AboveWhispers Panache: Let Your Lipstick Work For You
Hello ladies (and gentlemen. Yes! We recognise the men who read these articles)! Thank you for stopping by Abovewhispers Panache today. We are excited that you are excited about learning something new over here. We’ll delve into a little bit of makeup today, and we are certain that the tips presented to you today will […]
Kazuo Ishiguro Wins The 2017 Nobel Prize In Literature
Kazuo Ishiguro, the British author of “Remains of the Day”, has won the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday. Japan-born Ishiguro won the Man Booker Prize for the 1989 novel that was made into an Oscar-nominated movie. The Swedish Academy hailed his ability to reveal “the abyss beneath our illusory sense […]
5-Year-Old Reunites With Family After Vegas Shooting
In the aftermath of the horrific shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday, many survivors have shared stories of kind and heroic strangers who stepped up to help people in need. One story involves a 5-year-old boy named Aden Huser. Aden attended the Jason Aldean concert at the Route 91 Harvest Festival with his mom Doris, 8-year-old sister […]
Traditional Healer Who Chopped Woman’s Head To Pieces Sentenced
A KwaZulu-Natal traditional healer who “influenced” four teenagers to procure a white, coloured or Indian woman’s head for him has been sentenced to life in prison. Sibonakaliso Mbili, 34, was sentenced by Judge Thoba Poyo-Dlwati at the High Court in Durban on Wednesday afternoon for the killing and decapitating of sex worker Desiree Murugan, 39. […]
How Dirty Is Your Phone?
Hands up if you’ve ever taken your phone with you into the bathroom. Uh-huh…. We’re betting you’ve either got your hand in the air right now or you’re lying. Look, it’s easy to do. The whole thing about pocket technology is you can take it everywhere with you, including some less-than-sanitary environments. But what does […]
Lots Of Girls Are Being Held Back By Low Self -Esteem
More than half of all girls (54%) do not have high body esteem and are missing out on key opportunities in life, according to a new global report. The research by Dove, given exclusively to HuffPost UK, interviewed more than 5,000 girls aged 10-17 across 14 countries. It found that having higher levels of body esteem […]
Hike In Gender Based Violence In Liberia
Gender base violence against women is said to be on the increase in Totoquelleh, Gbarpolu County. Acts perpetrated against women in the town remain a serious concern to the Assistant Town Chief and elders. Totoquelleh is the home town of the incumbent representative Alfred G. Koiwood. According to the Assistant Town Chief, Gbolu Koiwood, women […]
Onambutu School Takes On Menstrual Hygiene
ONAMBUTU Combined School in the Ohangwena region is determined to keep girls in school by providing them with sanitary pads and sensitising boys about menstruation. The Namibian accompanied a United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) team to the school, at Eenhana, last month. Unicef, in collaboration with the ministry of agriculture and the ministry of health, […]
Natalia Kanem Of Panama To Head The UN’s Women’s Health Agency
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today appointed Natalia Kanem of Panama to head the UN’s women’s health agency. In making the announcement, UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric highlighted that Dr. Kanem “brings to the position more than three decades of strategic leadership and management in the fields of medicine, public health, international peace and development, human […]
Seychelles Joins Group That Promotes Women In The Maritime Sector
Seychelles has joined an internationally recognised association for women in the maritime sector, WOMESA, after the launching of the local affiliate group. WOMESA-Seychelles will operate under the aegis of the Women in the Maritime Sector in East and Southern Africa (WOMESA). The chair of the local group, Veronica Bristol, said the group’s primary objective is […]
Consider This Before Expanding Your Small Business
Consider This Before Expanding Your Small Business Getting through an expansion requires proper planning. Before you consider growing your business, there are a few crucial steps you need to take if you want to come out successful. If you jump headfirst without considering where you’re going, you risk losing the entire business — not just the […]
That Air… That Struggle… That Process
Have you noticed how fire burning your heart and body gets after a super conference? That week, you will be on top of your game spiritually, You will want to make use of everything around you. The words of the speakers keep you alert every seconds and then after two weeks nothing comes to your […]
When Anti-Terrorism Laws Are Used To Sacrifice Free Speech
Anti-terrorism laws are sometimes used to muzzle the media. Journalists Denis Nkwebo in Cameroon and Mohanad El Sangary in Egypt detail the challenges they and their colleagues face in trying to navigate deliberately opaque laws and not land in prison. Anti-terrorism laws were enacted in 2013 in Egypt and in 2014 in Cameroon. And one […]
EU Injects $7m Into Agricultural Sector In Zimbabwe
The European Union (EU) has injected $7 million towards the revitalization of the country’s agricultural sector whose yields have been declining since the turn of the millennium. Since 2000 when President Robert Mugabe’s administration embarked on the land reform programme which saw the violent seizure of farms from white commercial farmers without compensation, Zimbabwe’s food […]
Yocel Demotes Electoral Violence, Promotes Women’s Participation
Ahead of the October 10 presidential and legislative polls, the Youth Coalition for Education in Liberia (YOCEL) has commenced efforts aimed at preventing pre and post electoral violence, particularly among young people. The group is also campaigning to ensure more women participate in the political process of Liberia, including voting, on October 10. YOCEL made […]