PREGNANT women are urged to get themselves vaccinated or get booster shots against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).This was what Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, Department of Health Cent…
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SHEQONOMI Announces Multi-platform Partnership with Reliance Jio
St. Moritz, Switzerland, Jan 11, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – SHEQONOMI, (pronounced SHE-CONOMY) the world’s first and only rewards based podcast listening mobile application on Android, JioStore, iOS, and KaiOS, proudly announces its multi-platform partnership with Reliance Jio which will incentivize 150,000,000 JioPhone users to listen, learn, and earn digital assets and rewards […]
And Just Like That: How the sequel to Sex and the City is broadening the representation of 50+ women on TV
On the eve of release of the Sex and the City sequel, And Just Like That, I was excited. The show follows Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte as they navigate life at 50 in a world that has changed quite a lot from that in the 2000s. I really wanted to see how Carrie, Miranda, and […]
Cabaero: Ressa’s Nobel platform
When Rappler’s Maria Ressa spoke of sharing her Nobel Peace Prize 2021 with all journalists staying true to their journalistic values and mission, she definitely meant women members of media included. One point made in her Nobel lecture, given before royalty and Nobel officials in Oslo, Norway, last Friday, December 10, 2021, was on how […]
Pogs holds webinar, campaigns to end Violence against Women and Children
IN celebration of the 18-day campaign to end Violence Against Women, the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (Pogs) committee on gender-based violence, together with Region 7 and Cebu Pogs, will be having a webinar on Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) on Nov. 25, 2021 at 8 a.m. to 12nn. Topics to be discussed: “The […]
Philippines’ living conditions for women and children worsen
SMEStreet Global Women Leadership Awards 2021 Successfully Conducted
NEW DELHI, Oct 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – SMEStreet in association with WASME has successfully organized a Forum For ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP along with SMEStreet Global Women Leadership Awards 2021. The Awards were announced along with a panel discussion over digital platforms on 22nd October 2021. The event was supported […]
House probe sought on sexual abuses by cops
LAWMAKERS from the Makabayan bloc is calling for an investigation at the House of Representatives on sexual abuses by police officers following a recent rape incident in Pampanga. The group, led by Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene D. Brosas, filed House Resolution 2305 seeking for the House committee on women and gender equality to immediately hold a probe on the matter. A cop, identified as Staff Sergeant Robin Mangaga, was recently reported […]
Time to Act: Promoting Women and Youth Leadership for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
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 […]
Babylon Project 2.0: World Blockchain Hackathon in the Metaverse
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, […]
Lapu-Lapu City Hall teaches Olango women to cook snacks
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 […]
China pummels Gilas Pilipinas Women in FIBA Women’s Asia Cup
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 […]
SMEStreet Global Women Leadership Awards and International Forum for Economic Empowerment Through Women Entrepreneurship to be Organized
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 […]
Lapu Covid responder urges couples to defer pregnancy
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 […]
Limpag: A virtual walk for a fight
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 […]
HKIoD Global Webinar Series Supports More Women on Boards
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 […]
Tabada: Sayote with mango
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 […]
UN warns excluding women from top jobs threatens COVID-19 recovery
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% […]
Tabada: Love for women
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 […]
Amplifying Her Voice
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 […]