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Dad, Daughter and the Puberty talk

Oftentimes as parents, we find ourselves at a point where we have to broach the puberty topic with our kids and young ones. Many parents still find this an “uncomfortable” topic. I remember years back when I first started menstruating, all that talk was done by my mum; when going back to boarding school and we had to make a list of items we needed for school, we were made to take the list with the “girlies” (such as underwear, sanitary pads etc.) to my mum, while the other bulk was given to my dad. When I think back now, I wonder what would have happened if my dad had been a single parent with three adolescent girls. Dads sometimes feel that the puberty talk is for the woman to do, I know single dads that have had to ask their sister, or colleague to talk to their daughter about…

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Helene Gayle: Working towards an AIDS free world

Helene D. Gayle, M.D., M.P.H., is CEO of McKinsey Social Initiative, a nonprofit organization that brings together stakeholders to address complex global and social challenges. Gayle was born and raised in Buffalo, NY. She earned a B.A. in psychology at Barnard College, an M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.P.H. at Johns Hopkins University. She is board certified in pediatrics, completing a residency in pediatric medicine at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Gayle is an expert on health, global development and humanitarian issues; with 20 years of service at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), she was appointed as the first director of the National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, and achieved the rank of Rear Admiral and Assistant Surgeon General in the U.S. Public Health Service. Gayle also served as the AIDS coordinator and chief of the HIV/AIDS division for the U.S. Agency…

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Women & SDG

SDGs: Giving Women a Fighting Chance

Since the transition from Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, conscious efforts have been made to bridge the gender gaps especially in developing economies. One of such ways is the encouragement of girl-child education in rural settings through various free education schemes. Also, governments across emerging economies have dared to implement percentage quotas for women in politics and the workforce. These have helped close the gender gaps to some extent but will these approaches ensure that the set goals are met before the deadline of year 2030? While we ponder on new ways by which this gap can be closed, the Governor of Edo State Nigeria, gives a lead with his new style of governance which is 100% women-friendly. Governor Godwin Obaseki recently decided to revamp facilities in the Government house including a mechanic workshop which had been abandoned and he chose to engage…

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Love Bites

Building Healthy, Loving Relationships

Psychology instructor Holly Parker shares her thoughts on the makings of a strong relationship. Romantic relationships, in all of their complexity, are a fundamental component of our lives. And as the poet Rainer Maria Rilke mused, “There is scarcely anything more difficult than to love one another.” What makes a good relationship? Holly Parker, a clinical psychologist and instructor of the course The Psychology of Close Relationships, offers her advice on how to have healthy and loving romantic relationships. See the best in your partner and the relationship Research on perception and attention shows that we see more of what we look for, so if you’re looking for signs of kindness, that’s more likely to stand out to you. How you think about and interpret your partner’s actions, intentions, and words also affects how you feel and understand a situation with them, which in turn affects how you behave toward…

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Mums & Kids Zone

Do Board Games Really Increase your Kid’s Brain Power?

As a kid, I remember playing board games with some of my aunts and beating them silly until no one wanted to play with me; and I don’t mean the kind, where they let you win, No; I mean the kind where they try really hard to beat you but never really do. I was that kid that preferred to sit in with her dad and play a game of scrabble or chess, instead of cycling around the estate with the other kids; Yes! I was that kind of kid. Did I mention I had a perfect score in my quantitative and verbal reasoning at my entrance exams for secondary education? Oh! I’m also really good and fast with calculations.

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Yasmin Helal: Redefining the Future of Egyptian Education

Yasmin Helal is an engineer and a former pro-basketball player, an Amazon, redefining education in Egypt. She was born and raised in Cairo, growing up in a middle-class family and attending a private school, life was a walkthrough for her and didn’t challenge her in the ways she needed to be. Helal was soon bored; and this led to her mum enrolling her for sports activities of swimming and basketball. Though initially reluctant, Helal found herself in basketball; through basketball, she was challenged mentally, physically, and socially; she learned to struggle, to compete, to set goals, to make friends, and to follow through. Being on a team was alien to Helal, but it gave her a sense of belonging and a higher purpose. She played professional basketball for 19 years, during which she served as the captain of Gezira Sporting Club Team and played for the Egyptian National Team in December…

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