Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) begun series of biblio-therapy workshops to train a selection of those working in the field of children’s literature. The workshops, which will train participants in both theory and application, will pioneer the first team of capable biblio-therapists in the UAE. The course is being organised by the ...

  Sharjah / WAM Sharjah has been announced as region’s first candidate city for UNICEF’s ‘Child Friendly City’ initiative, which is aimed to guide cities and other systems of local governance in the inclusion of children’s rights as a key component of their goals, policies, programmes and structures. The announcement was made at a press conference in the presence of Sheikha ...

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, attended on Monday the official opening of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Panel ‘HLP’ meeting on Women’s Economic Empowerment at the Four Seasons Resort, Dubai. Convening for the first time in MENA region, the High Level ...