June 27th, 2019, Dubai (UAE): Emirates SkyCargo has announced the appointment of Alyazeya Saeed and Fatma Ahli to the key positions of Cargo Managers of Oman and Kuwait respectively. The two appointees, who graduated from Emirates SkyCargo’s Commercial Management Programme, will manage the airline’s cargo operations in the two...
  • World not delivering quality maternal health care to poorest mothers – UNICEF

    More than five million families across Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean spend over 40 per cent of their non-food household expenses on maternal health services every year, UNICEF said in a new analysis on maternal health. Nearly two-thirds of these households, or around three million, are...
  • Advancing Safe Motherhood

    Responses from 1.2 million women, collected by mobilizers in 114 countries show reproductive and maternal healthcare is often unsanitary, undignified and under-equipped.   White Ribbon Alliance reveals the global results of its ground- breaking What Women Want Campaign; the largest ever open-ended survey into women’s opinion on their own...
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