Indra Nooyi is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo. In its global food and beverage portfolio, PepsiCo has 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. PepsiCo’s main businesses include Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola. With more than $63 billion in annual net revenue, PepsiCo makes hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world.
Rosalind G. Brewer is the President and CEO of Sam’s Club (a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.). She was born in 1962, a native of Detroit, United States. She attended Detroit Cass technical High School, and proceeded to Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, where she earned her B.Sc. in Chemistry. She attended an advanced management program at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and she is a graduate of the Director’s College at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business/Stanford Law School. Prior to joining Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Rosalind served as a high-impact strategist with experience spanning global manufacturing operations, research and development, marketing and strategic business unit leadership. She started her career as a scientist in Nonwoven Technology and Product Development of Kimberly-Clark Corp., and eventually became vice president of the Nonwoven Fabrics Business, where she revitalized an underperforming business unit and grew sales by…
Thousands marched recently in protests held throughout Colombia to protest a new initiative of the country’s homosexual Minister of Education to implement homosexualist and transsexualist gender ideology programs in Colombian schools.
“No to gender ideology! Mr. President, Ms. Minister, listen to us!” speakers told a crowd of thousands gathered in the city of Bucaramanga. “Long live the rights of children! Long live the family. United, it will never be defeated!”
A bill proposing a complete ban on commercial surrogacy and allowing only legally wedded Indian couples to opt for children through it was recently approved by the government to check unethical practices.
The Union Cabinet gave its nod to the introduction of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 in Parliament, seeking a bar on unmarried couples, single parents, live-in partners and homosexuals from opting for surrogacy.
By Jonathan Kamoga
Eight months after government banned the export of Ugandan women to work as house- maids in the Middle East due to mistreatment, traffickers are using the internet to net their victims.
This was revealed by 22-year-old Grace Apio*, who has just returned from a tragic three-week stint in the United Arab Emirates, where she lost a colleague to suicide.
Coinciding with the beginning of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, UN Women, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Always/Whisper celebrate the ‘One Win Leads to Another’ initiative, a programme that empowers women and girls through sport.
According to the World Bank, the UAE female labour participation rate (FLPR) in 2014 was 46 per cent. It means that nearly half of the country’s female population is working.
