Working From Home May Hurt Women’s Careers, Says Bank of England’s Mann
Women who work mostly from home risk seeing their careers suffer now that significant numbers of workers are returning to the office after the COVID-19 pandemic, Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann said on Thursday. Mann, a member of the BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee, said online communication was unable to replicate the spontaneous office conversations […]
Four Million Nigerian Women Interested in Family Planning Lack Access to Commodities
“That basically means that 15.1 per cent of women between 15 and 40 want to access contraception, but are denied access.” The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Representative in Nigeria, Ulla Mueller, says the country has 15.1 per cent unmet need for family planning. Ms Mueller disclosed this in Abuja at NAN Forum, the […]
Black Americans, Women Make Big Strides On Top U.S. Corporate Boards -Report
Black people made record-breaking gains over the last year in securing seats on boards of S&P 500 companies, while women came close to accounting for a third of corporate directors, according to a report from executive search firm Spencer Stuart released on Tuesday. Ethnic and racial minorities accounted for 47% of all new directors, compared […]
11 Countries Removed From the UK’s red list
Government announces all 11 countries on the UK red list will be removed from 4 am Wednesday 15 December as Omicron spreads in countries around the world. Pre-departure tests and PCR testing measures on or before day 2 remain in place, with a review of all travel measures in the new year Change comes as […]
Afghans ‘Marry Off’ Baby Girls For Dowries As Starvation Looms
Jobless and engulfed in debt, Afghan brick kiln worker Fazal said the country’s imploding economy had left him with a stark choice – marry off his young daughters, or risk the family starving to death. Last month, he received a $3,000 dowry payment after handing over his 13- and 15-year-old daughters to men more than […]
Pfizer Vaccine Provides Protection Against Hospitalization in Omicron Patients
A new study out of South Africa shows that Pfizer’s two-dose COVID-19 vaccine provides a high degree of protection against hospitalization from the fast-spreading omicron variant. The real-world study, conducted by the South African Medical Research Council and Discovery Health, the country’s largest private health insurance administrator, was based on more than 211,000 positive COVID-19 […]
U.S. Diversity Push For Lawyers, Agents To Tackle Housing Crisis
Former non-profit worker Christine Hernandez had never considered becoming a housing attorney, but after 2015, when she got priced out of her home in Oakland, California, she thought a lot about the issue. Over the next five years, Hernandez and her family went through a period of unstable housing, including nearly three years squatting. Then, last […]
Half The World’s People Could Be At Greater Risk Of Malaria If Control Efforts Do Not Improve
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on international malaria control and elimination efforts. According to the latest World Malaria Report, there were an estimated 14 million more cases of malaria in 2020 compared to 2019. Even more concerning was the marked increase in malaria-related deaths. These were mainly in children under the age of five […]
EU Envoy Recognizes GOL Efforts On FGM
The Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) in Liberia, Ambassador Laurent Delahousse, acknowledges efforts of the Government of Liberia in combating female genital mutilation, noting that every lost day is a broken life for many little girls in Liberia. Speaking over the weekend in Monrovia during celebrations of International Human Rights Day, Ambassador […]
‘Killer Business Case’ For Diversity In Newsrooms
As media companies around the world struggle to stay afloat, ensuring more diversity among journalists and interviewees is necessary for newsrooms’ survival, top editors said on Thursday. The business case for diversity is clear, whether in building credibility by representing society or finding stories that interest and engage readers, panellists told the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s […]
Calls For New Laws As Tech Fuels ‘Explosion’ Of Online Sex Abuse
As a schoolgirl, Sarah Cooper became close to an online buddy called “J”, bonding over a love of pop singers like Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj, and confiding about problems at home. Some two years later he sold her into sexual slavery. Cooper, from the U.S. city of Boston, told how she was abducted and […]
Govt On South Africa Tackling Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Collaboratively
In the past few months, the South African Government, together with partners including the private sector, trade unions and individuals from civil society and other development partners have been working hard to implement the National Strategic Plan (NSP) on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF). This plan came as a result of the 1st National Summit […]
Lindiwe Mabuza: Feminist Icon Who Used Art To Fight For Democracy In South Africa
As the tributes continued to pour in for South Africa’s Lindiwe Mabuza, who passed away on 6 December 2021, it was clear that she will be remembered for the many different roles she occupied during her lifetime. She was called ambassador, diplomat, feminist, poet, writer, freedom fighter, leader and educator, amongst others. Born in 1938 in Newcastle, South Africa, she was undoubtedly […]
Stand Upon God’s Promises
His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature. No matter the evil and […]
10 Dresses For Holiday
It’s that time of year to get dressed up. Whether it’s a company party, a formal event, a family gathering, or a last-minute New Year’s Eve celebration. If you’re celebrating the holidays in a more relaxed setting or around the house, you might be thinking of what to dress. The answer is: whatever makes you […]