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The UAE’s First Women-Only Job Portal Officially Launches

The pioneering platform could revolutionize recruitment by catering exclusively to female professionals.

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2 years ago

January 16, 2024

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The UAE’s first women-only employment portal, Women First Jobs, has officially launched, marking a significant milestone in enhancing female participation in the workforce of the United Arab Emirates. The innovative platform, founded by Priyanka Sengar, is poised to revolutionize the recruitment landscape by exclusively catering to female professionals seeking careers in the banking, fintech, edtech, hospitality, healthcare, food, logistics, and IT sectors.

The recruitment platform’s goals align with the vision set out by Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the UAE Gender Balance Council. The council’s initiatives include:

Achieving pay parity.
Advancing gender equality throughout recruitment and career progression.
Integrating gender balance perspectives.
Fostering transparency.

Women First Jobs will also assume a crucial role in supporting corporate returnship programs by providing mentorship and training to women re-entering the workforce after maternity breaks or career hiatuses. The initiatives underscore the platform’s unwavering commitment to creating an inclusive and supportive professional atmosphere for women at all career stages.

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Finally, Women First Jobs plans to allocate a substantial portion of its proceeds to global non-governmental organizations, with a primary focus on the development of women and children. The initiatives not only support localization efforts but also align with the mandates of GCC governments in areas such as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG), and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

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YouTube Rolls Out Supervised Children’s Accounts Across MENA

An industry-first feed timer lets parents cap Shorts scrolling. Access can also be switched off entirely ahead of exam season.

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12 hours ago

July 10, 2026

Dana Saadeh

YouTube

YouTube has launched supervised kid accounts across the Middle East and North Africa, giving parents a way to hand their children the main YouTube app without handing over all of it. Announced in Dubai on July 2, the accounts are built directly into the platform rather than the standalone YouTube Kids app, and are aimed at families who feel a child has outgrown the curated library but isn’t ready for the open feed.

Parents can choose from three content settings, each broadly aligned with international content ratings. Explore covers educational videos, tutorials, arts and crafts, and dance. Explore More adds gaming and live streams. Most of YouTube opens up almost everything except videos rated 18+ or deemed inappropriate for supervised accounts.

The standout tool is an industry-first Shorts feed timer, which lets parents set daily limits on short-form scrolling. Set it to zero and Shorts disappears altogether – a lever YouTube suggests parents might pull ahead of exam season. Other protections are on by default for all users under 18: “Take a Break” and “Bedtime” reminders, no personalized ad targeting, autoplay switched off, and no ability to upload videos or write comments. The accounts are optional, and parents can end supervision at any time.

The kid accounts join supervised teen accounts already available across the region, which notify parents by email when a teenager uploads a video or starts a live stream.

“YouTube has been a huge part of families’ lives across this region for over 20 years,” said Javid Aslanov, head of YouTube Middle East and North Africa, citing Kantar research showing 95% of viewers in Saudi Arabia and the UAE agree YouTube has top content in education and learning.

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“It’s essential that we protect young people in – not from – the digital world,” added Garth Graham, YouTube’s head of health.

The new settings are rolling out gradually across the MENA, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Iraq. The latest features can be set up through Family Center in the YouTube app or via Google Family Link.