”Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world. It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children’s and grandchildren’s fates, are decided”. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election.
Rigoberta Menchú is an activist from Guetamala who has been fighting for indigenous rights since the early 70s. She was forced to leave her country so many times, or she basically had to leave herself because of the death threats. A great portion of her life has passed in countries outside of Guetamala. In 1992 she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and she won it. Originally from the K’iche origin, Rigoberta fought for not only “K’iche”s, but also for all the natives of Latin America.
The world houses a lot of unusual diseases and epidemics. With every passing minute a new disease is discovered and research begins immediately to find possible cures for the diseases. It is however important that proper sensitization is carried out such that preventive measures are implemented early enough. Clostridium Difficle popularly known as C.Diff., is a relatively new epidemic that has begun to assume dominance across regions. I came across a blog story of a survivor of this dreaded disease, who thought it wise to enlighten people of its symptoms and the best ways by which it can be managed. Here are some things you need to know about C.Diff. While some may find the subject indelicate, I believe it is important to relate my experience in order to raise awareness about C. Diff. for several reasons. First, epidemics of Clostridium Difficile occur with frightening regularity in various hospitals and…
By: Sara Zervos
It’s not too surprising that 2016 marks the first year where a woman appears like a serious contender in the elections for the United States President. In the past few years, more focus than ever has been put on women: their rights, their voices, their ambitions, their struggles, and ultimately, their importance in societies globally. While women garnered well under 50% of Time’s “100 Most Influential People in 2015,” undoubtedly women now claim major positions in industries that are not female-dominated.
Thousands of people wearing black clothes braved the torrential rain in Buenos Aires to protest the rape and killing of a 16-year-old girl in Argentina. Protesters called it Black Wednesday, and turned it into a day to demand an end to violence against women nationwide. Lucia Perez was abducted outside her school in Mar del Plata on October 8. She was drugged, repeatedly raped and sodomized with an “unspecified object” so violently that she eventually bled out from her internal injuries. Three suspects have been arrested and are still in custody. The prosecutor on the case, María Isabel Sánchez, told Telam news agency that the assailants washed her body and cleaned her clothing before dropping her off at a local clinic — and running away. “We can all be vulnerable and suffer what happened to this girl — all of us, our entire gender,” said Gergina Elcano, a demonstrator in…
Saudi Arabia said that the National Transformation Program 2020 would strengthen the role and status of women in the Saudi society, stressing that equal access to education and training was a key element to enable women to contribute fully and equally in the country’s development. Amal Al-Qahtani, second secretary of the Kingdom’s delegation to the U.N. General Assembly in New York, said during the Third Committee of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session, that the Saudi government has achieved new steps towards empowering Saudi women and ensuring their full rights. Qahtani highlighted Saudi women’s role in national decision-making through leadership positions in the government sector as well as membership in Majlis Al-Shura (Consultative Council). She also stressed women’s right to vote and stand for elections to municipal councils, in addition to their participation in the Kingdom’s official delegations at regional and international conferences. Qahtani added that a number of…
An Indonesian woman has been caned in front of a jeering crowd after being accused of “standing too close to her boyfriend”. The woman, who has not been identified, was among 13 people flogged in Aceh province on the western island of Sumatra for allegedly breaking strict Islamic laws, which ban intimate behaviour such as touching, hugging, and kissing between unmarried people. Photographs of the young woman crying out in pain have been shared by local and international media, amid growing concerns over the rising number of people — particularly women — subjected to corporal punishment in the region. Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, but Aceh is the only province which imposes sharia law. People in the region can be flogged for a number of “offences”, including gambling, drinking alcohol, and gay sex, in addition to any consensual sex outside of marriage. Seven men and six women…
