Angel City set to become world’s most valuable women’s sports team
(Reuters) – Angel City is set to become the world’s most valuable professional women’s sports team after finalising a landmark new ownership agreement with Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger and his wife Willow Bay, the Los Angeles-based club announced on Wednesday. Iger and Bay, dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, will […]
British Council to further empower women and girls by bringing the English and Digital for Girls’ Education (EDGE) programme in Pakistan.
The EDGE programme harnesses innovative education technology and community engagement, embraces peer-led learning and promotes gender equality and inclusion. EDGE has a proven track record of empowerment through English with existing programmes in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Enabled thanks to UNICEF, the British Council’s EDGE programme is now positioned to engage women and […]
British Council announces STEM scholarships for 2023-24
The British Council Pakistan announced the third cohort of Scholarships for Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths). Over 100 scholarships are available to women STEM scholars from Asia and the Americas to pursue a masters’ degree in the UK, out of which 48 scholarships are reserved for women STEM scholars from Pakistan and […]
US embassy announces 700 additional scholarship for Pakistani women
On September 2, the United States Embassy in Pakistan announced it will award an additional 700 graduate-level scholarships to Pakistani women in partnership with the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC). These two-year scholarships, which begin this year and last until 2023, will be awarded to outstanding women to earn master’s degrees in agriculture, business, […]