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Nepal, March 7 Behind every successful man, there is a woman, goes the saying. That s true. But the opposite should also be true.
I am a woman, a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother.
My journey by far is definitely not all beds of roses. Every woman handling both her personal and professional life is struggling to balance both. There are millions of women who can relate to my story. Real change in women s rights and opportunities has always been sluggish.
Currently, I stay away from my home to pursue my postgraduate in medicine. This doesn t mean family isn t my first priority. The struggle is real. The juggle is exhausting. But I believe I did what I had to. I think it s okay to follow your passion with a child in your arms. It is also okay to leave your work to be with your child. There are no rules as long as it makes you happy.
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In the dozen conflicts and warzones where Lise Grande has worked, she says women s right have been marginalised, neglected or entirely forgotten.
Before becoming President and CEO of the US Institute for Peace in December last year, Ms Grande served as UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the world’s worst place for women: Yemen.
“Since the war started, 80 per cent of the population have been hurt but those hurt the most are women … Women are a million times worse off because of the war. They have lost access to food, access to the political sphere, access to education and access to healthcare,” she told
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The ongoing pandemic has adversely affected women around the world in a number of ways, including through employment and income loss. The countries within the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) have also suffered from its effects. These countries had made some improvements in terms of women's empowerment over the past
Best Practices for Growing a Diverse Workforce
Feb. 18, 2021 at 11:01 am
February 22, 2021
We see the men, but do you see the women? Not a question anyone of us should be asking towards the end of the second decade of the new millennium but yet here we are – still asking it. One of the most striking outcomes of economic liberalization has been the entry of large numbers of women into the workforce. In the west, this growth has been rapid and going on longer. Perhaps not surprisingly, the four countries with the highest percentage of female workers are all part of the EU and very interestingly, they border each other -Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden.