First Look at Liu Wen for Estée Lauder This past spring, cosmetic giant Estée Lauder announced Chinese supermodel Liu Wen as the first Asian face for the brand. Now we get to see the first images from the ad campaign under the creative direction of Tom Pecheux. Wen’s elegant beauty ads will appear in stores and magazines for spring 2011. www.RedLuxury.com racked photo credit: estée lauder LORRE WHITE, the Luxury Guru: http://luxguru.typepad.com/lorre_white_the_luxury_gu/ … [Read more...]
TURKEY – Peace Day celebration in Ankara!
September 29, 2010 by
Peace Day celebration in Ankara September 2010 Mr. Shahid Najam (right) at the World Peace Bell ceremony On 21 September, to mark the International Day of Peace, the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Ankara and Turkish Japanese Foundation jointly organized World Peace Bell ringing ceremony in Ankara. At the ceremony, UN Resident Coordinator/UNIC Director Shahid Najam, Ambassador of Japan Nabuaki Tanaka and Turkish-Japanese Foundation Director General Leyla Özdemir addressed the … [Read more...]
PHILIPPINES: Superstition undermines maternal health.
September 25, 2010 by
PHILIPPINES Superstition undermines maternal health Photo: David Swanson/IRIN A pregnant woman at the Notre Dame Dulawan evacuation centre in Datu Piang, MindanaoMALABAN, 20 September 2010 (IRIN) - Ophelia has never had any formal training but has been delivering babies since she was 19. Now 52, she believes her years of experience qualify her to handle even emergency cases, including excessive bleeding and breach pregnancies. "To stop bleeding, I pull out one hair from the mother's … [Read more...]
PAKISTAN – Needs Assessment of Flood
September 23, 2010 by
Needs Assessment of Flood-Affected Communities Following the floods in the Summer of 2010 that have affected the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Pakistan, UNIFEM is working to ensure that gender concerns are fully integrated into relief and recovery operations. In particular, UNIFEM focuses on supporting assessments of the conditions and needs of women and girls in affected areas, and on preventing, monitoring and addressing gender-based violence among vulnerable … [Read more...]
The Role Women play in Tibetan Buddhism (Gebchak Nuns) and culture.
September 20, 2010 by
ABSTRACT Presented by The Venerable Wangdrak Rinpoche. The Venerable Wangdrak Rinpoche is a native Tibetan and overseer of Gebchak Gonpa, which is the largest Buddhist nunnery in Tibet. Rinpoche will be speaking about the cultural and spiritual role of women meditators in a tradition that is typically very male-identified. His talk will reveal the rich cultural heritage and important role Women play in Tibetan Buddhism and culture. Wangdrak Rinpoche the third is the reincarnation of … [Read more...]
UN – Gender Disparities in Education urged to 'end'…
September 19, 2010 by
New UN report urges push to 'end' Gender Disparities in Education Girls learn to read in Bubel village in Orissa, India September 2010 – Girls and boys in only 85 countries will have equal access to primary and secondary education by 2015 if present trends continue, according to a new United Nations report, which calls for greater efforts to reduce gender disparities in education. The annual edition of the Global Education Digest, published by the UN Educational, Scientific and … [Read more...]
UN – Gender Disparities in Education urged to ‘end’…
September 19, 2010 by
New UN report urges push to 'end' Gender Disparities in Education Girls learn to read in Bubel village in Orissa, India September 2010 – Girls and boys in only 85 countries will have equal access to primary and secondary education by 2015 if present trends continue, according to a new United Nations report, which calls for greater efforts to reduce gender disparities in education. The annual edition of the Global Education Digest, published by the UN Educational, Scientific and … [Read more...]
BUDDHIST – NAMO BUDDHAY, India
September 18, 2010 by
NAMO BUDDHAY We are now start BUDDHA India's 1st hightest statue in varangaon dist-jalgaon (maharashtra) without political help. Our trust is normal buddhist human personality like doctor, advocate, engineers collect charity and start historical work now. Can you help this Trust. Please see, read and tell for more, Buddhist Donators our Website. www.buddhastrust.com BHAWATU SABBA MANGALAM.... … [Read more...]
57th National Film Awards Winners @ September 15, 2010
September 15, 2010 by
57th National Film Awards Winners 15th Sep 2010 has been announced. National Film Award for Best Actor - Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan for the film Paa. National Film Award for Best Actress - Ananya Chatterjee for the film Abohoman. National Film Award for best co-actor goes to Farooq Farooq Sheikh for the film Lahoor. National Film Award goes to Kutty Srank, Malayalam film, total the film got five awards. National Film Award for Best Director prize goes to Rituparno … [Read more...]
Donna Guest – Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Director.
September 6, 2010 by
Cambodia urged to release jailed Human Rights Worker. Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, have urged the Cambodian government to immediately release a human rights worker who was sentenced to two years in prison for giving out anti-government leaflets. Leang Sokchouen, who works for the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), was convicted on charges of "disinformation" on Monday after a trial marked by numerous procedural … [Read more...]
Singapore – Inaugural Youth Olympic Games inspires youth to Take Action!
August 30, 2010 by
Inaugural Youth Olympic Games provide Competition and Inspiration SINGAPORE, August 2010 – As the first-ever Youth Olympic Games comes to a close, a young female athlete quietly traces the outline of her hand on a piece of paper and writes, “I have a right to be educated and to play any sports I like.” She is one of some 3,600 young athletes aged 14-18 – representing over 200 countries – that competed at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore this month. The athletes gathered … [Read more...]
China: Activist detained in Beijing who tried to act as Advocate for a Woman.
August 29, 2010 by
Blogger joins others held by police, for publicizing a politically sensitive case. Photo: Liu Dejun Wu Gan (R) meets with activist Liu Shasha in Beijing shortly before his detention. HONG KONG – A rights activist who tried to act as advocate for a woman who claimed local officials had raped and murdered her daughter was detained in the Chinese capital this week. Blogger Wu Gan, known online by his nickname "The Butcher," said he was rounded up by officials from his home province of … [Read more...]
JOHANNESBURG – Antiretroviral Gel Lowers HIV Infection
August 28, 2010 by
Antiretroviral Gel Lowers HIV Infection and Offers Hope to Women JOHANNESBURG, 2010 (IPS) - When women from the predominantly rural Vulindela district in KwaZulu-Natal first began participating in an HIV-prevention trial many were unable to negotiate the use of condoms or even discuss safe sex with their partners. But as they used the discreet antiretroviral (ARV) microbicide gel, for the first time women - who bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic in Africa - were in control of an … [Read more...]
Ninoy Aquino Day – August 21, 2010
August 21, 2010 by
The Philippines - Ninoy Aquino Day August 21, 2010 Ninoy Aquino Day is a national non-working holiday in the Philippines observed annually on August 21, commemorating the anniversary of the 1983 assassination of former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr.. He was the husband of Corazon Aquino, who was later to become Philippine President; they are treated as two of the heroes of democracy in the country. His assassination led to the downfall of Ferdinand Marcos on February 25, … [Read more...]
Japanese Government sponsors new maternal and child health handbook for Palestine Refugees
August 12, 2010 by
Japanese Government sponsors Handbook Maternal and Child Health Beirut August 2010 The Embassy of Japan and UNRWA launched on Wednesday 04 August a new Maternal and Child Health (MCH) handbook which will be distributed free-of-charge to Palestine refugees across Lebanon who are pregnant or have young children. A ceremony held at UNRWA premises in Beirut in the presence of the Japanese Ambassador to Lebanon, H.E. Koichi Kawakami, the Director of UNRWA Affairs Lebanon, Salvatore … [Read more...]
