Mexican Bank Intervenes after Woman, 116, Deemed ‘too old’ for Card
Born at the turn of the past century, Maria Félix is old enough to remember the Mexican Revolution – but too old to get the bank card needed to collect her monthly 1,200 pesos ($63) welfare payment. Félix turns 117 in July, according to her birth certificate, which local authorities recognise as authentic. That would put her in the ranks of the world’s oldest living people. She went three months without state support for poor elderly Mexicans after she was turned away from a branch of Citibanamex in the city of Guadalajara for being too old, said Miguel Castro, Development Secretary for the state of Jalisco. Welfare beneficiaries now need individual bank accounts because of new transparency rules, Castro said. “They told me the limit was 110 years,” Félix said with a smile in the plant-filled courtyard of her small house in Guadalajara. Félix, who sells candies from a stand…
Technology Sector has largest ‘like-for-like’ Gender Pay Gap in UK, Survey Shows
Women in the UK technology industry are paid on average 16% less than men, new research into the wage gap claims. A survey across…
From Poverty to Pride with Rag2Richies- Fernandez Ruiz
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Dealing with Materialism in Relationships
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On the Marble – Erica Jong
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. Erica Jong, 75,…
How to handle Abnormal Veins
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THE MATRIARCH: JOYCE BANDA
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Turning Children’s Dreams to Reality- Buds of Christ
With the theme “empowering children enabling wellbeing”, the Buds of Christ; an Indian organization catering for orphan children and striving to make these children…
All-Male Panel Fails to End Maryland Law that Forces Women to Share Custody with Their Rapists
By: Kelly Weill Five Maryland legislators could have ended a policy that forces women to share child custody with their rapists. Instead the five…
Kenya: Women Aspirants Endure Violence, Assault in Campaigns
By: Joseph Wangui After venturing into male-dominated political arena in the country, women seeking elective positions in Nyeri are getting it rough due to…
Kerala Orders Probe into ‘Women’s Entry’ to Sabarimala Temple
The Kerala government recently ordered a probe into the allegation that young women had entered the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala. The age-old practice…
All-Male Panel Fails to End Maryland Law that Forces Women to Share Custody with Their Rapists
By: Kelly Weill Five Maryland legislators could have ended a policy that forces women to share child custody with their rapists. Instead the five…
