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Exercising While Pregnant: The importance

There are usually many questions that come to mind when planning how to exercise during pregnancy. In this instance, I am referring to physical exercise that is, the bodily activity that improves or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness. This type of exercise during pregnancy is important and can help with some of the common discomforts and even help prepare your body for labor and delivery. Exercise during pregnancy is considered a basic health routine as health care providers will have you continue with exercise you are involved in or start you on an exercise regimen if you are not active at all. Exercise is usually helpful for both you and your baby. Is exercise during pregnancy safe? Before you begin exercising, remember it is important to talk to your healthcare provider, overall and in most cases, exercise is safe during pregnancy. You will usually find it is…

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UAE organization to Help 25,000 Women Realize True Potential

On 19 June 2018 at United Nations Headquarters, Signing Ceremony for Agreement with NAMA Women Advancement Establishment Director Reem BinKarem; Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh, and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. Sharjah: The UAE-based non-profit Nama Women Advancement Establishment (Nama) has set in motion plans to improve the lives of more than 25,000 women living in poverty in UAE, South Africa and other regions, in a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding. Nama and UN Women signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New York recently to consolidate their efforts in implementing the UN Women flagship programme ‘Stimulating Equal Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs’, with support from UN Women headquarters. To be implemented in a period of three years, the programme will target approximately 25,000 women, especially those living in poverty and facing heightened social discrimination, and seek to stimulate demand for…

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Kamala Harris: Giving a Voice to the Voiceless in Diaspora

Kamala Harris represents the few whose decision to engage in politics was born out of the desire to give a voice to the voiceless diaspora in America. She became the first California attorney general with African American or South Asian ancestry after defeating Republican rival Steve Cooley in the 2010 election for the position. Harris was born on October 20, 1964 in Oakland, California to a Tamil Indian mother and a Jamaican father. The family lived in Berkeley, California, where both of Harris’ parents attended graduate school. Although, Harris’ parents were later divorced when she was 7 and her mother was granted custody of the children by a court-ordered settlement. After the divorce, her mother moved with the children to Montreal, Québec, Canada, where Shyamala took a position doing research at the Jewish General Hospital and teaching at McGill University. After graduating from Montreal’s Westmount High School in Quebec, Harris…

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Mums & Kids Zone

The Magic of Colors on the Learning Ability of a Child

By Eloke-Young Splendor

Watching little Lily, drag her mom round the toy store in search of a pink plush Unicorn, left me with the question – “what is it with Kids and colours?” I remember having a conversation with a colleague who told me that her sister helps her little children identify colours by purchasing a blue item for her son and pink for her daughter. It’s amazing how parents help their kids to identify colours by surrounding them with a lot of colourful items.

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7 Signs That Show Your Child Is a Picky Eater

Picky eating is one of the most rampant and identifiable problems of a child. Most parents are faced with catastrophe preparing meals for a child who is a picky eater. The effect of picky eating if not identified at an early stage can make a child struggle with food throughout their whole childhood and sometimes even as adults. Picky eating is often a concern for mothers who worry about their children receiving enough good nutrition which is necessary for child’s development. Nothing is more perturbing than having a child whose growth process and license to a healthy life is hampered due to picky eating habits. Mealtimes can hold little or no joy for you because you have to struggle to feed your child. Force feeding a child is not only stressful but also frustrating to both the parent and the child. Sri Devi Mageandran, a Senior Speech-Language Therapist who specializes…

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