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BIG BUCKS: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Femme assise au chapeau de paille’ was recently for sale at an auction in Namibia. Photo: Contributed Erwin Leuschner SWAKOPMUND A painting by acclaimed Spanish artist Pablo Picasso was offered for sale at an auction in Namibia for the record starting price of N$418 million. No bid was entered, though. The painting, titled the ‘Femme assise au chapeau de paille’, is currently being kept in a safe in Europe. The Swakopmund auction house Bay Auctioneers, which also has a branch in Walvis Bay, over the weekend offered the painting as its most expensive item ...

These people are women and the youth. Long before the pandemic hit, these groups were already shouldering the burdens of society. They were largely poor and discriminated against in many areas. The story of women disempowerment, especially in Africa is well documented. At birth many women face a life of deprivation, abuse and discrimination. This is in contrast to their male counterparts. The situation has been made more glaring by the pandemic. The bad position women and youth find themselves has been exacerbated – especially financially. The young adults, especially those who left college...

SAFTU statement on International Women’s Day 2021 Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the '&' symbol, click Advanced Search and use the 'search headings' and/or 'in first paragraph' options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by In 1911, three years before the start of the first imperialist war, WWI, socialist women activists gathered in Copenhagen for a women’s conference. In this conference a decision was taken, in concert with the...

Lahore March 6, 2021 LAHORE:Speakers at a seminar have called upon the need to create awareness among the public at large and enforcement of relevant laws in the country for elimination of gender-based violence to help build a strong and healthy society. They were addressing the seminar titled “Gender-Based Violence: A Public Health Challenge” organised by Punjab University Institute of Social and Cultural Studies (ISCS) in collaboration with the Punjab Women Protection Authority (PWPA) to mark International Women’s Day. Punjab Women Protection Authority Chairperson Kaneez Fatima, Pro-...

English Situation Report on Cameroon about Coordination, Education, Epidemic and more; published on 01 Mar 2021 by OCHA