Zulekha Hospital Offers Free Breast Cancer Screening until the End of the Year
By: Suchitra Bajpai Chaudhary Nearly 40 percent of cancer cases diagnosed in the UAE is that of breast cancer and over 20 percent of all female deaths in the country can be attributed to breast cancer, said an oncologist on the sidelines of launching the Pink it Now campaign of Zulekha Healthcare group. The campaign which offers free mammograms with a consultation until December 31 was launched formally by Humaid Al Qatami, Dubai Health Authority Director General, Dr. Husain Al Rand, Assistant Under Secretary for Ministry of Health and Prevention, Indian Counsel General Vipul and Dr. Zulekha Daud, founder of Zulekha healthcare group. Dr. Pamela Munster, an oncologist at the University of California, US, emphasized on the need for early detection of breast cancer in women. “In the first stage breast cancer is 100 percent curable and that is why women must pledge to do have…
Cuba Hosts Regional Meeting on Women
Cuba is currently hosting the meeting of the Regional Conference on Women, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC),…
Upholding Technology with Conscious Intelligent
Taiwan has a large number of successful women in almost every sphere of life, in technology, business, agriculture, governance, education and much more, with…
13 Singapore NGOs Submit Report on Gender Inequalities to the UN
By: Toh Wen Li A coalition of thirteen Singapore non-governmental organisations (NGOs) submitted on Monday (Oct 2) a joint report on gender inequalities…
Egyptian Woman Could be UNESCO’s First Director-General from Africa
By: Ismail Akwei Moushira Khattab, Egyptian human rights advocate and the country’s nominee for UNESCO director-general position could be the cultural agency’s first leader…
Russia: Women are Being Forced Back into Bad Marriages
By: Anna Arutunyan Women in this ultra-conservative region have long suffered repressive conditions because of strict Muslim doctrine practiced here. Now they face a…
THE SOUTH AMERICA-AFRICA-MIDDLE EAST- ASIA WOMEN SUMMIT (SAMEAWS), DUBAI-UAE 2017
Women, STEM & the future of Innovation and Sustainability in Emerging Economies Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai-UAE 14th December 2017. SUMMIT OVERVIEW & OBJECTIVES Owing…
SOUTH KOREA APPROVES $8M AID PACKAGE FOR NORTH KOREA
South Korea has approved an $8m (£5.9m) aid package for North Korea, in a humanitarian gesture at odds with calls by Japan and the…
Nigeria to Host African Rural Women Farmers
Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, will from Monday, September 25, play host to rural women farmers from more than 15 countries on the continent. Delegates…
Saudi Arabia: Women to Participate in National Celebrations for the First Time
Saudi Arabia has invited women to a sports stadium for the first time to attend the annual national day celebrations with their families, state…
Raising a Creative Child: What You Need to Know
Creativity is the ability to generate or make up stuff that is unique and often has practical or artistic value. It is also a…
Sonia Dulá: Coloring the Female Corporate World
Sonia Dulá is the Vice Chairman for Latin America at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Global Corporate and Investment Banking Division. Before this role,…
