Does Theresa May have ‘women problem’?
In a recent campaign event in Wolverhampton, Prime Minister Theresa May talked about “strong and stable” leadership during Brexit. Ms. May was also asked a question she might not have expected. “Prime Minister, you say you’ll be a ‘difficult woman’ when it comes to these Brexit negotiations, but isn’t it true that you’ve also had a difficult election over your social care policy? “It has worried voters and polling suggests that female voters are turning away from you. Are you a female prime minister with a women problem?” Ms. May laughed. She replied that the Conservatives will take away risk on social care, allow older people to keep their homes by implementing a cap on what how much they will have to pay for care. Ms. May was accused last week of making a U-turn on social care by implementing a cap on how much people should pay, after her…
Liberia Minister Calls for More Women in Health Management
Liberia’s Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Julia Duncan Cassell says the untapped potential of women in health has undermined the contribution they…
Japan Considers Letting Women Head Imperial Family Branches
Japanese lawmakers reached an accord Tuesday on a resolution to study letting women remain in the Imperial family and establish their own branches after…
What the Outcome of the Presidential Elections Hold for Iranians?
Women and men alike came out en masse to vote for their choice candidates in the just concluded presidential elections in Iran. Voters have…
6 Reasons you are Still Single
As ladies, there is this feeling that at a particular age, our biological clocks start ticking. This feeling prompts the search for answers to…
Lawyer Says Accused Drug Smuggler Cassie Sainsbury was threatened
Orlando Herran, the Colombian lawyer for the accused Australian drug mule, has told Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes program that Sainsbury and her family…
Fulfilling Purpose with Repurpose School Bags
By: Valerie Dei Thato and Rea both founded Repurpose School Bags, a company that produces recycled backpacks at low-cost for disadvantaged students in…
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: An Inspiration to the African Woman
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Senior Adviser at Lazard and Chair-Elect of Gavi. She was previously the Minister of Finance in Nigeria and Coordinating…
Nigeria: Most-Impactful-Governor-Wife Poll to End on Tuesday
… As Mariya Tambuwal, First Lady of Sokoto State, Maintains Lead On Tuesday, 6 June 2017, the on-going Amazons Watch Magazine’s…
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GENDER & SUSTAINABILITY – NEW YORK 2017
On the Margins of the 72nd U.N. General Assembly September 21, 2017 CONFERENCE MANDATE & RATIONALE Sustainability, which has been generally defined as ‘meeting…
Controversial IVF Doctor Gives Hope to Older Indian Women
By: Muneeza Naqvi Gurjeet is the child Kaur yearned for desperately, after 40 years of being that thing which a rural Indian woman dreads…
Saudi Arabia/UAE Pledge $100million to Ivanka’s Women Entrepreneurs Fund
During an event with Ivanka Trump, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates pledged $100million to the First Daughter’s proposed Women Entrepreneurs Fund -…
