Named Britain’s third most influential woman of 2014, Professor Nazneen Rahman has amassed some impressive achievements in a relatively short career: she’s Professor of Human Genetics at the Institute of Cancer Research, Head of the Clinical Genetics Department at Royal Marsden Hospital, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences—and a...

mani Al Hosani’s fascination with nuclear energy began at school learning about atoms and chain reactions in science classes. “I loved reading about nuclear energy”, says Ms Al Hosani, who became the UAE’s first female nuclear scientist three years ago. “But I never imagined as a child that the UAE would take the lead...

At a critical time in the Middle East, Queen Rania of Jordan is facing the challenges of fundamentalism, the refugee crisis and rights for women and children with a rare combination of grace and guts While accepting an award in Germany this month, Queen Rania of Jordan called for extraordinary acts of compassion and global cooperation in addressing...

The Welfare Association (WA) is going towards making a Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action, by committing $7.3 million to support youth employment initiatives in Palestine and Tunisia. WA is a leading independent Palestinian non-profit civil society organization headquartered in Ramallah, Palestine, and one of its major focuses is...

UN Women’s flagship report, shows that, all too often, women’s economic and social rights are held back, because they are forced to fit into a 'man’s world’. But, it is possible to move beyond the status quo, to picture a world where economies are built with women’s rights at their heart. It is being published as the...

UN Women and the People’s Republic of China will co-host a landmark event in conjunction with the UN Summit on the post-2015 development framework and as part of the 20th Anniversary commemoration of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. At the high-level “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment:...

New York (Forbes Middle East) - According to conventional wisdom, science subjects are dry, technical, tedious, and typically dominated by male students. Electric circuits, power modules, batteries - while all essential to the modern technical conveniences we can no longer imagine ourselves coping without, the thought of having to understand the...

Yinchuan (Women of China) - On September 12, the Chinese city of Yinchuan hosted the first ever women's forum between China and countries in the Middle East with the aim of promoting bilateral economic exchanges and cooperation among Chinese and Arab women. Launched during the annual China-Arab States Expo held from September 10 to 12, the...

As reported by Nisaa FM, CEO Middle East in March announced its fifth ranking of the 100 Most Powerful Arab Women. Last week, on September 16 2015, Forbes Middle East unveiled its own ranking of the Most Powerful Arab Women for 2015. The names were announced at an impressive ceremony in Dubai, where the achievements of women in reaching the top of their...

In May 2015, Palestinian start-up BOLD Gadgets, founded by just 22-year-old Lama Mansour and her classmate Ismat Tuffaha, officially launched the Knot, Palestine’s first tech product. A wearable USB charging cable that powers iOS and Android smart phones at double the speed of commercial chargers, the Knot in 2014 won second place at the...

Muscat (Times of Oman) - Four times a year, Najihat (an initiative introduced by the National Business Centre (NBC) which highlights successful experiences of Omani women entrepreneurs) hosts a session where women meet and share their experiences of operating in the Omani business arena, and compare stories on how they started their respective ventures....

Ramallah (Nisaa FM) - It is by now a well-established fact that women and men are equally capable of founding and managing their own businesses – true entrepreneurial spirit knows no gender-divide. There is, however, also much evidence to the effect that the social, economic and personal obstacles women face in setting up their own businesses...