Atelier - Super Luxury Magazine of Dubai and India features LORRE WHITE, The Luxury Guru Lorre White is a prime authority on marketing consultancy catering to Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) individuals. Called ‘The Luxury Guru’ by mainstream media for her expansive expertise spanning over 25 years, White highlights, “The combined net worth of the UHNW could pay off the United States deficit (USD 16 trillion plus) and still have a net worth higher than the GDP of the US and China … [Read more...]
Lorre White celebrates ‘less traditional’ things ‘to do’ in Paris!
March 27, 2013 by
Paris in the Spring Time to explore Paris is the ultimate luxury. But deciding how to spend that precious time is always the challenge. You can visit the iconic monuments, Mona Lisa at the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, and Notre Dame, wade through the crowds and click them off your list. Or you can take a slightly different road map and experience the history of this great city through some less visited, yet equally ( in some cases more so) impressive sites. The list below is highly … [Read more...]
WE WANT WATER 2015
March 22, 2013 by
International Year for Water Cooperation begins March 22, 2013 Water is life and harvesting rains can be a way out! “Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.” -Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Life’s existence, its survival and nourishment is dependent upon water. Imagining a world without water is imagining a world without life! Nature has bestowed upon us this resource which we exploited without paying attention to its sustainability in the … [Read more...]
Millennium Development Goals by 2015, have Your Say here!
March 21, 2013 by
Did you know that diarrhea is the second leading cause of death among children under five in the world. Around 1.5 million deaths each year - nearly one in five – are caused by diarrhea. It kills more children than malaria, AIDS, and measles combined. Should access to clean water and sanitation be a priority for world leaders in the next development goals? Have YOUR say? HERE: www.myworld2015.org Millennium Development Goals, an Introduction For many industrialized nations, … [Read more...]
Mobile Money: IT for Tackling Global Poverty?
March 14, 2013 by
Did you know that 2.5 billion people in the world are without bank accounts? For many people in developing countries, it is simply too expensive to maintain a traditional brick-and-mortar bank account or the distance to a bank or ATM is too far to travel. This translates into greater economic insecurity for the people who need it most. You also may not have known that 2 billion of these people now have access to a cell phone, and that new mobile banking technologies are allowing millions … [Read more...]
The Women of the World are Depending on Us
March 12, 2013 by
“Economic policies that push out smallholders,” Ms. Khan added, “contribute to a damaging feminization of poverty. In this process, young girls, in particular, find themselves at the sharp end of gender violence.” The WFP-hosted event, which focused on the negative impact of violence against women on food security, also heard from panelist Lourdes Tiban, an Ecuadorean lawmaker of indigenous descent. Gender violence, she said, is not ordained by destiny. Ms. Tiban called for profound cultural … [Read more...]
Happy Mother’s Day!, Mums celebrated in U.K., March 10
March 10, 2013 by
Mother's Day is a celebration honoring mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March, April or May. It complements Father's Day, a celebration honoring fathers. Mother's Day is an American invention, and it is not directly descended from the many celebrations of mothers and motherhood that have occurred throughout the world over thousands of years, such as the Greek cult to … [Read more...]
GERMANY, 20-23 March: World Congress Center Bonn, Germany
March 10, 2013 by
World Congress Center Bonn, Germany ADVANCING THE POST-2015 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA Reconfirming Rights – Recognizing Limits – Redefining Goals. We have the pleasure of announcing the international NGO conference; this global event will bring together about 250 civil society activists and representatives from key stakeholders in order to draw together civil society inputs into the Sustainable Development and Post-2015 discussions. It will take place on 20 – 22 March 2013 in … [Read more...]
Sweden joins ILO efforts on women’s employment in Turkey
March 9, 2013 by
The ILO and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) have signed a project cooperation agreement amounting to US$ 3.5 million to support women’s empowerment in Turkey, which is expected to contribute substantially to the goal of advancing gender equality in employment and providing decent employment opportunities for women. The agreement was signed on 1 March 2013 by Ümit Efendioğlu, Director of the ILO Office for Turkey, and Mikael Elofsson, SIDA’s Head of Division … [Read more...]
