Nearly 65% of adults in the Arab region remain excluded from formal financial systems, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Annual SDG Review 2025 paints a sobering picture of persistent financial exclusion that is undermining the region’s ability …
FOR those women who are still not convinced of the usefulness of physical activity, here is another reason to put on the track suit. A recently published report of a study conducted on more than 25r,000 women in Norway suggests that, compared to sedentary women, those who exercised regularly had …
according to a study by the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, in the us, those who have a starchy diet which was low in fibre and took a lot of soft drinks, ran two and a half times the risk of diabetes than women who took less of these …
mammography, a low energy x-ray suitable for soft tissues is considered by oncologists as the best method available for early detection of breast cancers. But a lot of conflicting reports are appearing about the use of this diagnostic test. Two diametrically opposite views have been taken by the major agencies …
Babies born to mothers who smoke during pregnancy have the same nicotine levels as adult smokers and almost certainly spend their first days of life going through withdrawal symptoms. This study done at the Mont-Godinne University Hospital, Namur, Belgium by Laurence M Galanti and his team reports that the child …
Until now pregnant women were under the misconception that if they had morning sickness, they were less prone to a miscarriage. Kathleen O'Conner of Pennsylvania State University, University Park, says that morning sickness is simply more frequent in younger women. She randomly selected 708 married women (age 18-47 years) in …
The sathins (village-level female social workers) have been in the forefront of the Women's Development Programme (WDP) in the rural areas of Rajasthan. However, their commitment and success have brought them little in terms of remuneration. Under the banner of the Sathin Karmchari Sangh, the sathins have been demanding fair …
water scarcity seems to be a perennial problem in the remote villages of Gujarat. In Nanimorsal - a village in Sayla taluka of Surendranagar district of the state - drinking water is scarce throughout the year. The problem is accentuated in summer. Groundwater has depleted due to the extraction of …
Women in Turkey, Chile and the US are among the world's most frequent criers, and men from Spain, Peru and Bulgaria cry the least, according to a study done by psychologists from the Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Women everywhere cry more than men - on an average 2.76 times …
David Michelson and his team from the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, US , have found that clinical depression in women can lead to broken bones. They measured the bone-mineral density in 24 women suffering from major depression, or with a history of it, and compared it with that …
According to a recent report, about 25,000 workers in the bidi, zarda and gul factories in the northern part of Bangladesh are suffering from several diseases including tuberculosis and ulcers. The cause of these maladies is attributable to unhygienic conditions prevailing in factories
PRESENTING a story set in a not very captivating environment and yet command- ing the attention of the audience, the film portrays the trials and tribulations of the women of Kotra village, Rajasthan, who are struggling to assert themselves. The film is about the efforts of these women, who are …
Massagers are now increasingly becoming popular with teenage students and young adults, especially women office workers. These light, compact units developed recently in Japan, for softening up stiff shoulders and the lower back can be bought for less than US $90. Omron Corp with its Elepuls series has captured 60 …
Manufacturers of silicone breast implants were vindicated recently when a us court ruled that evidences suggesting a link between silicone implants and some of the illnesses they have been blamed for, were not scientifically valid. Silicone has been blamed for a wide range of connective-tissue ailments and for damaging the …
According to a research in the US, women suffering from depression are at serious risk of bone fractures in later life. A team at the National Institutes of Health near Washington DC studied 24 women with a history of depression and found that 10 had a bone density so low …
The first comprehensive report on the World Health Organization's vaccination programmes, State of the World's Vaccines and Immunisation , reveals that under the expanded programme on immunisation, 80 per cent of the world's children have been immunised against six common childhood diseases, saving three million lives a year. However, new …
The World Food Programme (WFP) will supply 137,000 metric tonnes (t) of wheat and 3,140 t of vegetable oil to Bangladesh to supplement the government's Vulnerable Groups Development Project. The seventh phase of the WFP assistance will allow the rural women to participate in an income generation sub-project where they …
Gandhiji's environmentalism was based on the following ethical principles: non-violence, truth and persevering the truth; shunning the use of materials obtained by illegitimate means and so on. Gandhiji said that we can use the bounties of nature but not with an element of greed.
inspired by the success of informal banking schemes in rural Bangladesh, Kerala's department of fisheries initiated similar programmes of assistance, three years back. These schemes, which can be accessed only by fisherwomen, are primarily meant to assist them financially. The main state-level body heading the schemes is the Vanitha Fisheries …
in western Europe today, Green parties are an integral part of parliamentary politics; in Germany, whose case has been analysed here, the Green party is a ruling party in coalition governments in some provinces. But Green party politics was significant not for capturing power, but for being radical-ecological, alternative in …
the centennial olympics at Atlanta marked a significant watershed for women athletes. Close to 3,000 female athletes participated in the games. If such a trend continues, the phrase
