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Russian Priest Faces Interrogation for Undermining Women’s Intellectual Ability
A Moscow-based newspaper has published an open letter challenging statements derogatory to women’s intelligence made by a top official in the Russian Orthodox Church. The letter addressed to Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, was published by Novaya gazeta after Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov, the head of a church commission on family issues and the protection of mothers and children, told the Orthodox Christian Radonezh radio station in a July 7 interview that intelligent women “are still rare.” “Women aren’t that smart. Of course, there are [smart] women like [Polish-French Nobel Prize winner] Marie Curie, but they are still rare,” Smirnov said. Novaya gazeta called the archpriest’s statement “even more baffling since the main duty of his department is to protect mothers, who are women.” “Probably, Dmitry Smirnov is too busy…and unaware that violence against women in our country has reached an alarming level,” the newspaper wrote, mentioning…
Scholars Support the Idea of ‘Women’s Universities’
The recent idea of establishing universities specifically for women in Turkey, which was suggested by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, received full support from scholars, who interpreted the act as a move that should be made as soon as possible. “As a female academic, I believe that it is a quite good idea. Turkish women should be more modern, educated and equipped. These women’s universities are a great opportunity for that purpose,” said professor İlkay Erdoğan Orhan, the dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy at Gazi University. Speaking to Sabah daily on the matter, Orhan said there are many fields where women are needed the most. “In my opinion, it is very beneficial for women to be experts in these areas,” she noted, adding that across the world, there are various women’s universities. Visiting Japan last week to attend the G20 summit, Erdoğan delivered a speech at a Mukogawa Women’s University…
KOICA Supports Rural Women Affected By Conflict in Colombia
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a contribution of US$4.5 million from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), which will support rural women in areas affected by the conflict in Colombia. The funds will help to promote rural women’s economic independence and boost crop productivity. In collaboration with the Colombian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, WFP will support 45 associations of smallholder farmers affected by the internal conflict. WFP aims to assist 1,860 families or 7,440 people in the departments of Cauca, Chocó, Nariño and Valle del Cauca. “The Republic of Korea’s support will have a positive and transformative impact on the lives of women, helping them to achieve food security in a sustainable manner,” said WFP Country Director in Colombia, Carlo Scaramella. “Korea is a key partner of WFP’s work on the triple nexus of humanitarian assistance, development and peacebuilding.” The project contributes to the broader…
De Beers Partners With Women In Engineering
Diamond company De Beers said yesterday it had launched a three-year partnership with Women in Engineering (WomEng), consumer goods company Unilever and professional services firm EY to develop the next generation of highly skilled female engineers. De Beers is investing $315000 (R4.46 million) over three years in programmes that encourage young women to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects and pursue engineering careers in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, spokesperson Jackie Mapiloko said. She said the programme was designed to strengthen the students’ employability and leadership skills and cultivate innovative entrepreneurial thinking through the WomEng Innovation Challenge, in which they would develop an engineering business solution to meet the UN’s sustainable development goals. With a global shortage of engineers and women representing only 11 percent of the engineering workforce, attracting more young women into the sector is vital, De Beers senior vice-president for social impact Katie Fergusson said.…
Seven Inspiring Female Role Models in Tech
Women in technology are often faced with stiff competition and gender inequality. However, the sector can boast of notable and inspiring women who sit as outstanding amazons in the tech hall of fame with glaring achievements to show for their hard-work. Although women may not dominate the industry as much as their male counterparts, but if you pause for a while to observe their various inputs from different regions and brands to the overarching tech industry you will find outstanding results which symbolizes the truth about women’s push to take the lead and pave the way for the younger generation. Though female representation in technology sector might be few when compared to their male counterpart, their contributions are not little or less valuable. Until the time comes when the industry will begin to offer equal opportunity and representation to women we will not stop commending the women who have forged ahead to become…
A Philanthropist in Manila: The Story of Heart Evangelista
Philanthropy in Philippine is taken as important as education, health, infrastructure or any other basic need that is important to man. A striking aspect about philanthropy and the Filipinos is that the women in Philippine are mostly given to philanthropy than any demographic. When discussions on Philippine’s women and philanthropy comes up, the story of Heart Evangelista ruminates the mind. Heart was born on February 14, 1985 in Manila, Philippines as Love Marie Payawal Ongpauco-Escudero. She is the daughter of Reynaldo Evangelista Ongpauco, a restaurant magnate who belongs to a Chinese-Filipino clan, and Maria Cecilia del Gallego Payawal, whose family is from the Bicol province of Camarines Sur. She is the youngest child of 5 children, four sisters and one brother. The family moved to San Francisco, California during Heart’s early teens, there she studied at Aubudon School in California. However, before Heart crossed her teens she moved back with her family to Philippines and later…
