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Chan Yuen Ting: Thriving in a Male-dominated Field

Recognizing a female trailblazer is commending the efforts of exceptional women who amidst all odds have defied stereotypes and created paths for others to follow. These women can be found in any part of the world and in all sphere of life. Ranging from one profession to another, they make their mark through persistence and achieve outstanding success. In this article, we will be looking at the story of Chan Yuen Ting the first woman to coach a men’s professional association football team to the championship of a nation’s top league. This is very strange but true because a passionate lady refused to give up on her dreams. Chan Yuen Ting was born on the 7 of October 1988, from her childhood days her heart was craving for football, her parent thought it was wise to let her explore her passion since she was only a child and they had…

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Sri Lanka to Create Safer Working Conditions for Women

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday that his administration will create safer working conditions for women as women’s participation in the labour market had remained low in recent years. In an economic policy statement delivered at the parliament, Wickremesinghe said Sri Lanka had a low percentage of women in the labour market compared to other countries in the region. The present women labour force participation rate is less than half of that of males, lingering around 30 percent to 35 percent since the 1990s. “This participation is not enough to sustain the high growth momentum of the economy,” Wickremesinghe said. He added that his administration would take steps to improve the public transport systems enabling women to travel comfortably to their workplaces. “We are introducing the Light Rail Transit (LRT) with this purpose. This will greatly ease the current passenger congestion and provide a convenient and a…

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SureCall Doing Good with Every Call

SureCall is ‘doing good with every call’, says Desiree Bombenon, President, and CEO of the award winning global contact center. And it seems that they are, in a number of ways. SureCall a 24/7, 365 days a year telephone call center, answers phones and emails in a quick, efficient and professional manner. The center has recently positioned itself to assist charities at a reduced rate by offering their outsourced solutions to help with fundraising and database contact management. As an added value those charities are put on a list that is provided to SureCall’s full customer base, where their customer can then choose to donate 2% of their invoice a charity listed. The customer pays the same amount and the SureCall ‘GoodCall’ program, gives 2% of their earned revenue from that customer to that charity at the end of the year. This win/win is just one of the ways that…

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Love Bites

Tough Relationship Does Not Equal Wrong Relationship

13 Little Signs you are With The Right Person By: Carolyn Steber Relationships have its ups and downs. Sometimes you may feel that you are with the wrong person because it could get really tough but this doesn’t mean you have made the wrong decision in choosing a partner. Regardless of all the tough and rocky times, you would be able to tell if you are with the right person.If your relationship has a few of the traits below, it’s likely you two are going to be OK. It just may require a dose of understanding from both sides, as well as some extra work to make things, well, work. And, more often than not, that’s totally worth it. You Know How to Help Each De-Stress Like I said, life can be tough and relationships can be rocky. But if you both retain the ability to laugh about it all, you’ll likely…

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ON THE MARBLE – MELINDA GATES

Melinda Gates “If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.” Melinda Gates is an American philanthropist, former Microsoft employee, and wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. She is a co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In September 2016, Melinda announced her desire to begin working on an important issue, the lack of women in technology, saying: “We’re graduating fewer women technologists. That is not good for society. We have to change it.” She explained that for the next two years she would be in “learning mode” after which she would begin addressing the problem.

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Eleanor Pinugu: Giving Affordable Education to the Poor

Eleanor Pinugu is an education hero from Manila in Philippine, whose humanitarian path was affected by an incident that happened at a point in her life. She is the co-founder and owner of Mano Amiga (which means “Helping Hand”) an affordable K to 12 schools with international standards which started in Zomeyucan, Mexico in 1963 providing scholarships and sustainable livelihood for the poor. Mano Amiga Academy has over 30 schools distributed around seven countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico & Venezuela), with more than 17,000 students and parents undergoing formation. The mission of the school is ached with a burden to empower low-income families to break out of poverty. However, the vision of the school for the Filipino branch started long ago in the heart of a young lady called Eleanor Pinugu during her junior year in college at the Ateneo de Manila University. She was born…

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