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WOMEN & FINANCE SUMMIT 2017

WOMEN & FINANCE SUMMIT 2017-JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA:

FEBRUARY 23RD-24TH, 2017

EVENT BACKGROUND/OVERVIEW

The Women & Finance Summit 2017 is being organised by the Amazons Watch Magazine as an African regional platform for shinning the spotlight on the trends, opportunities and challenges facing women in the quest to improve their economic status in the African society. The summit is also a high-level forum being designed to also recognise and celebrate the private and public sector players, financial institutions, companies and associations with programmes, services and products that are supportive and friendly to women, and have over recent years economically empowered women in Africa.

Your teenage daughter and her Financial Habits

A habit is simply defined as a particular practice, custom, prevailing character or quality; and/or a dominant or regular disposition. Therefore, financial habits can easily be described as your money spending or saving habits; basically, how you manage your finances. In this session, we are taking a look at our teenage daughters and how we can help them manage their finances better, without necessarily becoming thrifty. The world is generally in need of good knowledge of financial literacy, and parents are required to play a vital role in helping their teens acquire this knowledge. It is never too early to start talking to teens or children about good financial habits that will save them a lot of headaches later in their lives. Many parents leave it completely to the tutors, and the schools to do the teaching, some of their arguments are, “I’m not an accountant”, or “my obligation is…

The 6 Biggest Health Mistakes Women Make in Their 30s

By: Joan Raymond For many women, turning 30 marks the real beginning of adulthood. You’re established in a career, and maybe in a relationship. You might be thinking about starting a family. You feel pretty good about yourself, and all the health indiscretions of your 20s — remember those all-night parties and how you still managed to make it to work the next day? Let’s face it, ages 30 to 39 are prime times. “All in all, the 30s are a very positive time for health, but it’s also the time you have to start developing excellent habits as an investment in the future,” says Dr. Debra DeJoseph, medical director of The Women’s Health Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. In other words, the healthy lifestyle habits you ignore now could set the stage for a less than healthy life in your 40s and beyond. Here are the six…

Achieving Business Goals

By: Barbara Swenson

Goals help you map out events so that you can achieve what you want in life and business. They can also give you focus, which increases your chances for success. When you achieve one of your business goals, it empowers you, giving you the momentum to become more successful. Momentum is a key element for women achieving their business goals. It keeps you moving toward your objective.

Air India to Reserve 6 Seats for Women on Domestic Flights

In a first-of-its-kind move in the aviation industry, national carrier Air India will reserve six seats for women on its flights operating on domestic routes from next week. The move aimed at ameliorating the plight of women who suffer several inconveniences while traveling from one location to the other is a welcome idea which other transport systems are urged to consider. According to Air India Spokesperson, at times, a woman traveling alone gets a middle or window seat on the aircraft, which puts her to inconvenience, particularly while going to the washroom. This necessitated the airline to keep some seats reserved for them on aircraft flying on domestic routes. Keeping this in mind, it has been decided to keep all the six seats in the third row of the economy class on Airbus A320 reserved only for women from January 18, he said. “However, woman travelling with their family members…