Amazons Watch magazine wishes women across the world, a wonderful celebration, on the annual International Women’s Day.
Today! We Celebrate the Audacity of Hope in Women
Salha Kaitesi: Recounting the Epic African Woman Story
Salha Kaitesi is a British Rwandan gender equality and female empowerment champion, who believes that it is the basic call of every human on earth to wipe the tears of the disadvantaged populace, by being a solution to the basic problems around the world. While working as a social worker for the North of England Refugee Service from 2006-2011, Kaitesi received an insight into the true situation of the disadvantaged and vulnerable people from different countries around the world. Several months later, the desire to play a role in impacting the lives of others eventually birthed Beauty of Rwanda, a not-for-profit Jewellery, and home décor organization that she founded in order to economically empower women and girls in Rwanda. Beauty of Rwanda’s “One Basket” campaign, which focuses on helping boost trade and end poverty for many basket weavers and local artisans (a predominant trade for disadvantaged women in Rwanda) in…
THE OOREDOO SCHEME GRADUATES 16 WOMEN
Under the patronage of HH Sayyida Aliya bint Thuwaini al Said, Ooredoo announced the graduation of 16 trainees from its Incubator Programme during the ‘Omani Night for My Country’ festivities. Organized in collaboration with the Omani Women’s Association in Manah, the vocational course taught women to develop essential skills in sewing and cooking. By contributing much-needed access to resources, tools, training, and funds, Ooredoo was able to empower women to start their own businesses. Raed Mohammed Dawood, director of Government Relations and Corporate Affairs at Ooredoo, said, “Omani women make up half of the workforce in the sultanate and play a vital role in the progress of our country. At Ooredoo we do our best to help women progress by enhancing their skill sets to achieve their full potential, so they can become a part of Oman’s sustainable development. “As part of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said’s vision on…
Wan Ling Mattello: An Epitome of Excellence in Leadership
Wan Ling Martello is a Philippine woman whose success continues to stand as a reference point to many. Martello is an American citizen of Chinese and Filipino heritage she is a woman with exceptional leadership qualities which makes her stand out in every area of the economy. Martello was born in the Philippines in 1958 and belongs to a Chinese-Filipino family.
Pushpa Basnet: A Diamond in Nepal
By Miracle Nwankwo Two years ago Nepal was consumed by a disastrous earthquake that claimed the lives of nearly 9,000 people and injured nearly 22,000. The earthquake caused a lot of damages 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,…
Discipline: How Best to Go About It
We want our children to learn from their mistakes and not repeat them. So the natural thinking is to send them to the “time out” corner or up to their room to “think about what they’ve done.” Except they don’t. And they’re likely to keep up the same behaviours despite the punishment. So, how do you know how to discipline your child?
Architecture as a tool for Urban Development
Being an exception in providing value in various aspects of life is what passionate people love to do, adding beauty to life’s untapped resource and making a masterpiece out of it. Great people strive to become masters and expertise in their field of work, leaving marks and footprints for all to see and copy.
