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Gadeer Kamal Mreeh: First Druze Woman Elected to Israel’s Parliament Up for Re-election

Before a row of women seated in traditional Druze robes and white veils, Gadeer Kamal Mreeh stands out with her black suit and high heels. “We are proud of you,” a voice cries out from the audience of women who came to hear the candidate’s political platform in her village of Daliyat al-Karmel, set in the hills of northern Israel. The 35-year-old became the first Druze woman to be elected to Israel’s parliament in April, but new polls were called shortly afterwards and she is hoping to win re-election in the September 17 vote. Mreeh is part of the centrist Blue and White alliance led by ex-military chief Benny Gantz, the main rival to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing Likud party. With this election, she hopes to win a real mandate, and her 25th place on Blue and White’s electoral list gives her a strong chance to do so. “It is the only way to change things,” she told…

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Fighting Child Hunger Through FEED

“Growing up in a family centered on public service, the idea that one should take what they have and give back in some way was always just part of my childhood and what I thought I would do,” says Lauren Bush Lauren. In times where many close their eyes to the screaming needs of the poor and vulnerable, only very few humanitarians have made it a commitment to never cease to burn with the unending desire to give back to less-privileged population in the society. These ones are the reasons why we can be certain that the rain will never cease to fall on both the well-endowed and the needy. Amongst these many humanitarians is Lauren Bush Lauren a daughter of Neil Bush and Sharon Bush (née Smith), a granddaughter of former President George H. W. Bush and niece of former President George W. Bush and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Lauren is a mother of two, an entrepreneur, model, fashion designer…

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Vietnam Leads Others In Terms of The Percentage of Working Women

Vietnam is leading ASEAN in terms of the percentage of working women in total employment, according to a report by the ADB and OECD. The share of Vietnamese women in total employment stayed at about 48.5 percent in 2016; however this was little changed from 2009. Vietnam was closely followed by Laos at 46 percent and Thailand at 45 percent. The figures were published in the ‘Government at a Glance: Southeast Asia 2019’ report that was released on September 10 by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The report aimed to provide insight into government processes and performance in member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It gathered data in various areas such as public services, promoting digital government and providing better work opportunities for women. ASEAN members include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. “Strengthening public institutional capacities is critical to all operations and…

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Women in Stem

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 a label of hard work. These women are inspiring, never giving up and courageous. Some rose from grass to grace while other followed successful paths created for them by their fathers through inheritance. In the field of technology, women in Asia including Taiwanese are known to attain unimaginable feats and positions through intelligence. Eva Yi-Hwa Chen of Taiwan who was born and raised in Taichung, having schooled at the National Chengchi University in Taipei where she earned a degree in philosophy. After her undergraduate education at the National Chengchi University, she worked for a short time at two specific companies, one of which was Acer Inc. as a member of the research department. Chen moved to the United States in 1984, where she obtained a master’s…

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A Diamond in Nepal

By Miracle Nwankwo After Nepal faced a disastrous earthquake that claimed the lives of nearly 9,000 people and injured nearly 22,000, the country suffered a huge loss that led to new beginnings for many individuals. But in a little place in Kathmandu of Nepal existed a beautiful home called the Butterfly Home, a home for peculiar kind of children whose parents have been held bound behind the four walls of Nepal prison yards. They were picked up from these prisons away from their inmate parent to this home. The owner of this home is a young Nepali social worker Pushpa Basnet founder of the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) the academic arm of the foundation. Pushpa was still an undergraduate when the burden to establish a home for the children of prisoners which she often met during her social work service to the prison yards, filled her heart. Even when…

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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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