Here we go again, it is International Women’s Day 2016. A great day to celebrate women’s achievements and their place in the world. If you are a man, cherish the women in your life. If you are a woman and lucky enough to live in circumstances that allow you to kick back and relax, do whatever makes you feel good – and yes, I know it is Monday, but what the heck! We deserve it 🙂
self induced hearing loss & how to prevent it
Self Induced Hearing Loss
Attention has been focused on the potentially negative effects smartphones can have by way of emissions, privacy intrusion and unsafe driving practices. We haven’t yet shed sufficient light on the impact smartphones, MP3 players and other listening devices can have on our hearing.
1.1 Billion Young People Are at Risk of Hearing Loss
This has led to a situation where, according to estimates by the World Health Organisation, about 1.1 billion young people worldwide are at risk of hearing loss due to unsafe listening practices.
Due to the prevalence of relatively cheap modern technology we are facing a sharp rise in self-induced hearing loss. Luckily, however, state of the art remedies – including highly effective and almost invisible hearing aids- are available.
Prevention of Hearing Loss Requires a Change in Attitude
International Women’s Day – make it happen – make what happen?
International Woman’s Day marks the achievements and highlights the plight of women around the world. This year’s theme is: Make it Happen.
Making what happen, you may ask. People often state that woman have achieved so much and enjoy equal rights and don’t require special attention these days and age. This might be true in our immediate environment, BUT, there is one particular area where women seem to be most vulnerable.
Violence against women.
Here are some key facts: [Read more…]
Think before you eat and help save our environment!
Who cares about World Environment Day ? I do! And it seems that each year there are more and more people who care about positive environmental action. Here are a few facts followed by the low down of some of my favorite initiatives for World Environment Day 2013.
What is Environment Day about?
The motto for this year’s UN World Environment Day is THINK EAT SAVE – an anti-food and food loss campaign that encourages you to reduce your foodprint by making you more aware of the environmental impact of the food choices you make.
We are all invited to raise awareness and take action and nothing is more pertinent and unifying than food – we all need to eat and drink to live each and every day.
a well stocked delicatessen in NYC
Why is food important to the environment?
Business and human rights: the basics (part 2): the role of national human rights institutions
Today, following business and human rights: the basics (part 1) which included 4 key introductory texts for anybody wishing to make sense of this rapidly evolving field and become familiar with the issues, this short overview focuses on the role of National Human Rights Institutions in business and human rights.
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) play an important role in the business and human rights sphere and are well placed to help align business activities with international human rights standards in line with their general mandates to promote and protect human rights. Some NHRI”s already address many business related human rights issues through:
the girl effect
On the 8 March 2011 we are celebrating the centennary of International Women’s Day – a good occasion to remind us of the plight of girls around the world.
Did you realise that currently:
- women work two-thirds of the world’s working hours, produce half the world’s food, and yet earn only 10 % of the world’s income and own less than 1% of the world’s property?
- women make up 70% of the worlds 1.3 billion people who live in poverty?
- women over the age of 15 in the least developed countries are twice as likely to be illiterate than men.
The solution? [Read more…]