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November 3, 2016

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Winter and the Dread of Dry Scaly Skin

By: Eruke Ojuederie

Harmattan season as it is called in Africa, or winter in other parts of the world, is a season many people look forward to especially with the thoughts of setting up a fireplace, the aroma of the well-seasoned roasted lamb upon night fire, and YES! Of course the unveiling of lovely coloured trench coats. Don’t ladies just love those fashionable coats, matching gloves and high boats? The list is endless.

Puerto Rico Women’s Project Uplifts Domestic Violence Survivors

Women in Puerto Rico have recently  launched ProyectoMatria, a store to showcase art, clothing, accessories and products for mother and child, all produced by survivors of domestic abuse and other forms of gender-based violence. The new store, called Matrias, is a pilot project initially scheduled to run until December in San Juan’s Santurce district. It is an offshoot of the business incubator initiative, known as Libera, which seeks to provide women with alternatives to discrimination and violence. “When you buy a product at Matrias, you are supporting our participants’ empowerment and self-sufficiency,” ProyectoMatria case manager Tanagra Melgarejo Pulido told Puerto Rican outlet Noticel. “But more important still, you are promoting social justice.” Organizers behind the initiative will help end the cycle of domestic abuse in part by providing women with more opportunities for economic self-reliance and a greater sense of confidence that often accrues from that independence. “If women in…

Iranian UN Envoy Says Women ‘Key Resource for Promoting Peace’

Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gholam Ali Khoshroo has recently highlighted the important role of women in promoting peace and stability across the world and said Tehran backs the UN’s decision to include women’s leadership in “Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism”. “Women are a key resource for promoting peace and stability,” Khoshroo said in a statement, addressing the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women and Peace and Security in New York. He stated that women’s participation and inclusion makes humanitarian assistance more effective, strengthens the protection of civilians, contributes to the political settlement of disputes and helps maintain sustainable peace and accelerates economic recovery Khoshroo noted that the adoption of the agenda for sustainable development, the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action all reminds people that there is strong direct relation between sustainable peace and security and sustainable development, and the fact…

Liberia Gets First 2017 Female Presidential Aspirant

By William Q. Harmon President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s absence at the upcoming 2017 presidential election will not be missed, gender-wise, as the first female aspirant for the next elections ,has emerged saying that she has the requisite credentials and is prepared to lead the country. MacDella Cooper said she has not just come to ensure gender balance at the polls next year, but to lead Liberia from where President Sirleaf leaves it. At a well-organized program held at a resort in Monrovia, Ms. Cooper broke her silence, indicating that she will be a contestant in the 2017 presidential elections, because there is a lot to do in a country where the masses still live in abject poverty amid abundance of resources, adding that she is prepared to lead a charge that will emancipate Liberians from their current impoverished state. Cooper is the assumed political leader of the Union of Liberian…

Career women battle Japan’s ‘salaryman’ culture

By Sophia Yan   A lot of Japanese women know exactly how their careers will end before they’ve even begun. Two paths are open to new hires at many big Japanese firms: the career and non-career tracks — sogo-shoku and ippan-shoku in Japanese. They’re often referred to as the “management” and “mommy” tracks. That’s because women typically end up in the non-career roles, which involve administrative jobs with hardly any upward mobility that ambitious people find very frustrating. “Highly educated women quit because it’s not worthwhile keeping that ‘stupid’ job,” said MachikoOsawa, a labor economist at Japan Women’s University. The Japanese government wants more women to pursue careers to help kick-start its sputtering economy, but obstacles like the separate career tracks — part of the country’s male-dominated corporate culture — are hindering progress. About 3 million women in Japan aren’t working even though they would like to, according to official…

Ms. KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW- Leading Asia’s Healthcare Revolution.

The health and general wellbeing of women in any community are very important since in most cases, the woman is saddled with the responsibility of taking care of the family. Over the years, diabetics and cancer diseases have shortened the life span of women, sending them to an early grave. The fears of these illnesses have further compounded issues regarding the wellbeing of the woman.