Blogs Posts in Working Women category; 168 blog posts

Top lipstick brands carry highest lead levels

Four hundred of the most popular lipsticks in the US contained trace levels of lead when tested recently, confirming similar results of earlier analyses but on a much wider scale and at higher levels than previously detected. Five L& [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Working women not ready to share bank accounts with boyfrien...

Washington, August 15: A report has revealed that almost half of single working women are more likely to say "Yes" to a marriage proposal than a joint bank account with their boyfriend. According to a Friends Life report, 45 [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Indian Hindu wives fast, sometimes luxuriously, for husbands...

On Saturday, Kanika Syal will wake up before dawn to begin a fast at sunrise, and not eat or drink until she sees the moon at night — all in the hope her husband will have a long life. Karva Chauth is a centuries-old tradition obser [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Women on top in India Inc's hiring list

Three or four times a year, a team from IBM hops from city to city on a recruitment binge with a difference – they screen and select only women employees. If there are talented women out there, IBM wants them in its fold. "We k [...]

Posted On : Sep, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Tunisian women rally to preserve gender equality

Around 1,000 women's rights supporters rallied in Tunis Saturday to the mark the anniversary of a key equal rights bill amid fears gender equality may suffer if political Islam rises in post-revolution Tunisia. The Personal Status Cod [...]

Posted On : Aug, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Somali Women Face Rape, Sexual Assault as They Flee Famine

Women fleeing conflict and famine in Somalia are facing another threat to their lives, sexual assault. As they make the long journey from what was once their home to the world’s largest refugee complex at Dadaab, Kenya, women [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Today's Conditions of Working Women

Now women of modern world are totally independent and can live all alone without the help of anyone. She is now considered equal to men and sometimes superior to them, at some places and in some fields. Women today nee [...]

Posted On : Jul, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Financial Mess in Cosmopolitan Working Women

For quite a long time women had been depressed in India before being given the opportunity to lead in parallel to men in all walks of life. Exceptional to everyone's expectations, they performed well and proved their worth in personal [...]

Posted On : Jul, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Working mothers face tough times again - poll

Despite rising global employment expectations, the opportunities of working mothers have diminished, according to a survey by the serviced office provider Regus, reflecting a return of prejudice in some businesses. The company surve [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Working mothers get a helping hand

It is part of the duty of society to look after those who face problems, so that they are able to get back on their feet. It is also essential for a small nation like the UAE which has a national population of little over a million, that [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Shooting women topless

According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation one in nine Australian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer by the age of 85. One local artist is doing her bit to bring attention to this sobering statistic. Photographer Ashley S [...]

Posted On : Dec, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Challenges before women activists working on minority women’...

We are working for Muslim women who are housewives. We are working to make them economically empowered to have their own income being in home. There is pressure from the family members that women should remain at home because if they go [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Working Moms Get Scholarships

Giving a boost to women who juggle the demands of work, family and school, Harrison College today unveiled the Harrison College Working Mothers Scholarship, a $2,500 award for working moms. The Working Mothers Scholarship is the first sc [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Nepal lifts ban on its women working in the Gulf

Kathmandu, Dec 10: Nepal has reportedly lifted a ban on the country's working women going to Gulf countries to earn their livelihood, and introduced new rules designed to protect them. According to the BBC, the ban has been in force [...]