By Tanya Maswaure
E. Rabab Fatima is a Bangladeshi diplomat who has held several executive leadership positions, including serving as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. She has worked in international relations for over 25 years. Her electronic footprint might be sparse, but her impact in all the organizations she works with reaches beyond what the internet can report. Most recently, she was appointed as the President of the U.N. Women Executive Board.
It is common knowledge that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and subsequently there are various alternatives to this important meal. One of the common starch alternatives is pancakes. Therefore, it is not a surprise that there is a whole day dedicated to pancakes. This year Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, fell on the first of March. Although this is marked as the beginning of lent and the launch of spring, the day is a major celebration of one of our favourite confectionaries.
By Tanya Maswaure The 8th of March is upon us, and we have the front row seat to the festivities and celebrations of women across the globe. People worldwide have taken to social media to post videos, pictures, and dedication messages to celebrate their closest and dearest women. With thousands of social media engagements coming from celebrities and influencers, we would like to highlight some of the most liked and shared celebrity posts and dedications this year. Bindi Sue Irwin is an Australian television personality, conservationist, zookeeper, and actress. The daughter of late conservationist and television personality Steve Irwin took to social media with her brother Robert posting about her work and article about her. Together she and her brother celebrated their family of conservationists and encouraged women in their field of work. Robert posted, “For as long as I can remember, most of the main guiding forces for me growing…
Starting out with the modest aim of making packed lunches for pupils at a school in this town in southern Madagascar, a local women’s group has morphed into a commercial enterprise and a new tool in the struggle against food insecurity.
Google yesterday said its philanthropic arm, Google.org, is committing $1 million in charitable funding to support programmes helping women entrepreneurs grow their businesses as part of a series of new initiatives to support women-owned businesses.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has commenced a three-day workshop to build stakeholders’ capacity to protect the rights of women, children, and other vulnerable groups in Nigeria.
#HeforShe Joe Biden, Paul Kagame, Chris Pratt and more have expressed through social media platforms this March 8 how special the women in their lives are, be it on a professional or personal front or simply their ability to persevere when there’s much work to be done in the fight for gender parity. As the United Nations—which declared March 8 International Women’s Day in 1975—put it in its 2022 press release, “Advancing gender equality in the context of the climate crisis and disaster risk reduction is one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century.” The theme for this year was “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow,” a message that many men are warmly encouraging by celebrating the women power in their lives. Many stars have expressed heartfelt dedication. Enjoy reading them below: Steve Harvey Steve Harvey spoke to news outlets and praised his wife stating that she…
