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Saudi Arabia, Germany Agree to set up $200m Fund for Women Empowerment

German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently invited King Salman to attend the G20 summit in Germany after holding wide-ranging consultations on the agenda of the summit in Jeddah. Chancellor Merkel also renewed invitation to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, Deputy Premier and minister of interior, to visit Germany. “King Salman was formally invited by the chancellor to attend the G20 summit,” said German Ambassador Dieter W. Haller. In a separate development, Merkel recently attended a meeting of Saudi businesswomen in Jeddah. Merkel acknowledged there have been “significant changes in the role of women” since her last visit in 2010. She cited the historic first-time participation of women in Saudi Arabia’s elections for local municipal council seats in 2015. “I have the impression that the country is in a phase of change and that a lot more is possible now than some years ago,” Merkel added. Ambassador Haller said the German chancellor…

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Indian Village Bans Women from Using Mobile Phones Outside Homes  

Village elders in the India’s Uttar Pradesh have prohibited women and girls from using mobile phones outside their homes, imposing a hefty fine on violators. The ruling is meant to prevent women from eloping or even interacting with men. The elders’ council or khap pranchayat of a predominantly Muslim village, Madora, have set the fine as large as 21,000 rupees (around $330) on those who break the ruling. Local police Chief Arun Kumar Singh has described the order, declared on Tuesday, as being “against the constitution.” “We do support their measures against illegal activities, but won’t allow them to curb the freedom of women,” Singh told AFP. The former village headman, Mohammed Goffar, who came up with the order, claims the mobile phones encourage women to elope. “Every week, there is a story about young boys running away with girls. In some cases, the elopement leads to violence. So…

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The Resistance Gets Creative

In the run-up to President’s Day weekend, San Francisco Bay Area designer and entrepreneur Carly Dennett was in the mood to shake things up. Uplifted by the Women’s March in Oakland a few weeks before, but still mad as hell about the election of a misogynist president and almost daily attacks on the civil rights of women and girls from the new administration, Carly’s Flowerland nursery in the town of Albany became a hub for a community looking for ways to fight back. In honor of President’s Day, the big Flowerland sign on Solano Ave read: “It’s time to plant your impeach trees” – the work of Carly’s husband Matthew Hooven. Carly and her staff were brainstorming about how to unload a shipment of self-watering pots that just hadn’t hit it off with her customers as well as she’d hoped. Her long-time friend and co-worker Carrie Schulze came up with…

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Prof C. Hope Sadza: Championing the Cause of Women in Africa

Prof C. Hope Sadza is the Founder and Founding Vice-Chancellor of the Women’s University in Africa. She holds a PhD in Public Administration with the University of Zimbabwe where her research was on “Critical Organisational problems of administering and Managing Social Development in a newly-independent Public Service”: the case of Zimbabwe. She also holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration with the University of Missouri, Columbia and BSc Public Administration with the same University. She also holds a Primary Teachers Diploma with Waddilove Teachers’ College, Marondera in Zimbabwe.

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7 Things to Avoid when Constipating

There are days when we all have to go through the inconvenience of constipation; a situation where it becomes difficult for us to empty our bowels. It is a condition of the bowel in which the feces are dry and hardened and evacuation is difficult and infrequent. Incidentally, women are three times more likely to get blocked up than men. Some doctors speculate it’s because our colons are slightly longer, having more twists and turns and potential roadblocks to our digestive tracts. But while the bloating and abdominal pain associated with a gridlocked gut may be common, the symptoms aren’t something you should simply flush down the drain. Very severe constipation is not only very uncomfortable, but it can also lead to blockage of your colon (obstipation) and you may require more than laxatives in dealing with the situation. Here are some of the things we can avoid in order to…

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