The World Health Organization (WHO) called for strengthening women s leadership for an equal future in a post-coronavirus pandemic world.Marking International Women s Day and echoing this year s theme, "Women in leadership: Achieving an .
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Marking International Womenâs Day in a week-long festival online, the SWAPâra organisation â Supporting Women and Parents in Opera â is celebrating female composers, both past and present, whose music has not been sufficiently known, if at all. Singers from seven different conservatoires appear in the Forgotten Voices series, spotlighting no fewer than 30 composers from Europe and the Americas.
Students from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama â coached by mezzo-soprano and SWAP-ra co-founder, Kitty Whately â inaugurated proceedings with a livestreamed concert featuring three Welsh composers and one from Scotland. Morfydd Owen, who had seemed assured of a bright future, was just 26 when she died in 1918 from complications following an appendectomy. All her songs had a light and natural flow, but it was Gweddi y Pechadur (Prayer of the Sinner), a Welsh favourite, which came over most effectively in tenor
1% stamp duty concession for women; ₹19,500 crore for sewage treatment plants in Mumbai
In a bid to recover the struggling economy in the wake of COVID-19, the Maharashtra Budget for 2021-22 has focused on investment in infrastructure development, while providing women with financial benefits and promising devotees a makeover of religious places.
State Finance Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday presented a ₹4,84,118.19 crore Budget. Though he refrained from making too many big-ticket announcements he ensured that health and agriculture get good shares of the budgetary allocation.
In the backdrop of a revenue deficit of ₹46,177.59 crore for the 2020-21 fiscal, Mr. Pawar expected the revenue deficit to come down to ₹10,225.66 crore in the next financial year.
Accenture affirms commitment to women empowerment
ABU DHABI, 19 days ago In a bid to re-affirm its commitment to female empowerment, talent development, and gender balance in the region, Accenture has announced a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with UAE-based ‘e7 Daughters of the Emirates’. The three-year partnership will contribute to systemic in-country change through expert training and development in SME-led capability, storytelling, design thinking, cost control, and artificial intelligence (AI). Accenture will dedicate qualified professionals to mentor and help fill the gap between theory classes and real-life work experience to equip female students with future-ready skill sets. These activities also help embed a stronger culture of responsible business practices with all stakeholders within Accenture’s communities.