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Her Name Lives On- Zaha Hadid

Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid, DBE, RA (October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi-born British architect. She was the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 2004.[1] She received the UK’s most prestigious architectural award, the Stirling Prize, in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, she was made a Dame by Elizabeth II for services to architecture, and in 2015 she became the first woman to be awarded the Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects Born in Baghdad Iraq in 1950, Zaha Hadid commenced her college studies at the American University in Beirut, in the field of mathematics. She moved to London in 1972 to study architecture at the Architectural Association and upon graduation in 1977, she joined the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). She also taught at the Architectural Association (AA) with OMA collaborators Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis. She began her own…

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Health & Personal

Just Before You Disregard a Lump

Lumps have perceived as the first signs of breast cancer over time however, medically, not all lumps give rise to the deadly cancer disease. How then can one ascertain which lump will carry the disease? Medical practitioners have urged women to constantly perform self-examination or visit a doctor. Cancer occurs when some of the body’s cells behave abnormally — changing, growing and reproducing more than they should. In breast cancer, this abnormal growth begins in cells in the breast tissue. Breast cancer actually includes a group of cancers that start in different parts of the breasts. Doctors call these various types of cancers different carcinomas. Here is a story of 24 years old Cecilia who ignored a lump which led to breast cancer, but was lucky to have survived: I found a lump in August 2013, but I waited because I’ve had cysts before. I was only 23, so what…

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Dr. Nasrin Hafezparast: Tech Entrepreneur proffering innovative health care solutions

Dr Nasrin Hafezparast is co-founder and CTO at Outcome Based Healthcare (OBH). A rare combination of beauty and brains, she is dual trained in both Computer Science and Medicine, both at University College London. As a fully qualified medical doctor, she has experience working as a doctor in A&E, General Practice and Hospital Medicine in London. Nasrin has an entrepreneurial background and skill set. She is a Teaching Fellow and co-leads the healthcare pathway in the MSc Technology Entrepreneurship at UCL. She made the Management’s list of ’35 women under 35′, and spoke at TEDxTehran on ‘Breaking through the disease barrier’. Her interest in technology also led her to co-found Outcomes Based Healthcare (OBH), a London-based medtech start-up, which uses big data to predict and pre-treat health conditions, where she explored the online tech space and continues to manage this successful online B2B venture today. Nasrin is an invaluable combination of technology…

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Girl Talk

Does waxing mean sexually active?

While trying to decide on a topic to discuss in this session, I stumbled upon a discussion on StraightTalkAdvice, A concerned parent had come to the panel to find out what it means, when a teenage girl starts shaving/waxing her pubic hairs. Initially, I found that question quite strange, but after going through the discussion, I got a clearer picture. I remember my mum asking me once, why I wax my legs, Huh? I thought of all the strange questions she had ever asked, that was by far, the most ridiculous; why do I shave my legs? She could clearly see that I had so much hair right from when I hit puberty. Was I supposed to go about looking like a baboon? I thought. Stumbling on this discussion so many years later, I finally get where she’s coming from. So let’s have it; her question – Dear Straight Talk:…

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Gender Resources

The Gender Equality and SDGs

In light of the Gender Equality Forum 2017, Helle Bank Jorgensen, President of the Global Compact Network Canada (GCNC), sat down with Paul Polman, Unilever CEO for an interview and asked the following questions on Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment, and more. Helle: Why is Gender Equality important to you and Unilever? Paul: Addressing barriers to gender equality is not just the right thing to do, it’s also vital for our future growth. We at Unilever consider the respect and promotion of women’s rights and the advancement of women’s economic inclusion both a human right as well as a business priority. By promoting the formal and active participation of women in the economy, we aim to transform lives, families, communities and economies. Globally, it is acknowledged that empowering women economically creates a ripple effect on families, communities and economies. In turn, we have the opportunity to grow our markets, brands and…

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