Ivanka Trump Praises Morocco for Advancing Women’s Rights
Morocco has been making progress on women’s rights and that’s drawn positive attention from Ivanka Trump, the daughter of United States President Donald Trump and the public face of the U.S. Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP). “We applaud the Moroccan government for this important step towards the adoption of inheritance law amendments, and look forward to supporting their full implementation,” said Ivanka Trump in a Twitter message on Monday. “W-GDP will continue to support women’s land rights and I appreciate the strong leadership of HH Princess Lalla Joumala.” The princess serves as ambassador to the U.S. Morocco has in recent weeks adopted draft land rights legislation with an eye toward more equality for women, in keeping with reforms promised by King Muhammad VI. Other reforms on citizenship, family law and workers’ rights have come as part of the king’s vision for a modern and influential Morocco. The U.S.…
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CA Sri Lanka Launches Female Directory to Promote Gender Diversity
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When examining the life of the modern-day woman in the corporate world, it is highly pertinent to understand that almost all women who have…
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In our previous article on the love bite segment, we shared an article on office romance which we promised to conclude. This week we…
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I started my love-hate relationship with food at a very tender age. I was about eight or nine at most and was preparing to…
5 Lessons I Learnt Along My Way to Becoming an Engineer: The Testimony of Engineer Ozak Esu
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