by Erick Thohir and Sharon Florencia JAKARTA, Oct 13, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – COVID-19 has had a significant impact on people’s lives, how businesses and economies operate, and the global sustainability agenda. Nevertheless, the current conditions will provide an unprecedented opportunity to build a better world by implementing more sustainable policies and actions. In addressing these, the G20 […]
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Oct 8, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The World Blockchain Hackathon returns this month with Babylon Project 2.0, its second annual virtual hackathon, focusing on the decentralized web. , will be held in an interactive web-based virtual world, a metaverse experience with panels and development on CBDC, NFT, DeFI, DAO, […]
THE Lapu-Lapu City livelihood office personnel recently gave Olango Island women a double treat—they trained them to cook snacks and gave them cooking equipment to start their small business. “Ang dos sientos pesos nga empanada mokita na na og kuwatro sientos. Dako-dako na na (The P200 worth of empanada would earn you P400. That is […]
THE Gilas Pilipinas Women were outclassed by China, falling 52-143, in their Division A game in the 2021 Fiba Women’s Asia Cup on Sept. 27 at the Prince Hamza Hall in Amman, Jordan. China ran away with the lead late in the first, uncorking a 13-2 blast that put them in front, 35-17. Bad turned […]
NEW DELHI, Sep 20, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – SMEStreet Foundation in association with WASME (World Association of SMEs) is all set to conduct Digital Forum For ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP- a Webinar with globally acclaimed women leaders. This global webinar on the topic of “Shaping up Entrepreneurship through Empowered Women and […]
CONSIDERING the challenges in giving birth in the time of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Lapu-Lapu City’s pandemic response team head Nagiel Bañacia on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, suggested that couples defer plans for pregnancy. Bañacia made the suggestion after two women, both positive for Sars-CoV-2, had to give birth on board their ambulance around midnight […]
FOR the life of me, I can no longer remember the last run that was held in Cebu. Was it the Cebu Marathon in 2020? The final weeks of normalcy we had before the pandemic changed life as we knew it? It’s still a long way before we’d be back to the times when we’d […]
HONG KONG, Aug 19, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Hong Kong Institute of Directors (“HKIoD”), together with The Institute of Directors South Africa, Institute of Directors New Zealand, Mauritius Institute of Directors, GCC Board Directors Institute and Caribbean Corporate Governance Institute, have jointly organised and concluded a global online conference series that […]
I dislike vegetables as a child. The dislike approached repugnance whenever I contemplated the “ginisang sayote (sauteed chayote)” my “tita (aunt)” spooned on my plate. My sister, cousins and I were part of a lunch pool. Since we went to the same all girls’ school with their daughters, our aunts took turns picking us up […]
LONDON — Global efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic are under threat because women are being excluded from critical decision-making roles, the United Nations (UN) said on Thursday. Only 6% of coronavirus task forces, which are responsible for coordinating government responses to the deadly virus, have equal numbers of men and women, while 11% […]
When I read the first social media posts about his death, I wanted to doubt the news. When I read the breaking reports from media I trust, my next thought was of his sisters. When he moved in the Bahay Pangarap in the Malacañang Park complex, his four sisters shared the official duties that, if […]
BERMUDA, Jun 22, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – You are cordially invited to join us for this Global Virtual Summit celebrating men who have empowered the voices of women & girls around the world as we discuss new paradigms in reshaping the global digital economy and celebrate the launch of The State of […]
There have been so many issues about the Miss Universe pageant. This happens every pageant. It is really difficult to judge how beautiful a woman is despite the criteria set for selection. On YouTube, I came across a list citing a few beautiful women in the local movielandia. The list had Amalia Fuentes, Gloria Romero, […]
PUSHING for women’s welfare creates waves of consequences benefiting families and communities. May 28, which marks the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, reiterates this 30-year-old message: sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are inseparable from the human rights of women, who face marginalization and violence, especially during the pandemic of the coronavirus […]
A most timely webinar on “Creating Safe Cities” was presented recently by the Zonta Club of Cebu 2, which focused on women subjected to gender-based sexual violence. This was one in a series of webinars mounted during the celebration of “18 Days Campaign to End Violence Against Women and Children.” In her keynote message during […]
LOS ANGELES, CA., May 21, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Change Company (ChangeLLC.com) has officially launched its newest neobank ChangeFi (ChangeFi.com) in an effort to support the banking disadvantages women face around the world. Women in the U.S. and abroad are statistically less likely to have a bank account and own homes. […]
FILIPINO women and girls are among the world’s female population with restricted power, rights, and choices over their own body, the 2021 State of the World Population report of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) showed. “The annual report documents the realities of issues and concerns surrounding ways and means of upholding bodily autonomy. Here […]
The role of a mother may be one of the toughest jobs any woman may take in their lifetime. As a strong advocate of gender equality and empowerment of all women towards a more advanced and inclusive world, Globe underscores the importance of welcoming strong women leaders and celebrating their trailblazing contributions to the company. […]
BANK BOSSES are hoping to leave remote work in the past. An Accenture Plc survey of 400 North American financial-services executives found that almost 80% prefer for workers to spend four to five days in the office when the pandemic is over. The majority say remote work is making it difficult to train younger people […]
US, May 4, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – You are cordially invited to join us for this Global Virtual Summit celebrating the voices of women & girls around the world as we discuss new paradigms in reshaping the global digital economy and celebrate the launch of The State of Women Podcast Network in […]