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Vote for Africa’s Best Women Supportive Bank
Poll: Cast Your Vote for the Best Women Supportive Bank in Africa
The Amazons Watch Magazine invites you to participate in the online Poll for the Top 5 Best Women Supportive Financial Institutions in Emerging Economies (Africa) aimed at recognizing and promoting the financial institutions with the best programmes, products and services tailored towards increasing financing for women in emerging economies. The poll, which is one of the Magazine’s strategic public engagement tools, aimed at engendering healthy competition, peer review and promoting good women supportive financial services, will be organized in four (4) phases across the regions of developing countries, beginning with the African region, followed by Asia, Middle-East, and then South-America. Women make up about half of the world’s population, but are unfortunately disproportionately burdened by work and poverty in some developing countries, excluded from the political, economic, and social power structures. One of the identified ways women are today being significantly empowered is providing them with the ability, opportunity,…
Healthy Eating Habit Tips for a Lupus Patient
Appropriate healthcare should be top on very woman’s list as this will determine how well she executes her functions in the home, the work place, and the larger society. In the same vein, exercise and healthy eating habits are also key factors in the functioning of our system. Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). Chronic means that the signs and symptoms tend to last longer than six weeks and often for many years. This disease is such that, something goes wrong with your immune system, which is the part of the body that fights off viruses, bacteria, and germs (“foreign invaders,” like the flu). Normally our immune system produces proteins called antibodies that protect the body from these invaders. Autoimmune means your immune system cannot tell the difference between these foreign invaders and your body’s…
Trappings of royalty and selflessness: The story of H.M Queen Rania Al Abdullah
Rania Al Yassin was born on August 31, 1970. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the American University of Cairo in 1991. She applied this, first, to a banking career in Jordan and, later, to the information technology sector.
How to Handle a Cheating Partner
People cheat on their partners for a wide variety of reasons. But regardless of the reason, unfaithfulness is hurtful and it can create a permanent rift between two people. If your partner has cheated and has expressed remorse for what he or she has done, then you may need to take certain steps to move forward in the relationship. Keep reading to learn how to handle a cheating partner. Understand the nature of your partner’s cheating. People cheat for many different reasons and it is not always about sex. Sometime people cheat because they are seeking an emotional connection, trying to deal with a loss or crisis, or seeking an escape. Do not assume that your partner’s cheating was all about sex. Find out why he cheated before you move forward. Try telling your partner, “I need to know why you cheated and who it was. Please be honest…
Setting the Standards in Asia’s Politics- Meira Kumar
Meira Kumar is an Indian politician and a five time Member of Parliament. She was elected unopposed as the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha and served from 2009 to 2014. Born March 31, 1945, into a political family, she completed B.A. and M.A. degrees in English literature and an LL.B. from the University of Delhi. Her father, Jagjivan Ram, was prominent in the Indian independence movement and was a longtime crusader for social justice. He served in the union government as minister of defense from 1977 to 1979 and deputy prime minister briefly in 1979. Her mother, Indrani Devi, also was an advocate of independence and was a social worker. In 1973 Kumar entered the Indian Foreign Service, where she served for more than a decade. After postings to Madrid and London, she decided in 1985 to enter politics, encouraged by her father and by Rajiv Gandhi, then prime…
Living by the Strokes- Surviving Cadiovascular Diseases
Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of deaths across regions. In fact, records have it that deaths from heart disease are greater than deaths from all forms of cancer combined. Below is an inspiring story of Jackie Carr who was affected by stroke. She survived the dreaded attack, and today shares her beautiful story reminding us that cardiovascular disease can affect anyone, and this is why it is important to make healthy lifestyle choices, and know the signs and symptoms of heart attack and stroke. Here is her story: My name is Jackie Carr and I am a stroke survivor. Every day, I did the same thing…always supported the needs of others, never prioritizing my own health. I’d been diagnosed with high blood pressure and through trial and error my doctors prescribed a medicine regimen that would control my “silent killer.” It was quite an easy fix: four pills…
