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Yasmin Helal: Redefining the Future of Egyptian Education

Yasmin Helal is an engineer and a former pro-basketball player, an Amazon, redefining education in Egypt. She was born and raised in Cairo, growing up in a middle-class family and attending a private school, life was a walkthrough for her and didn’t challenge her in the ways she needed to be. Helal was soon bored; and this led to her mum enrolling her for sports activities of swimming and basketball. Though initially reluctant, Helal found herself in basketball; through basketball, she was challenged mentally, physically, and socially; she learned to struggle, to compete, to set goals, to make friends, and to follow through. Being on a team was alien to Helal, but it gave her a sense of belonging and a higher purpose. She played professional basketball for 19 years, during which she served as the captain of Gezira Sporting Club Team and played for the Egyptian National Team in December…

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Lauren Bush Lauren: FEED, Tackling Hunger through Commerce

Lauren Pierce Bush Lauren is a daughter of Neil Bush and Sharon Bush, granddaughter of former President George H. W. Bush and niece of former President George W. Bush. Born in Denver, Colorado on June 25, 1984, Lauren was raised in Houston, Texas; she completed her high school education in Houston Texas, studied fashion design at BEBE and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and graduated from Princeton University in 2006 with a B.A. in Anthropology and a certificate in Photography. She also had a career as a fashion model and designer, before the launch of FEED Projects, a social business launched in 2007 to fight world hunger on behalf of the UN World Food Programme. Bush is Co-Founder of FEED Projects. FEED Projects, and its associated nonprofit, FEED Foundation, define success in terms of meals provided—85 million in seven years, the equivalent of roughly $11 million. Corie…

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Health & Wellbeing

The Chances with Ovarian Cysts

The delicate nature of women has made then prone to several diseases one of which is ovarian cyst. There is a high tendency that at the initial stages, this disease may be ignored since there are no symptoms, however, the agonizing pain will end up forcing patient of this disease to the hospital beds. Usually ovarian cysts do not produce symptoms, and are found during a routine physical exam. They also may be seen as an incidental finding on an ultrasound performed for other reasons. However, symptoms can be present, especially with large cysts or ruptured cysts. These are variable and may include: Pain with sexual intercourse, especially with deep penetration; Lower abdominal or pelvic pain (This may be intermittent, or can be severe, sudden, and sharp); Irregular menstrual periods; A feeling of lower abdominal or pelvic pressure or fullness; Chronic pelvic pain or low back pain throughout the…

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Ms. Dina El-Mofty- Grooming Future Generation towards a Better Egypt

Dina El-Mofty is the founder of Injaz Egypt, an organization which has a strong educational focus on entrepreneurship as well as work readiness and is part of the Junior Achievement worldwide network. Dina has recently founded Inspo, a company focused on delivering leading global programs on personal and professional development in Egypt and the Middle East. She is also actively involved with the American Chamber of Commerce as the co-chair of the Women in Business Committee and is a member of the U.S.-Egypt Business Council.

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Happenings

Can Priyanka Gandhi revive Indian Congress party’s fortunes?

By: Nitin Srivastava, BBC Hindi The Congress party, which has ruled India for most of the time since independence in 1947, has been in a state of rapid decline in recent years. Now with elections in the politically key state of Uttar Pradesh just a few weeks away, the “grand old party” of India has allied with the regional Samajwadi Party which currently heads the state government, and is run by the powerful but feuding Yadav family. Interestingly, the credit for this strategic alliance is being credited to Priyanka Gandhi, sister of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. ‘Relevant dynasty’ Many in the party have fancied a larger role for Ms Gandhi for years, but this is perhaps the first time her backroom negotiating skills are being acknowledged publicly by the party. In the family stronghold of Rae Bareli district in Uttar Pradesh, Ms Gandhi is held in high regard. “If anyone…

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African Governments Urged to Revoke Discriminatory Laws against Women

The Africa Ministerial Pre-Consultative Meeting on the 61st Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 61st) on the theme “Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work” was held recently in Addis Ababa with Deputy Executive Secretary Giovanie Biha of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) urging Africa to repeal legislation that discriminate against women and girls. In her remarks welcoming Africa’s gender ministers to the pre-CSW61 consultative meeting, Ms. Biha said sound actions must be taken to ensure that women’s rights to employment are fully secured and protected as this would enhance their prospects in the changing world of work, She stressed that the need for African governments to enforce the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against women (CEDAW) and the African Charter on the Rights of People by removing all discriminatory national laws. Ms. Biha said for a long time, women…

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Afghanistan Urges More Women to Join National Army

ANI | Kabul Afghanistan The Afghan Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said it has enforced a special salary scale and other incentives for female recruits to encourage more women to join the ranks of the Afghan National Army (ANA). MoD spokesperson Dawlat Waziri recently stated that more than 400 female recruits are in training at the Defence Ministry institutions currently, reports the Tolo News. “There are 5,000 positions for female recruits in the national army. We have introduced two categories of posts which are only allocated for women. In case a male officer is employed in the post, we immediately terminate his job and introduce a female officer for it,” he said. According to the MoD, over 30 women are in training at the National Military Academy, 62 women at the ANA Officers Academy, 143 women at Malalai Military School and another 109 female recruits are in training in Turkey.…

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