Women’s World Cup Co-Host Australia Fueled By Pressure

Australia head coach Tony Gustavsson said the Women’s World Cup co-hosts will use the weight of expectations as fuel as they prepare to face France in the final warm-up game before the tournament begins next week. The Women’s World Cup will begin on July 20 in Australia and New Zealand, with Australia’s opening match with…

ByWomenpreneur Middle East StaffJuly 13, 20230Comments

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Empowering Women In Web3: 4 Crypto Organizations Promoting Gender Equality

Women are underrepresented across the fintech industry, and the emerging realm of Web3 is no exception. There are many reasons for women to be both frustrated and inspired about the potential for increasing diverse representation in the crypto industry. Alarming statistics from a Boston Consulting Group study earlier this year revealed that only 13% of…

ByWomenpreneur Middle East StaffJuly 13, 20230Comments

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The women who shaped the Rolling Stones finally have their moment

There is a moment, several chapters into Elizabeth Winder’s “Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones” that quietly justifies the book’s existence. In the biographical introduction of the section about aspiring R&B artist Marsha Hunt — before her life is rerouted by bearing Mick Jagger’s…

ByWomenpreneur Middle East StaffJuly 13, 20230Comments

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Women Under 40 Are Facing This Type Of Discrimination

Youth is still prized as a superpower in society, including where you work. Research has found that people are more likely to automatically assume you are more ambitious, intelligent and tech-savvy when you are thought to be younger. But in the workplace, being young or looking young can also be wielded against women. In a new preliminary study featured…

ByWomenpreneur Middle East StaffJuly 13, 20230Comments

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Alleged pedophile fashion mogul Peter Nygard arrested on more sexual assault charges for 1993 case

Suspected pedophile and former fashion mogul Peter Nygard was arrested on more sex crime charges, this time for a 1993 case in which he’s accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old at his company’s headquarters in Canada. Winnipeg, Manitoba, police obtained an arrest warrant on Monday for city native Nygard, 81, after months of investigation into…

ByWomenpreneur Middle East StaffJuly 12, 20230Comments

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Four fashion legends of the 90s reunite for an all-new docu-series

What is The Super Models about? In a press release, Apple TV+ said the documentary series, “travels back to the 1980s, when four women from different corners of the world united in New York. Already forces in their own right, the gravitas they achieved by coming together transcended the industry itself. “Their prestige was so…

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Women’s World Cup: All You Need To Know

The 2023 Women’s World Cup will be held from July 20 to August 20 in Australia and New Zealand. Here is everything you need to know about the tournament: What is special about this year’s tournament? The 2023 World Cup will be the most attended standalone women’s sporting event in history, with more than one…

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Avante Capital Partners Changes Private Credit And Private Equity For Women

Private credit may have become a hot asset class, but it is ice-cold when it comes to inclusion. Women-owned private equity firms* account for only 7.2% of all U.S.-based firms and have a smaller share of assets under management (AUM), just 1.6%, according to the Knight Foundation. A women- and minority-owned private credit firm, Avante Capital Partners, is…

ByWomenpreneur Middle East StaffJuly 12, 20230Comments

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What ‘The Drop To The Top’ Means For Women In Leadership

In the aftermath of the pandemic, headlines focused on the consequences of lockdowns and the rise in gender inequality in work and education. So where are we today? The Global Gender Gap report published by the World Economic Forum in June 2023 provides data on gender parity for women. The annual report is an index demonstrating the momentum around…

ByWomenpreneur Middle East StaffJuly 11, 20230Comments

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Newly approved Alzheimer’s drug may not work as well on women

Some experts are questioning whether a newly approved Alzheimer's drug was shown in clinical trials to be less effective on women — even though the FDA didn't flag any such concerns when it was authorized last week. Why it matters: Nearly two-thirds of Americans living with Alzheimer's disease are female, according to the Alzheimer's Association. The $26,500 drug, Leqembi,…

ByWomenpreneur Middle East StaffJuly 11, 20230Comments