Wamda

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An entrepreneurial perspective on untapped opportunities and lingering barriers for women

Madiha Bee is the founder and CEO of Awakened Woman, a coaching and education platform for Arab women to step into greater service and...

Women empowerment

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Omgyno, Siira, Maternally win the Organon and Flat6Labs’ Femtech Accelerator awards

Three femtech startups: Omgyno, Siira and Maternally have been named the winners of Organon and Flat6Labs’ FemTech Accelerator...

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Women cannot have it all...

Julie Nguyen is the founder of Crunchmoms, a professional network based in the UAE for talented, working mothers. There is...

Women empowerment

Regional

Want economic prosperity? Help women become more financially capable

Dina Alnabulsi is a business analyst at Globitel, a Jordan-based telecommunications company Financial exclusion is a universal issue,...

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The problem of women entrepreneurs

The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region has made strides towards maturity and development of its startup ecosystem, however, gender...

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Palestine

Overcoming barriers of women-led entrepreneurship in Palestine

Ghassan Amayra is the co-founder of Palestine-based MENACatalyst and Leila Farraj is the digital content strategist at...

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What we learned at WEF Mena 2019

The World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) concludes today, drawing more than 1000 government, business and...

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Bahrain

Small business, big plans in Bahrain

Marwa M. Hejairi, senior officer, tenant relations at Riyadat, discusses with Alicia Buller how the incubation centre creates successful...

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The Billion Dollar Fund for Women secures $70 million

The Billion Dollar Fund for Women (TBDF), a global consortium that aims to fight the gender funding gap, has secured $70 million to be...

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Saudi Arabia

Coding and conservatism: Saudi women learn online

Saudi Arabia’s conservative expectations of women have been a boon for the online education sector in the country. While recent...

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Women are driving change in the Middle East tech industry

With more females operating in tech per capita than anywhere else in the world, a new wave of talented individuals are revolutionising the...

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Regional

The WIL power: a way forward for women in a gender-neutral dialogue

From Hollywood to Silicon Valley, gender discrimination and sexual harassment scandals have inundated media headlines in the past few...

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Regional

19TH Global WIL Economic Forum

The 19th Global WIL Economic Forum is bringing together up to 500 global business leaders, policy-makers, entrepreneurs, NGOs, artists and...

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U.A.E

Can the UAE lead the way in reforming policy frameworks on gender discrimination?

Using the UAE as a case study, this is the second of two articles about how recent global developments affecting gender dynamics and...

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Regional

Gender discrimination in entrepreneurship: MENA women’s take

This is the first of two articles about how recent global developments affecting gender dynamics and discrimination against women in tech...

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Regional

When Facebook means business for MENA women

If you are a woman, have founded, cofounded, or own a business, and are interested in using Facebook and Instagram to grow it, then you...

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