WINNIPEG A Valentine s Day tradition of cards from children with messages of hope and inspiration continues to raise awareness on violence against women. The group One Billion Rising is partnering with Sikh Heritage Manitoba to collect items for care packages for women in need. Within those packages are hygiene products and cards from elementary school kids, which the group hopes will uplift the spirits of women in need. From statistics we ve seen, out of the 3.5 billion women in the world, about one-third of them will experience some sort of abuse, sexual or physical abuse, in their lifetime, said Gagan Singh, team leader for One Billion Rising.
What is Galentine s Day? Gifts, Ideas to Celebrate Parks and Recreation Holiday
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The term was coined in a 2010 episode of the sitcom
Parks and Recreation, in which Leslie Knope (played by Amy Poehler) invites her lady friends to a special brunch.
Knope said in the episode: What s Galentine s Day? It s only the best day of the year. Every February 13, my lady friends and I leave our husbands and our boyfriends at home and we just come and kick it breakfast style. Ladies celebrating ladies.
During the season 2 episode, titled Galentine s Day, Knope give her friends mosaic tiles of their faces made from crushed bottles of their favorite diet sodas.
Accordingly, oil marketing companies raised the pump price of diesel by year high level of 36 paise per litre and petrol by another 30 paise per litre in Delhi.With
The focus on Black-owned businesses, particularly in industries where there are historically underrepresented, was big. We sold out pretty much all of our remaining stock and gained a few hundred new followers on Instagram, says Jide Onwuazor, who founded Velviere, a menswear luxury fashion apparel.
He isn t alone in wanting to transform an industry within which Black people have been historically underrepresented and which has been shaken by coronavirus.
Onwuazor s company was beginning to produce its spring and summer range when lockdown hit. The pandemic s impact on luxury fashion was huge. Kering, the French luxury goods company responsible for brands such as Gucci, Bottega Veneta, and Balenciaga, suffered a 15.4% drop in profits in the first three months of 2020.