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Surayyah Ahmad on Greater Participation for Nigerian Women in Tech

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ABUJA, NG, Jan 2, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Surayyah Ahmad, Ethco Group Ltd co-founder and Executive Secretary of Startup AREWA has discussed the underrepresentation of Nigerian women in the tech industry, and women's effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in the tech ecosystem. She identified several important elements that can raise women's involvement in technology and help the nation achieve a balanced workforce.Surayyah Ahmad, Ethco co-founder and Executive Secretary, Startup AREWA, discussed underrepresentation of Nigerian women in the tech industry and opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in the tech ecosystem. [Image: Startup AREWA]"Studies from all across the world are showing that women are underrepresented in the tech industry, despite recent headlines concentrating on tech hiring sprees and the underrepresentation of diverse populations. Although the reasons for this differ, it is known that many people's decision to seek a career in technology dates back to their elementary school years," she says.Women hold only 18% of undergraduate computer science degrees and 26% of com...

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Dr. Marliyyah Mahmood discusses the Impact of Tech on Women in Northern Nigeria

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ABUJA, NG, Jan 2, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Dr. Marliyyah A. Mahmood, Women In Tech and Project Manager for Startup AREWA, discusses how technology is enabling and enhancing women's empowerment in Northern Nigeria. She emphasizes some of the fundamental advantages of social media technologies, such as giving women access to a virtual environment where they may express themselves.Dr. Marliyyah A. Mahmood, Women In Tech, Project Manager for Startup AREWA, spoke on how technology is enabling and enhancing women's empowerment in Northern Nigeria. [Image: Startup AREWA]"It is impossible to overstate the importance of women in the growth of any nation, state, or community. This is to reiterate the critical role that women's education plays in long-term national development, which begins at home. Women are frequently observed to be the children's first teachers at home. A mother's influence on upbringing in any developing country, and the empowerment of women, has a significant impact on key developmental outcomes like health, education, reproductive patterns, income level, and other factors," said Dr Mahmood. While a report from PWC in April 2020 states that 41% of micro-...

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Women in power take centre stage at PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit VIP Cocktail Party

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BANGKOK, THAILAND, Dec 16, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - PropertyGuru Group (NYSE: PGRU), ("PropertyGuru" or the "Company"), Southeast Asia's leading property technology company, launched its annual celebration of outstanding female leaders in the region at the PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit (ARES) VIP Cocktail Party on 8 December 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand.Themed 'Celebrating Power Women in Real Estate', this exclusive gathering sponsored by PropertyGuru for Business stresses the importance of equality in real estate and tech, which was among the crucial themes discussed at ARES 2022 during its thought leadership summit themed 'Adaptive Reinvention'.While more diverse representation in real estate has improved, the lack of women in senior leadership roles is still apparent. A study conducted by Urban Land Institute's Women's Leadership Initiative in major Asia Pacific countries revealed that merely 37 percent of women are in top positions, while 50 percent identified how company policies, including maternity/familial leaves and flexible work hours, are critical to their success and advancement. PropertyGuru Group is committed to driving diversity, equity and inclu...

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Poh Heng Encapsulates Women Empowerment with its Latest Freestyle Collection

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SINGAPORE, Nov 30, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Poh Heng Jewellery, Singapore's hallmark jewellery brand, is celebrating women and freedom of expression with the latest addition to its Freestyle collection. Inspired by modern women, the bolt designs symbolise power and strength, while the bling designs represent expression of style, success and aspirations. Encased in dazzling gems, this collection makes a perfect gift for the upcoming festive season.Celebrating Modern WomenLeft: Bling Necklace; Right: Bolt NecklaceBolt and Bling, Mix & Match EarringsAvailable in both 18K white gold and 22K yellow gold, customers can choose from a total of 35 designs to enhance their style. Elegant, yet modern, the diamonds in each piece boast incredible craftsmanship that catches the light in any setting, making them perfect for any occasion. Poh Heng's Freestyle Collection has always been to provide wearers the freedom of expression to create one's own unique and personal style. Asymmetric pairing options are available for earrings, which allows greater flexibility for wearers to customise the jewellery based on their style and preferences.Poh Heng has established itself as the g...

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Novotech India Recognised as “Best Workplaces for Women 2022” by Global Work Standards Authority

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SYDNEY, AU, Oct 12, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Novotech, the leading Asia Pacific biotech specialist CRO, has again received "Best Workplace" certification by the leading workplace culture organization Great Place to Work Institute. Novotech's India team has received a Best Workplaces for Women 2022 recognition and listed in the Top 75 organisations in India recognised for excelling people practices, responsiveness to feedback and a culture of openness and diversity. Novotech also holds Great Place to Workplace recognition in Australia and Korea.To identify India's Best Workplaces for Women 2022, Great Place to Work India studied 1122 organizations that had:- Women employees constituting at least 10% of their workforce- Women employees sharing at least 70% positive feedback on the Great Place to Work Trust Index Organizations that excelled in gender parity in representationAccording to Great Place to Work India: "We have observed that the Best Workplaces have gone above and beyond to create and sustain aspirational organizations. We congratulate Novotech for being a role-model in India by fostering an equal and equitable workplace culture."Novotech CEO Dr. John Molle...

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Philanthropic Project, Impact Women NFTs, Launches to Combat Domestic Violence in Brazil

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Florianópolis, Brazil, April 1, 2022- (SEAPRWire) – Impact Women NFT, a philanthropic project displaying exquisite artworks handmade by a talented artist, has announced the launch of its NFT project. Aimed at combating domestic violence in the previously mentioned South American country, these beautifully crafted NFTs were created by renowned, talented, and award-winning illustrator Manu Cunhas. Designed by Brazilian fintech to fight the scourge of domestic violence and abuse of women, Impact Women NFT will raise funds for non-profit organizations to take a stand against women’s abuse on all levels. Current statistics show that domestic violence is at an all-time high. Brazil sits fifth in the ranking of homicides globally; one woman gets raped every eleven minutes. Five hundred and three women suffer aggression every hour, one woman gets killed every two hours, and five beatings occur every two minutes. Impact Women NFT is fighting to put an end to these crimes. Profit Shared to Non-profit Organization, Artist, and Project Producer Split into phases, the first one comprising 20 excellent, awe-inspiring, and elegantly designed artworks of remarkable and high-impact women in history...

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19 Women from APAC recognised with Women Icons Asia Awards 2022 at Collective for Equality Summit

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Singapore, Mar 28, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Nineteen women and one corporate from the Asia Pacific were recognised at the annual Women Icons Asia Awards 2022 presented by the Singapore-based Women Icons Network (WIN). The awards were announced in conjunction with the Collective for Equality Summit hosted virtually on March 24 & 25.The Women Icons Asia Awards celebrate and honour the accomplishments and contributions of women who have excelled in different spheres of life and are an inspiration to society. This year the awards were presented across Technology, Finance, Marketing, Entrepreneurship and D&I Champion categories. The recipients were selected through an online nomination process, initially vetted by the WIN Research Team and then judged by an eminent jury comprising of Sherie Ng, Country Director, Singapore-Malaysia, Google Cloud; Tricia Liverpool, General Manager, Cornerstone Global Partners, Singapore; Beatrix Eder, Transformational Coach, Beatrix Eder Coaching, Singapore; Purvi Sheth, MD, Shilputsi Consultants, India; Datuk Zunaidah Idris, former Head of Dealing, Hong Leong Investment Bank, Malaysia and Dr Timothy Low, CEO, Farrer Park Hospital...

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Challenging Personal Stereotypes in Spotlight at Women Icons Network Collective for Equality Summit

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Singapore, Mar 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Their gender itself is reason enough for much of the corporate world to be biased against women. However, working women face all kinds of subtle and overt biases as they navigate their way through their careers. From their age to choosing to be a mother, anything could be the basis of unconscious biases. The need to talk about, address and overcome such biases formed the basis of the discussion during the first virtual session of the Collective for Equality Summit on earlier on Thursday evening. Hosted by Singapore-based Women Icons Network (WIN) to mark the International Women's Day, the two-day summit aims to bring senior corporate leaders from Asia-Pacific on the same stage to discuss their personal experiences, the current state of the gender equality initiatives and the way forward. The topic for the first day was "Breaking The Bias - Challenging Personal Stereotypes". The session was moderated by WIN founder director Vishwesh Iyer, and the panelists were Malayasia based strategy, innovation and leadership consultant Dr Marcella Lucas, head of corporate sales of Google Cloud for Singapore-Malaysia, Sophie Wong and ge...

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Collective for Equality Summit by Women Icons Network on March 24, 25

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Singapore, Mar 23, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Singapore-headquartered Women Icons Network, a cause-driven community platform working in the space of Workplace Gender Equality, will be hosting its annual Collective for Equality Summit on March 24 and 25, 2022.The virtual summit will bring together senior corporate leaders from across the Asia Pacific in discussion on their personal experiences and initiatives in improving workplace gender equity. From recognizing one's personal biases to overcoming it and then helping bring about change to stepping forward and becoming an ally - female and male - at work, the summit sessions will effectively be a masterclass on how to be the change agent.The session on March 24 will be on the topic Breaking the Bias - Challenging Personal Stereotypes. The speakers in this session are: - Sophie Wong, Head of Corporate Sales (Singapore & Malaysia), Google Cloud, - Dr Marcella Lucas, Strategy & Innovation Leadership Consultant, Malaysia, - Tricia Liverpool, General Manager, Cornerstone Global Partners, Singapore- Vishwesh Iyer, Founder, Women Icons Network.Allyship and its Role in Pushing the Boundaries on Workplace Equity will b...

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SOEs Ministry presses for more involvement of younger staff, women

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JAKARTA, Feb 28, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - The State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) Ministry aims to involve more women, millennials, and Papuans either in its companies or in the ministry itself, in a bid to build a diverse, equal and sustainable leadership.SOE MInister Erick Thohir during the ministry's Girls Take Over Program (27/9/2021) (ANTARA FOTO/Dhemas Reviyanto/hp)SOEs Minister Erick Thohir will target the promotion of 10 percent of young leaders in the SOEs by 2023, or double from five percent of young leaders promoted this year.Young leadership and women's leadership is viewed as a driving force to help expedite the realization of the SOEs programs, as well as to transform the human capital."I am fully concerned about the human capital transformation, since it is the start to push the transformation in the ministry. We are changing the structures, leaderships, mindsets, and core values we own," he said.In addition, young people are blessed with outstanding intelligence and mindsets that, in nature, may function differently when they are older, according to Thohir."In terms of leadership, we know that God blesses extraordinary intelligence and mindsets to humans...

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SHEQONOMI Announces Multi-platform Partnership with Reliance Jio

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St. Moritz, Switzerland, Jan 11, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - SHEQONOMI, (pronounced SHE-CONOMY) the world's first and only rewards based podcast listening mobile application on Android, JioStore, iOS, and KaiOS, proudly announces its multi-platform partnership with Reliance Jio which will incentivize 150,000,000 JioPhone users to listen, learn, and earn digital assets and rewards in the very near future. "Reliance Jio's partnership with SHEQONOMI will bring a rich collection of women-led podcasts from around the globe on our free mobile app to nearly 150,000,000 users across India, many of whom are women and girls who have never had access to global audio content like this that will also generate digital assets and rewards," said Ms. Anu Bhardwaj."Beginning with SHEQONOMI's application on JioStore for JioPhone, our partnership will bring thousands of new global podcasts and access to digital assets like NFT's and NFTrees that will scale to nearly 150,000,000 ,000,000 beneficiaries from under-resourced households across India, most of whom are first-time internet users over the course of our collaboration in 2022," stated Ms. Anu Bhardwaj, Founder of SHEQONOMI.Our aim ...

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Women rally the community in a fundraising campaign to support those in need

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SINGAPORE - When her daughter came home from school one day and told her that she wanted to make a mask chain to cheer up a friend who was going through a rough time, Ms Joanne-Marie marvelled at her child's compassion and was filled with pride. Ms Joanne-Marie, a social media influencer, said recently: "It was then that I realised that children are very much aware that their actions can make a difference to someone. I decided to build on this, and proposed to my children the idea of making mask chains to raise funds." She is one of the many women who is tapping on the festive cheer this month and raising funds for The Women in Red campaign, which is supporting community causes to help the elderly, the disabled, and families in need. Ms Joanne-Marie, 37, and her three children are making bracelets and mask chains for sale, with proceeds going to the campaign. The month-long campaign organised by the Singapore Red Cross (SRC) rallies women from across the country to join the fundraiser and raise $20,000 by the end of the month. Some local personalities have been roped in to champion the cause. Ms Eunice Olsen, founder and chief executiveof WomenTalkTV, said the campaign is a good op...

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Women may trounce men at investing

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(NYTIMES) - Merrill was a guy, and so was Lynch. Goldman? A dude, and Sachs as well. Charles Schwab is a man, and so was E.F. Hutton. Gordon Gekko was an alpha male. And Jordan Belfort, the Wolf of Wall Street? Total bro. Heroes or villains, winners or losers, real or imagined, our iconic investors are very, very male. But that's a mistake - because it turns out that women are often better at investing. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month Latest headlines and exclusive stories In-depth analyses and award-winning multimedia content Get access to all with our no-contract promotional package at only $0.99/month for the first 3 months* Subscribe now *Terms and conditions apply.

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SMEStreet Global Women Leadership Awards 2021 Successfully Conducted

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NEW DELHI, Oct 25, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - SMEStreet in association with WASME has successfully organized a Forum For ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP along with SMEStreet Global Women Leadership Awards 2021. The Awards were announced along with a panel discussion over digital platforms on 22nd October 2021.The event was supported by the Ministry of MSME, Govt of India and SAVE (Society for Advancement of Village Economy). The Chief Guest of the event Shri BB Swain, Secretary of MSME Ministry, Govt of India delivered a keynote Address in which he emphasized on the important role of women entrepreneurs in shaping up our socio-economic scenario. Shri Swain congratulated the winners of SMEStreet Global Women Leadership Awards 2021 and highlighted the Government of India's schemes and programs that are aimed to deliver motivation for women-driven MSMEs. CA Dr. GP Agarwal, Secretary-General of WASME delivered a special welcome address and he spoke about the importance of motivating women in the workforce.The topic of the forum to be organized was "The Role and Impact of Women Empowerment through MSME Development" in the panel discussion the distingui...

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Time to Act: Promoting Women and Youth Leadership for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

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by Erick Thohir and Sharon Florencia JAKARTA, Oct 13, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – COVID-19 has had a significant impact on people’s lives, how businesses and economies operate, and the global sustainability agenda. Nevertheless, the current conditions will provide an unprecedented opportunity to build a better world by implementing more sustainable policies and actions. In addressing these, the G20 heads of state and government will convene at the Rome Summit this month to discuss various development agendas, from health and education to the economy, emphasizing trade, investments, and the digital economy. The Rome Summit is not the only significant event happening in the world in October. In the same month, International Day of the Girl (IDG) is being celebrated annually on 11 October, and this event, which intends to campaign on gender equalities, has become an important moment for us. It is a reminder for gender equality, to amplify girls’ voices meaningfully, and to support their presence and leadership. Women’s effective participation and leadership have been recognized by UN Women reports to improve productivity, enhance ecosystem conservation, and create more sustainable systems...

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Babylon Project 2.0: World Blockchain Hackathon in the Metaverse

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Oct 8, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - The World Blockchain Hackathon returns this month with Babylon Project 2.0, its second annual virtual hackathon, focusing on the decentralized web. , will be held in an interactive web-based virtual world, a metaverse experience with panels and development on CBDC, NFT, DeFI, DAO, Payments, DAPPs and Bitcoin scripts - and crowdfunding set up for the top 20 teams.The Babylon Project is a hackathon initiative committed to democratizing access to global innovation and the adoption of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. The broadest vision of the World Blockchain Hackathon is a future ecosystem in which blockchain innovation becomes the standard backbone for impenetrably secure, fast-moving, intelligent global technologies of all kinds.Last year, the hackathon attracted 1000 participants from 69 countries. The winning team, Kenyan-based fintech Kotani Pay, a technology stack enabling blockchain protocols, decentralized applications (dApps) and finTech companies integrate seamlessly, went ahead to launch their product and experienced extraordinary growth, providing on-ramp and off-ramp services on USSD in Af...