A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Dhiraagu and Women in Tech have announced that registration is now open for the second edition of “Girls to Code”, a program aimed at teaching girls how to code. This edition, “Girls to Code – Thinadhoo”, is specially geared towards the island of Gdh. Thinadhoo, and will be held virtually starting from 10th January 2021. […]
The Gender Ministry has announced 7 winners of this year’s Rehendhi Award. Since 2014, the Rehendhi Award has been annually bestowed by the Ministry to give recognition to women for their commendable services to national and community development. Of the recipients this year, 2 were awarded for outstanding services in the social sector, while the […]
Diversity in the workplace is still a rampant issue, especially the lack of women in the labour force. Traditional gender roles dictate that men are the breadwinners of the family unit, while women are typically expected to adhere to domestic or caregiving roles – looking after the children, cooking or cleaning at home. Although this […]
The number of confirmed cases in the Maldives for the past 10 days have been below 100 and the rate of positive cases to samples taken have fallen below 5%, according to statistics by Health Protection Agency. During March, the country closed all universities, colleges and training facilities for a period of 14 days, over […]
To foster business enterprises, especially for the growth of women entrepreneurship, SME Development Finance Corporation (SDFC) earmarks 25% of its loan portfolio to women. Funding empowerment for women-owned SMEs has been one of the major policies of the government. SME loans allocated for women per year takes up 25% of the portfolio. A total of […]
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has published statistics that reveal, more than 26 per cent of women working in the private sector had lost their jobs and methods of earning due to the pandemic. A study that has been conducted by NBC in collaboration with United Nations Women reveals that numerous women who lost […]
Ooredoo Maldives & 11 other mobile operators have extended its commitment to improving digital/ financial inclusiveness for women. Here is a list of the 12 mobile operators: Grameenphone Ltd Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd MobileMoney Limited (a subsidiary of MTN Ghana) Ooredoo Maldives Orange Finances Mobiles Sénégal (OFMS) Reliance Jio Robi Axiata Ltd Safaricom PLC Telenor Pakistan […]