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7TH South America – Africa – Middle East – Asia Women Summit (SAMEAWS), Dubai – UAE 2019

Date: December 11, 2019.

Theme: Developing Female Transformational Leaders: A New Paradigm for Growing Emerging Economies.

Venue: Dubai, UAE.

The South America-Africa-Middle East-Asia Women Summit (SAMEAWS) is an unprecedented flagship summit aimed at bringing together the most influential and prominent women as well as key stakeholders from these regions, under one roof, to discuss the need to recognize and harness the untapped and profitable opportunities that women economic and political engagements represent. The Summit has proven to be the premier gathering of women and key stakeholders from South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, with a record attendance of delegates from 35 countries in the maiden 2013 edition to date. The 2019 edition promises to be even bigger.

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Global Female Leaders 2020 – The Economic Forum for Female Leaders

WHEN: 10th – 12th May 2020 WHEN: Berlin Attendance fee: 2.995 Euro + VAT* This economic forum annually brings together 300 forward-thinking and inspiring female leaders, trend-setters and entrepreneurs from across the globe to share their perspective, expertise and acumen on the moving trends of our time and find solutions to the daunting political and socio-economic challenges. This global platform also gives focus to new ways of thinking and provides a unique opportunity to build new business relationships. Staying true to the summit motto “Collaborating to Build a Better World”, the programme for 2020 will address the following key topics: A New Narrative for Governance and Global Cooperation Life Science, Global Health Outlook – A Human Centric Approach Sustainable Solutions for Cities and Mobility of the Future Internet and Media – Challenging and Empowering Society *500 Euro Discount for Amazons Watch Magazine readers with code: GFL19AWM To learn more about…

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Africa News

AfDB’s Index to Enhance Micro-Lending among African Women

Beyond the overarching pursuit of gender equality, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has started the active monitoring of disbursed loan to women on the continent through its newly introduced initiative, the Women Financing Index (WFI). According to the President of the bank, Akinwunmi Adesina, the index is to take note of African countries that accord women a priority in loan disbursement. Nations that perform well according to data obtained would benefit more from financing from AfDB. “WFI, which is currently under development, will rate banks and financial institutions who apply for loans from the African Development Bank, against the amounts they have lent or are lending to women,” Adesina said on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. The bank’s chief further explained that institutions will be rated by their development impact which is based on the rate and volume at which they lend to women. “Top institutions will be rewarded with preferential…

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Asia News

Beyond Stereotype: Palestinian Women Pushing Through to Fulfill Dreams

Palestinian woman preparing for an exam to become a qualified female Palestinian truck driver. ‘(Society) has changed a little. There have been some developments, but not enough’ As the 30-ton truck weaves through the crowded Palestinian streets, groups of men stop and gawp at the diminutive figure of Dalia Al-Darawish in a purple headscarf seated behind the wheel. Darawish is preparing for an exam to become one of only a handful of qualified female Palestinian truck drivers, a test the 26-year-old sees as about more than just driving. “It is symbolic,” she said. “It shows we can do anything — that as a woman you can work, drive a trailer or whatever.” The mother-of-two is among several Palestinian women pushing boundaries in the traditionally conservative city of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, amid a growing assertiveness of women’s rights. Darawish said she had faced criticism from both sexes as…

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International News

Scotland: SNP Raises Concern ‘Over Gender Recognition Plans’

Several women ‘close to quitting SNP over gender recognition plans’ Concerns raised over law change that advocates say will reduce obstacles to trans rights Senior Scottish National party MPs, MSPs and councillors have expressed concerns about proposed changes to gender recognition laws as they launched a pledge calling for women to have the right to discuss such policies. Several women at the launch for the SNP women’s pledge said they were close to quitting the party because of what they considered to be a refusal by officials to address concerns that women and girls could fall victim to predatory men or lose access to single-sex services. Speaking on the panel, the anti-Brexit campaigner Joanna Cherry said she had faced significant abuse online for raising concerns. While she said this came from “a small minority of people”, she said the controversy raised broader questions about how the party did business. “There…

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Gender Resources

Benefits of Volunteering Opportunities to The Local Woman

Miracle Nwankwo Most Rural women are known for household farming and trading to support the home while their husbands focus on lucrative crops, or migrate as seasonal or permanent workers. Asides being uneducated, local or rural women are reliable hands for viable roles when training and sensitization is in view. This article is a call to governments, international organizations and NGOs on the need and benefits of introducing volunteering opportunities to local women especially in developing regions. The importance of this, is in its benefits and the impact it has on the women. If gender equality is a priority to all international organizations and government authorities, then this should be considered as one of the ways to achieving equality. Volunteering, has been a modern day system of doing something that aims to benefit the environment or someone who is not closely related to you without being paid. The benefits that…

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Women in Stem

The Journey So Far – Aya Mouallem’s Story

Across the globe there are young and resilient personalities in the STEM fields who have been adding values to the STEM industry and impacting on the lives of other people through research, innovations and special initiatives. In the Middle East, we have Aya Mouallem a young Lebanese university undergraduate who is working to make the world a better place. Aya is the co-founder of All Girls Code, a nonprofit initiative that is helping young women in the Middle East find a footing in STEM. During the Devex World 2018 in Washington, D.C., Aya shares her story on how her journey in STEM began and how far she had gone in helping fellow women in the Middle East. An excerpt from Johnson & Johnson. “I was always a curious kid. I asked way too many questions about how everything works—so much so that my teachers and parents frequently had to look…

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