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  • Its sexist to ask women about age says Julianne Moore

    Julianne Moore has said that it is sexist to question women about her age. The 52-year-old actress told DuJour magazine that neither are men asked about their age nor are they asked about their children, the New York Daily News reported. Moore said that she feels like it becomes reductive when a woman's life becomes, "Talk to me about your kids and how you feel about plastic surgery." She ...

  • Narcissists woo women more easily

    Narcissists do have an easier time attracting a mate, new research has revealed. In one experiment, researchers asked 61 men to go out on the street in a large German town and to each approach 25 women they would generally like to get to know to try to collect contact information for as many of them as possible. Those male participants who ranked high in personality evaluations of narcissism ...

  • Rural women imparted advanced training in handloom handicrafts in Manipur

    Manipur has rich and unique handicrafts and handloom tradition, and most women here are engaged in weaving. In order to facilitate skill development and empower women, the Shintha Handloom and Handicraft Centre has been imparting training to them. These women are quite happy to have got the chance to learn new weaving designs. They are all undergoing a three-month-long training programme ...

  • Doll making gains popularity among women in Tripura

    Women in Tripura are finding different ways of becoming financially independent. And, doll making is fast emerging as a preferred choice of profession among rural womenfolk. Namita Mallick, a resident of Hapania village near Agartala, is a housewife. But, owing to her special skills in making dolls, she has now become a well-known entrepreneur in the state. In 2005, Namita formed a self-help ...

  • Greater attention needed for safe childbirths UN urges on inaugural Day to end obstetric fistula Greater attention needed for safe childbirths UN urges on inaugural Day to end obstetric fistula

    23 May 2013 150 The prevalence of obstetric fistula - a preventable and treatable condition linked to women's reproduction - among women and girls in developing countries is a denial of their human rights, senior United Nations officials today said urging global action to make childbirth safer. "The persistence of fistula is a result of human rights denied and a reflection of human rights ...


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Sweet Home Alabama

Sweet Home Alabama

Director Andy Tennant's last film was 1999's Anna and the King, the florid tale of a refined 19th-century British woman who finds herself in the ancient Oriental kingdom of Siam, which is moving slowly into modernity. His latest, the romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama, has essentially the same narrative crux, but in this case it's a refined 21st-century New Yorker who finds herself ... ...

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  • Congressman Women Should Be Forced To Give Birth To Fetuses With No Brain Function

    criminalize abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy , a Texas lawmaker told a woman who made the difficult choice to terminate a non-viable pregnancy that she should have carried the fetus to term anyway — even though an MRI had already revealed that he was missing a large part of his brain and didn’t have much chance of survival. On Thursday, Christy Zink testified in opposition ...

  • Egypt 10 men suspected for the killing of 3 women in honour crime

    LUXOR, Egypt - An Egyptian security official says 10 male relatives have killed a mother and her two daughters on suspicion of moral offences -- so-called "honour killings." The official said Friday the men suspected the three women of having affairs, and killed them to protect the family's honour. The three bodies were found in the Nile River near the ancient city of Luxor. They ...

  • Tanzania NBC Bank to Support Islamic Women Groups

    THE National Bank of Commerce (NBC) through its Islamic Banking Unit will start providing Islamic Group Finance loans to its customers by September, this year. Speaking during a one-day seminar for Muslim women entrepreneurs in Tanga, the NBC Head of Islamic Banking, Mr Yassir Masoud said that the services would adhere to Islamic finance rules. "This will be an opportunity to our Islamic ...

  • Diabetes in India rising with women at a particular disadvantage

    India find themselves at a disadvantage compared with men.This is the conclusion of a study, Impact of Gender on Care of Type 2 Diabetes in Varkala, Kerala, which analysed gender roles, norms and values in a household and found women patients to be more vulnerable.This vulnerability influences all phases of diabetic care, according to the paper by Dr Mini P Mani at the Achutha Menon Centre for ...

  • Stella McCartney On Receiving An OBE Her Critics And Being A Woman Designing For Women

    Stella McCartney Throws A Party In Hong Kong new store in Beijing and hosted a fabulous dinner in Shanghai with acrobats and Chinese opera singers galore. Her final stop was Hong Kong, where with Lane Crawford, she presented her fall/winter collection to the city's stylish set as well as visitors in town for Art Basel Hong Kong. Kate Moss showed up for the party and indulged photographers ...

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