Russian Women in the Workplace
Below is a description of the Russian educational system and RW. When reading this it appears that there are many opportunities available to RW. In practice this is not true. Young girls have always been approached by their male teachers to satisfy their sick fantasies. There are numerous cases where grades are withheld until the girl complies. This behaviour can be traced all the way until the end of university.
And it does not get any better when the โ€" now โ€" woman starts looking for a job. Russia turns out thousands of musicians to serve a music industry smaller than that in Boise, Idaho. With limited opportunities for employment, men understand the power they have over woman looking for careers. It is very common for sexual favours to be demanded in return for employment. This is why RW turn so frequently to marrying Western men. While sexual harassment does happen in the West, at least it is not an ingrained part of society nor is it unpunished by the courts
Russian women have the right to attend all levels of education. The problem lies in balancing the needs of education with the need to earn money. The compulsory secondary education is free. It provides the minimal required level of education and enables her to continue her studies. There are also private schools with high fees, but it is up to the parents where they will place their child. As a rule the curricular are the same for boys and girls as they study together. The only essential distinction lies in courses of housekeeping activities. During this course girls study the ABC of cooking, dressmaking, embroidery, designing and housekeeping. This in itself gives RW some indication of where they are expected to fit into society.
Having got the certificate of secondary education, every Russian girl may take a two-year course of higher grade course or enter a specialized institution of secondary education (technical school, vocational school, college etc.) where she will receive training in some profession alongside with completing her secondary education that will enable her to enter an institution of higher education.
In most cases there is no sex discrimination in receiving training in any profession. Not long ago girls were not admitted to military or marine schools but in recent years this restriction has been lifted so that everybody who passed the entrance exams and was approved by the medical board could get the profession of a policeman/woman, an army officer, a captain of a sea vessel, etc.
What professions are most favored nowadays by Russian women? In specialized secondary schools those of book-keeper, shop-assistant, secretary, manager, hairdresser and dressmaker. In universities those of lawyer and economist that are considered to be in demand and offer an opportunity to get a well-paid job. At present Russian universities release twice as much lawyers and economists than in 1991. No less prestigious are the faculties of psychology and sociology where the competition has increased considerably during last 4-5 years. The most attractive among the medical professions is that of a dentist. When choosing a University and a Faculty to enter a Russian girl acts in accordance with her preferences, aptitudes, interest, prestige of a certain profession, a possibility to get a well-paid job after graduation. But we have to admit, to our regret, that a diploma of any educational institution of any level even if there are only top marks there doesn't guarantee a Russian girl the job she has been trained for. Her knowledge turns out to be unnecessary. This is a paradox of nowadays: the Russian state, having invested huge sums of money in education of top-class specialists, does not allow provide careers for these trained professionals
Women in Russia may theoretically take courses in two or even three universities. Besides, there is a possibility of improving one's knowledge in his/her field at the Faculties of raising qualification, at the post-graduate courses for people writing a theses to obtain candidate or doctor of science degree, at various seminars and specialized courses. Many middle aged Russian women, unemployed or seeking for a more satisfying job, start to attend specialized courses to master a chosen trade that is in keen labor demand. The courses offer assistance in mastering the trades of lawyer, psychologist, book-keeper, auditor, manager, economist, secretary, hairdresser and shop-assistant. Many educational centers guarantee provision of employment. But the way things go in reality proves it is practically impossible to find a job in a good firm after six months courses. Nevertheless life offers Russian women greater opportunities nowadays. Many women ventured to give up their steady jobs, even if they yielded good money, for a try to make use of their creative business gifts and started their own businesses.
Russian Women and Attire
Many people have said โ€œRussia has the worlds most beautiful womenโ€. After travelling to South African, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria and Israel โ€" I would have to disagree. Each of these countries possess women of comparable if not more beauty and grace.
But if you were too look at the average RW in a shopping in a market or buying books for her family, then I would say there is no comparison. The average Russian women takes much better care of herself and her appearance so that she looks betters than another women.
In Russia a pretty woman will succeed not only in private life, but also in business. That is why a Russian woman strives to keep herself in good form. The desire to look pretty has been an integral part of her life style for so long that it has deeply rooted in her mentality. Odd woman, going out, wouldn't line the eyes, apply lipstick and powder her nose. If a Russian woman didn't use make up she would feel as if she were naked. Expensive cosmetics are available for rich women only. But would the opening of Eastern Europe and Russia's impending ascension to the WTO, cheap cosmetics have arrived. Also many women live with their parents and they can easily afford to buy just a little cosmetics.
Russian Woman and Clothes
When a man abroad arrives in Moscow he is shocked at first to see that the streets are swarming with, so it seems to him, prostitutes: all women are wearing provocative clothes, make up and manicured hands.
But he must remember that in Russia a woman ignoring her sex peculiarities and engrossed in her work is viewed as an odd and absurd creature - a "bluestocking". You imagine incredible affection for grey colors, baggy skirt with a slit with knee-high stocking visible in it, hair of indefinite color tied up in a pitiful ponytail, grey face without any lively colors. This image has been repeatedly reproduced in the Russian cinema and is universally despised. Perhaps, this can account for the extraordinary attention of a Russian woman to her looks. Whatever the trends in fashion, the major goal a Russian woman tries to attain in her clothes is to emphasize her gentleness and beauty.
Russian Women and Health
When you speak to most RW about their health, they will usually refer to their spiritual health and their physical health. RW are firm believers that the way the way they conduct their lives determines their spiritual health. They will also talk about their physical health. RW would rather avoid Russian hospitals. They believe the doctors are not very good nor do they care much about their patients. Every RW will know of a case where a friend visited many doctors and was unable to be cured. The story will not stop there. They will then refer to a โ€œnot usuallyโ€ doctor who managed to cure the ailment.
Russia's developing medical system does yet recognise these โ€œnot usuallyโ€ doctors. In the West they are called aromatherapists or some other fancy name. These doctors try to explain their methods to the general population by talking about spiritual health and well-being. Do not be surprised if your prospective partner wants to see a โ€œnot usuallyโ€ doctor. She is simply referring to alternative medical practices.
It is common knowledge that there are no absolutely healthy people in the modern world. This is also true for Russia. A CNN/Time poll conducted in Russia yielded the following results: 7.9% of the population consider themselves healthy; 46.5% - subject to occasional illnesses; 41% have chronic diseases; and 4.5% think they are incurable. However one must remember that the environment can influence this greatly. The high death toll, shorter length of life, increase in the number of infectious and chronic diseases that have boomed in recent years result essentially from social disturbances. Change the living conditions and you will see the above mentioned rates change for the better. What is most important is that genetically sound constitution permits a Russia woman, under optimum conditions, give birth to healthy babies.
Doctors have been trying with various success to help the Russian woman preserve health. Though the system of preventive treatment and early diagnosing of diseases has yet found its proper employment, 67.4% of Russian women are treated in the regional polyclinics, 19.3% - at medical centers, 8.6% are treated by private doctors.
A great number of Russian women (about 63.4%) venture a course of treatment without first consulting a specialist, and 5.5% of women apply to โ€œhealersโ€
The most 'popular' kind of medical service is dentistry - 54% of the people questioned, then come gynecology - 36.2%, and gastroenterology - 35%. Many need a psychological treatment (this is especially relevant to housewives) - 32.8%.
Sport plays an important part in healthcare. In recent years there have been a universal tendency among Russian girls and young women to go in for aerobics, shaping and gymnastics. The women of forty and more years old attend health groups. A vigorous development is experienced by socially prestigious kinds of sport that were not encouraged before, such as lawn-tennis and mountain skiing.
While RW make every effort to lead a healthy life, there are many cases of excessive alcoholism, drug abuse and cigarette smoking. Many women almost never admit to these peculiarities during the early stages of correspondence with men. They feel the man will simply not be interested. But they believe that their lives are so miserable, they just cannot survive without them.
Here it is important for every man seeking a RW to consider this. No Russian agency will tell you this upfront, and many will simply change the woman's application so that there is no indication. If this is important for the man, a good way of getting around this is to use a personalized match-making services. In these services the experienced agency staff serve as a filter to find compatible partners.
Russian and Eating
Very few RW buy pre-cooked meals. The concept is absolutely foreign to them. Do not be surprised if your wife mentions Russian food is much better the first time you go shopping in her new home. She is not being rude, she simply equates freshness to healthy food. Russian people prefer buying vegetables and fruits in markets because it is more fresh.
Typical Russian women will try to cook food at home because for her, it is the wife's job to ensure her husband eats wholesome and healthy food. A true Russian women will shun fancy restaurants for the joy of preparing a meal at home. This can be a traumatic time for most women if they cannot find the right recipe and they strive for perfection. Please refer to our section on Post Marriage Support for more advice.
Russians take great care of nutrition. A person's food must be abundant, tasty and nourishing. Though public restaurants and bars numerous, especially in big cities, the Russians would prefer home-made food. Naturally, the major daily responsibility for cooking lies upon the woman. Nobody pays attention whether she likes it or not; the cooking is her moral obligation.
Russian women prefer natural products to feed their families with. This is what you would find in a typical Russian family rations:
Dairy products. They take one of the top positions in the list of products Russians cannot do without. As a rule they use fresh dairy products, i.e. they are to be eaten within three days. Therefore these products do not contain any preservatives, so called "live" products. They are milk (fat content may vary from 1.5 to 3.5 per cent), fermented dairy products (kefir, ryazhenka, varenets, curdled milk, bifidok, etc.), cottage cheese products (cottage cheese, sweet cottage cheese paste, etc.), sour cream, yogurts. The consumption level of butter and cheese is also very high.
Do not be surprised if your new dribe refuses to buy products with long expiry dates. She believes they not so fresh
Porridge and cereals. These are real Russian dishes that date back to ancient times. That is why breakfast menu in many families includes cereals: rice, semolina, millet, fine-barley, buckwheat, pumpkin, etc. Porridge is a necessary component of the diet of the women who take care of their good looks.
Vegetables. Is there a Russian woman who wouldn't cook a dozen of potato dishes. And beets, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, black radishes, turnips, cabbage, marrows, aubergines? They are all included in the Russian diet, and very often they are grown at private garden plots (dachas). That means that they don't need to be tested for nitrates. Russian women, provided with creative imagination in cooking, can make very healthy and delicious dishes of these vegetables.
Meat. It is practically impossible to survive a severe Russian winter without meat, which is, first of all, a powerful source of energy. The idea of using concentrated dry broth cubes instead of fresh-made natural meat broth for cooking a soup will seem absurd to any Russian woman. The daily menu of most Russian families necessarily includes a meat or a sausage dish, though recently the number of women refriaining from eating meat products has increased. They are not vegetarians in full sense, more likely, they follow one of the theories that meat is bad for the body.
Fish. It doesn't play a significant role in the Russian diet as meat. Still at least once a week a fish dish makes one of the courses.
Baking. Pies, patties, rolls, tarts, buns, cakes - the Russian woman is proficient in cooking them all. What can be found in the stores of a Russian woman of any age living in a small town or in the city? A sack of flour and a sack of sugar. She herself prepares the dough and bakes. Can you think of anything more delicious than a fresh-baked home-made bun?
Tea. Famous Russian tea ceremony is not just mere words. If the hostess of the house doesn't offer tea to her guest she will be considered inhospitable. The tea should be accompanied by cookies, buns, sweets, jam, honey. This is what we mean by Russian tea. And if you are invited to tea on weekend or a holiday, you will be treated to pastries and cakes baked for the occasion.
Speaking about general tendencies in a Russian woman's attitude to nutrition and cooking we should bear in mind that women in Russia differ from one another, as women everywhere in the world, in their habits, ways and affections. Some are fond of cooking and are culinary geniuses, others feel like criminals serving a life sentence of cooking. Still others would be happy to devote some time to cooking but can't allot any. One person is a culinary connoisseur, the other - is utterly unsusceptible to what she eats. One person adhere to some specific diet, the other will eat anything in any combinations.
Also depending the region your wife is from can have a significant affect on her style of cooking. Women from the far east city of Vladivostok will have strong Asian influences in their cooking. Women from Moscow and St. Petersburg will tend be be more Eurocentric.
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The women look extra hot and are densely concentrated in one big room, but that's where the advantages over ordinary life pretty much end for most of us. Everybody has their eyes focused on the top 20% of the hottest bodies moving around them like sleek, beautiful animals (and this goes for both the men AND the women). Because of this understandable fantasy phenomenon, the rest of us look lessened and low quality in the shadow of the visually hottest.For instance, if you happen to have the male disease of shortness like I do, you will seem that much shorter and perhaps even comical standing next to the towering, muscular Sven or his rap star look-alike buddy at the nightclub. Girls who would otherwise pick up a flirt in a grocery store isle will reject you in a heartbeat simply for failing to make that top 20% cut. It's an environment that requires a thick skin for casual rejection if you happen to strike an average pose, to say the least.With that in mind, here's 5 important things to know about successfully socializing within the fantasy universe of bars and clubs:1) The bar / club scene demands that you participate in the culture of what I call the "3-D's"... Dancing, Dressing, and the Displaying of attitude. You know what I'm talking about here and if you don't then you need to visit a few of these places and observe the dynamics going on for yourself. Guys who play the part expected of them by the foxy bar-queens that populate these places do the best. Whereas guys who stand around and watch, well... they stand around and watch. If these kinds of behaviors don't come natural to you, then you'll have to learn how to playact your way into this mindset because it's the only way that you'll have any sort of reasonable success-to-rejection ratio.Begin by frequenting some of the best places near you. Watch and study the "players" who seem to always have women buzzing around them. These guys did not simply show up one day and rule the roost
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As much as you think otherwise, there is no hard, verifiable proof that men are any more or less of a driver than a women. However, the actuaries at the car insurance companies charge differently. For so many men out there, it is hard to admit that his wife or his girlfriend is just as qualified or just as safe as they are. It is painful to realize but that is the truth. There is no proof that a woman is more of a risk.
The only way we can even begin to settle this debate is to look at the statistics. What the numbers show is that men are more likely to cause accidents, have a traffic ticket, more likely to speed, and much more likely to be involved in a fatal accident. That's the numbers people. Believe them. Here is a quote from the website Insurance.com's Vice President, Sam Belden,"All the evidence points to young males having riskier driving habits than young females. Men between the ages of 16 and 25 are much more likely to be involved in accidents, or be cited for traffic violations."
There was a risk analysis study funded by The American Auto Club, at Carnegie Mellon University in 2007, in part said, "men have a 77% higher risk of dying in an accident compared to women. The study, using information from both the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and the National Household Travel Survey estimated fatalities per 100 million trips to be 14.61 for men and 6.53 for women. The total number of fatalities between 1999 and 2005 were 175,094 for men and 82,371 women. Pure logic prevails in this matter. Have you ever been in the car with a young man between the age of 20-25? I am amazed that you survived to read this article. Very few young men are careful drivers. They do not have the skills to manage the road effectively. They have bad tempers and make very bad decisions. The insurance companies agree that young males make bad decisions and display their aggression in an open and direct way.
Young people will always pay more for car insurance just because they have no record of safe driving. But there are ways to keep those costs down. For example, ask you agent if there are any Safe Driving courses you could enroll your young ones in. Possibly they might learn some skills to help control their driving and develop into a safe driver. That is what we all want.
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Women are called the most beautiful creature in this world. That is why they are related to many terms of beauty, physically and mentally. Physical beauty includes the beauty of body and face, while mental beauty includes psychological condition, intelligence, and attitude or behavior. As one of the ways to explore women's abilities, beauty pageant combines physical beauty and mental beauty as requirements for women to get the genuine beauty.
Nowadays, you can easily see various types of beauty pageants, such as Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss USA, etc. Basically, all of beauty pageants have the some purpose, which is choosing the most beautiful woman who has some certain requirements. The requirements are usually called as 3B stands for brain, beauty, and behavior.
The first B is brain means that a woman should have good intelligence and has a broad knowledge. The second B is beauty that means a woman should have physical beauty, including the beauty of face, body, and all physical appearances. The last B is behavior that means a woman should have good personalities, attitude or behavior, and how she behaves and treats others.
Even some beauty pageants in some countries also require another one B that means brave. A beautiful woman not only should have brain, beauty, and behavior, but also should be brave to express herself and her mind to the world, since there will be many obstacles she will face when she is chosen as the most beautiful woman.
Actually, beauty pageant can be one of good ways to explore women's abilities. This event can show the women's existence and as a good way for women to reach self-actualization. They will make efforts to increase their abilities, broaden their knowledge, and care of others. They will more realize that to get the genuine beauty, they not only need physical beauty, but also other eternal beauties like intelligence and behavior.
Joining beauty pageant also can measure your abilities since you are going to meet many other competitors who also have good qualities in many ways. It can be a good motivator for you to always improve your abilities, not only to win the competition, but also as training to compete fairly. And of course, by joining this event, you are going to get many new friends, and it can be extra benefit for you.
Finally, as one of the ways to explore women's abilities, beauty pageant should be supported. Joining this event, even if you win the competition, can be pride for you as a woman. But however, you should always realize that the basic of this event is how to be a real beautiful woman who has the genuine beauty.
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Today's single mothers, married and working moms, and stay at home moms can all benefit from the government grants available for them. President Obama has a program designed to help these women improve their education through the effective use of financial grants. Women never seem to get a break when it comes to income, their paycheck never equals what a man earns, even when she works just as hard or her job is just as critical. Education may well be the answer to gaining a higher income, and becoming better educated is easier than ever now with the many options available to women today.
Whether she needs her General Equivalency Degree or a Masters Degree at a university, women are encouraged to apply for one or more of the federally funded grants available to them. Single and working mothers have the opportunity to better themselves and become better educated and this will not only give them the ability to better care for their families financially, it will enable them keep them off welfare programs and that is a big plus all the way around.
Those who are under educated find they have far fewer job options to select from. Working moms cannot ever get ahead if their only job option is a minimum wage position or some job in the fast food industry. Earning a degree enables them to have a career instead of just a job. Becoming better educated is the only way single working women can improve the lives for themselves and create a better life for their children, and some of the grants available now can help get that college degree that was otherwise unaffordable to the majority of working women.
Filling out the application for a grant can be done easily while applying for entrance at your choice of college or a university. Online courses are very popular with working women, enabling them to spend more of their valuable time with their children, while studying from home.
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Low libido's with women is more common than you think. This condition affects women universally and is considered a form of sexual dysfunction. Many mitigating factors can cause this condition and the cause stems from psychological reasons to physical reasons.
This condition affects both men and women more often than one can imagine. Men and women both suffer from low libidos but both experience different treatment strategies in trying to overcome this sometimes shameful problem.
Women are suffering from this condition more commonly within our society and research has shown that a woman will experience a low libido problem even if only minimally once in her life. This condition can stem from numerous issues. As stated earlier in this article both psychological and physical issues can cause this condition.
I would like to discuss the psychological factors which can cause this condition. Some women tire easily and this can therefore cause low libido problems for the woman if experiencing serious fatigue will not have the desire for sex with her partner. Some women suffer from abuse or have suffered from abuse. Stress and depression are very common factors which cause this condition and if a woman is not sure with her sexuality, this can create serious problems within the bedroom.
Physical factors which can greatly influence this condition are numerous. I will touch upon some of the more common physical factors which are associated with female sexual dysfunction and low libido problems. Thyroid problems can be a domino affect of many things and a woman's sex drive is not excluded from being affected by thyroid problems.
Thyroid problems can cause weight gain issues which is more times to none caused by hypothyroidism and weight gain on top of an obvious physical problem such as this is not going to aid a woman in wanting to have sex in fact, this problem will aid the woman in not feeling good about themselves and with self-esteem problems thrown into this mix, it's a no win situation for a woman.
If you are on medications, you should research the side affects associated with the medications which you are currently taking. Some side effects of particular medications do include low libido problems. You will want to discuss this with your medical doctor who can aid you with reviewing other medications which will not include this horrible side affect.
This is a hard thing for anyone to admit but let's face it; if your partner is no longer sexually appealing, women will not have sex with them. This is not unlike what men experience as well. If you are experiencing drug usage, you will want to review your life and make the life changing decision in stopping your illegal drug activity. You can speak to your medical doctor about finding treatment therapies which will not only aid you with your low libido problems but improving the overall aspect of your life.
There are many treatments available for women who suffer from low sex drives. The treatments available can be both non-medical as well as medical. Non-medical treatments can include improving the communication methods between both you and your sexual partner. Institute some life changes will prove positive first and foremost for yourself but your family as a whole. Try gaining the help of a therapist or counselor. Sometimes it aids greatly in having someone from the outside looking in to give you a new prospective.
Low libido problems can stem from medical conditions which are out of your hands. You need to speak frankly and openly with your medical doctor who can aid in developing a treatment plan to address this issue.
Your doctor might recommend Estrogen Therapy which includes usage of creams, gels or tablets. Androgen Therapy is actually male hormones which include testosterone this will over time increase your sex drive. Progestin therapy is a hormone which works with estrogen. This hormone is not only administered strictly for sexual dysfunction in fact, the research is mixed on this particular hormone. You can also try herbal remedies which have been reported as successful in arousing the sex drive of women as well as increasing the ability to orgasm.
There have been many great breakthroughs with research into the libidos of women. The medical community has now embraced this obvious issue with women which are why medical professionals in dealing with the low libido issues of women are seeking more conventional and natural ways. If you are suffering form, low libido issues please seek the help of a medical professional while speaking openly about your signs and symptoms.
Having a low sex drive can create a dramatic impact on you and your significant other. If you are experiencing a low sex drive, do not worry for there are natural ways of dealing with low sex drives in association with sexual dysfunctions in women. Check out http://www.her-libido.com to find out more.
Women in the United States of America today encounter economic discrimination in the workplace, even though there is legislation which stipulates that women and men be paid the same wages for the same job. In short, women's work is often not valued as highly as that of men. If men are in general better educated than women, so the argument goes, then it is inevitable that they do a better on the job than women. One way in which this trend of sexist thinking and practice can be reversed is through the education of more and more women beyond their high school years.
The current economic crisis sweeping through America makes it exceedingly difficult for those who are low on finances to contemplate pursuing higher degrees at a college or university. Recognizing the necessity and value of a higher education qualification, President Barack Obama is willing to support the nation's women to go to college or university to get themselves educated in their field of choice. The President has charged his administration to come to the support of America's struggling women and mothers who desire a higher education by offering free federal scholarship grants running into billions of dollars every year.
Women who are American citizens above 18 years of age can now apply for up to $10,000 in scholarship funds. These funds are chiefly meant to support them in paying for tuition as well as contributing to other expenses. So it is really just a matter of going online and applying for your scholarship grant. And since it is tax free, you do not even have to pay any of it back! Apply now, and do your bit to put an end to discrimination against women anywhere.
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There are many scholarships to be found ,but there are specific scholarships for women in a variety of fields. Finding funding for school can be difficult, so you need to look into as many funding options as possible, and if you are female, then scholarships for women should be one of your first searches.
Scholarships for older women are offered from the AARP foundation. The scholarships from AARP are to be used by those that struggle financially and are looking for additional training, further job skill development and additional education so that the woman can better support her family. In order to be eligible you must have a low to moderate income, be older than 40 and be accepted in an accredited college or university.
Some scholarships available from the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation include community action grants, fellowships to go conduct postdoctoral research, selected professions graduate scholarships, professional fellowships, dissertation fellowships, postgraduate fellowships, fellowships for international students studying in a US university, American dissertation fellowships and career development grants.
If you are in the medical field then the American Medical Women's Association offers scholarships that can help you finance your medical education. There is additional information offered on their website, Amwa-doc. Org. All information on applications, deadlines and eligibility are there.
There are many scholarships for women available from the Association for Women Geoscientists Foundation. These scholarships are specifically for those women in the field of geosciences and include the William Rucker Greenwood graduate of College Scholarship, Puget Sound chapter scholarships for undergraduate or graduate geosciences majors and the Chrysalis scholarships for graduate students. Your location is also important for these scholarships as for some of them you must be studying in a Western Washington State University.
If you are in a communications field of advertising, graphic arts, marketing, journalism, public relations or more then the Association for Women in Communications have several scholarships available. If you are interested in computing then there is a scholarship available from the Association for Women in Computing.
If you are in any science fields then there are many different scholarships for women and awards available from the Association for Women in Science. There are several awards depending on your field as well as other professional and research scholarships. When looking for scholarships for women you should check with your university, local organizations as well as performing online searches. There are some excellent scholarship databases. Finding scholarships will take time but there are many out there for you to apply for.
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Women between the ages of 18 and 55 -- you -- shell out 25 to 50 percent more than men for identical health insurance. Ludicrous, we know.But last Tuesday the health-care industry offered to help a sister out by not charging women higher premiums than men. (This is after insurers said in November that they would accept all customers, regardless of illness or disability, if Congress required all citizens to have health coverage. In March, they took the next step and offered to stop charging higher premiums to sick people.) But like all good things, there's a catch: We'd all have to buy our own insurance as a way to avoid a universal health-care system.Doctor, Doctor Give Me the NewsAt a Senate hearing earlier this month, Karen M. Ignagni, president of America's Health Insurance Plans, claimed her trade group would close the gap in coverage costs for women if they purchased individual insurance. The gesture comes as a defense against the Obama administration's proposed universal health-care plan, which would have the government and the insurance industry competing for clients.Obviously, there are pros and cons to both sides. Under a universal health-care plan, people worry about the quality of health care or having to wait months for a doctor's visit. (Just ask our neighbors to the North about their government-run system.) But it'd be free*. Without the creation of a universal health-care plan, you'd be paying monthly fees for insurance whose quality you'd be able to select.Here's to Your HealthWhy do women pay more for health care? Because we take better care of ourselves. Keep reading after the jump.From the NY Times article: "In interviews last fall, insurance executives said they had a sound reason for the different premiums: Women ages 19 to 55 tend to cost more than men of the same age because they typically use more health care, especially in the childbearing years. Moreover, insurers said women were more likely to visit doctors, to get regular checkups, to take prescription medications and to have certain chronic illnesses." Yep.If you're a 30-year-old woman in Florida, for example, Blue Cross Blue Shield will charge you $109 to $133 a month under its Cover Florida plan. A man of the same age would only pay from $92 to $116. We'll let you fantasize about what you could do with that extra $40 a month if only you hadn't been born a girl.Flickr, the doctrAnd sadly, high insurance is keeping many women from being covered. A new study by the Commonwealth Fund further confirms the scary trend. About 70 percent, or 63.8 million, of working-age women in the U.S. have no insurance, too little insurance, have medical debt or skimped on care because of costs. Just 59 percent, or 51.9 million, of working-age men are in a similar boat.Women Check UpHere's what some women have to say about the health-care reform options being presented.Sarah thinks something needs to be done to make sure more women are covered, but doesn't know if universal health care is the answer:"I'm not sure I'm interested in, for the sake of equality, moving to a universal system where the quality of overall health care takes a hit. In Canada, for instance, people often cross the border to seek quality, timely treatments because they aren't always available in Canada. In terms of charging women higher rates than men, we see discriminating practices in other areas, and for good reason. Young men are charged higher car insurance rates than young women."Christine would rather have more options for coverage than a government-run system:"I have yet to see a model for 'universal' health care that I would want to emulate in the U.S. But I think part of the problem is that we often have no choice or very little choice in our insurance plans or what they cover. Why is it that I can pick any number of home or car insurance plans and decide on things like deductible, collision coverage, etc., but I can have no such choices with health insurance, or a very limited choice?" P.s. EasyToInsureME offers clients the easiest way to buy individual health insurance. Free services include instant online health insurance quotes, custom proposals for each client, free phone consultation, and 10-minute application by phone. Our services are free because we are paid by the health insurance company not by our clients.
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In the book Women and Small Business author gives all the guidelines and tools need to start, operate and succeed in a business of their own. In the mentioned book she tried in the fist part to explain how has changed the role of women in the world along centuries. In the second part she researched all neccesary abbilities of women who like to start up their own business,make differences among women and men owners and gave advices to them.Additionaly, she made some very important questions which need answers for all prospective owners,as following:
What is my reason for starting a business? What type of business can I start? What skills, interests, and personal qualities will I bring to the business? What are my strengths and weaknesses as a business owner? What fears must I overcome?
In the third part she gave Case study based on MS Project which could be on a special use for their business ideas from the very beginning to their realisation in praxis.This information will help them form some opinions about the overall climate and how their idea might fare given current conditions. As they become more convinced of its potential, they can delve deeper into specifics that will ultimately become part of a formal business plan. Everything they discover will contribute to their idea's potential for success Dr Mirjana Radovic pointed that ideas are the currency of entrepreneurs and therefore they must play with many ideas and see which ones bring money and success. The reality is that some businesses may not be profitable enough to provide a living. Other business ideas simply aren't marketable in some trade area or there might be too much competition already. They may or may not have enough capital to get the business off the ground or to secure adequate business financing. So this book provides the tools with which to make decision whether or not to open own small business.
In the fourth part of the study she presented the latest results of researching related to women leaders and their position in the business world,i.e. how does people look at ( divided into sex,ages and level of education) women leaders and if they trust them.She compared results of one of the latest researching in the USA with the results in Serbia and Montenegro.Her scientific task was to make some conclusions and to point out some special characteristics of Balkan region .In the fifth part of the book she wrote about some limitation in achiving business success-Enterprenurial Phobia,Intuition and Managers desease among women.Finally,she gave some key points of her researching work and presented conclusion with the stress on the future position of women engagement in the business, where was long domination of men.
Dr Radovic has spent over twenty years as a scientist.She has been a professor,a researcher and an author of eight books devoted to business management and enerprenuarship.Also,Dr.Radovic has written numerous articles ,reviews and essays in a number of professional journals and popular magazines. A native of Belgrade, she holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Belgrade University, Faculty of Economics. In 1982, she earned her Master?s Degree in Theoretical Economy and eventually a PhD in Economics from Belgrade University. She guest lectured at a number of universities, foundations and institutes in Moscow, The Hague, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, St Paul, Atlanta, Portland, and New Orleans. She won a scholarship from the United Nations twice - to attend Lomonosow University (Russia) and Kerala University (India).This year she got invitation to teach students in Japan and India.Currenty ,she is adjunct professor at F.Dickinson University,NJ.Lacrosse University,MO and Akamai University,Hawaii.
New York City, NY November 14, 2003 --The Asia Society is hosting a Citigroup sponsored panel discussion on Nov. 20, titled, โ€œEmpowering Women in Asia: The Urgent Need for Higher Educationโ€ to discuss the establishment of the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh, and the critical need for making higher education more accessible to women in Asia.
Women represent half of Asia's burgeoning population. Yet throughout much of Asia, and South, Southeast and West Asia in particular, girls and women have traditionally been caught in a cycle of disadvantage. They are valued less as members of their communities and little is invested in developing their individual talents and potential. Nevertheless, study after study irrefutably indicates that when women are educated and participate in important decisions about their own lives and the lives of their families, quality of life improves. In basic ways, women's contributions affect national prosperity.
Economic development is a critical issue in Asia today, for the well-being of its citizens, as equal partners in an increasingly interdependent global economy, and to assure social progress and peace in the region and the world.
Panelists will focus on the role that higher education plays in improving prospects for women and, by extension, social and economic equity in the region. They will discuss the experiences of women's universities in Asia, the urgency for making higher education more accessible for women in the 21st century, and the prospects and challenges for establishing the new Asian University for Women.
The panelists include: Hanna Holborn Gray, President Emeritus, University of Chicago; Sang Chang, President Emeritus, Ewha Womans University, South Korea, and former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea; Patricia Licuanan, President, Miriam College, Philippines and Chair of the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing); and Stephen J. Friedman, Chairman, Asian University for Women Support Foundation. The moderator Vishakha Desai is Senior Vice President, and Director of the Museum and Cultural Programs, Asia Society.
Stephen J. Friedman, Chairman of the Asian University for Women Support Foundation stated, โ€œGiven our current global situation, it is so important to raise awareness in the United States about the transformative economic and social effects investing in women's education and leadership capacities can have at the local and national levels. We are immensely pleased with the enthusiastic international support we have for establishing the Asian University for Women.โ€
For more information:
http://www.asian-university.org
Contact: kdasgupta@asian-university.org
Phone: (212) 493-3996
What is the mission of AUW and when was it founded? AUW prepares women of high ability and potential to meet society’s challenges and effect positive change through an innovative rigorous curriculum that encompasses the liberal arts, sciences, and professional training, and develops thoughtful and ethical leaders. The first group of undergraduate students will begin studies in August 2009. Similarly, AUW’s Access Academy is the college preparatory programme, the first group began in March 2008 and will finish in July 2009, and then join the undergraduate class. Is there a need for an all-women’s university in the 21st century? I think that in areas of the world where women have been oppressed for so long, a safe place where women are nurtured as leaders before engaging fully with the world is still important. AUW educates only women but the faculty comprises both men and women and the curriculum will be very much focused on realworld issues. So, our curriculum ensures that students are actively engaged with the community outside the classroom. Finally, it is important that in a women’s university, we value women in a way that most co-ed institutions and society still don’t. How many students have been enrolled and from which countries? The first class of the Access Academy had 129 students from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Cambodia and Sri Lanka. We are currently admitting from these countries for our next session, and as well as from Vietnam, Bhutan, People’s Republic of China, Malaysia and Myanmar, among others. What is the admission criterion and are there any scholarships? AUW is accepting students aged 17-26, who have completed 12 years of school with acceptable marks in secondary school exams and who have demonstrated a desire to lead and contribute to their societies. At least 50% of the students will receive need-based financial support. What are the key courses being offered? Students will receive training in humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, with an emphasis on problemsolving and evidencebased learning. Currently, AUW offers majors in literature and women’s studies, politics, philosophy, economics, biological sciences, computer science and information technology. To empower women, is it enough to just educate them or also teach them vocational skills to make them financially independent? Can you elaborate on the university’s role? AUW aims to connect classroom learning with real-life experiences and offers a liberal arts education in conjunction with socially applicable graduate and professional training. What is the key lesson that the university imparts to the women? That they have the ability to become thoughtful and ethical leaders to meet society’s challenges and effect positive change in their lives, community and the world. It is called the Asian University for Women,Universities IndiaWhat made you all decide to locate it in Bangladesh? Bangladesh’s history of state and private sector commitment to advancing education, as well as its secular political culture and a number of notable NGOs involved in women’s empowerment, provided an excellent context for AUW. Additionally, the Bangladesh government has been very supportive of AUW’s vision and has granted 100+ acres of land to the university, while also signing a farreaching and empowering charter, ensuring academic freedom and institutional autonomy which is critical to the success of the university’s mission.
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There is no single man who would not want to meet a woman who is beautiful, intelligent, educated, fit, stylish and sexy.
All men want a girlfriend like this!
The problem is there are not many girls possessing those qualities that are unattached and available. Girls like this usually have a string of admirers and an attitude. You might even think they are out of your league.
Think again!
In your country, this may be trueโ€ฆ But the world is so much bigger than that! In some countries, things are exactly the opposite way around: there is a huge shortage of nice, intelligent and stable single men!
Take Eastern Europe for example: the latest statistics from The Economist show that in places like Russia and Ukraine there are only 88 men for 100 women! In Russia alone, there are 10 million more women than men!
It means there are TEN MILLION WOMEN that will NEVER find a partner!
Historically, during 20th century, women in Russia always outnumbered men, with World War 2 that took lives of 20 million Soviet people, and other 20 million people that died in Stalin's concentration camps. 90% of them were men.
At that time, for a Russian woman, simply having a man was a blessing!
This created a unique situation between the genders where women were forced to perfect their looks in order to find and keep a mate.
Check Russian dating sites: you will find there thousands beautiful girls that are looking for a partner: well groomed, fashionable and stylish, they will leave you breathless.
Read about their education and you will be stunned: most of them possess advanced university degrees.
Don't be surprised: about 60% of people in Russia have college or university degrees, others have completed at least 2-year professional training. The system of professional education was inherited from the Soviet times, where young people were required to attend professional training after completing the mandatory high school qualification. They don't have equivalents of associate or honors degrees, and the person has to complete at least 4-year degree, or they don't receive ANY qualification. This is how the state convinces young people to complete their studies. (By the way, education and medical are still f*r*e*e in Russia.)
On Russian dating sites, you will find thousands women that are beautiful, intelligent, educated, fit, stylish and sexy โ€" and at the same time unattached and available.
And they are looking for nice, intelligent and stable guys - just like you!
The bad news is, you will never be able to meet themโ€ฆ
Why?!
Because you never look at Russian dating sites. You have this attitude that โ€œmail order bridesโ€ are something a decent man will never consider: it is only desperate losers that would look for a partner at such sites. You read in press horror stories about โ€œmail order bridesโ€ and this phrase is strongly connected in your mind with such topics as violence, abuse, sexual exploitation, trafficking in women and immigration scams. You believe that men that seek wives abroad simply cannot find anybody in their own country and seek obedient, submissive wives. Do you?
Well, then you are for a wake up call. There is no such a thing as โ€œRussian mail order bridesโ€ โ€" no more than there is Santa Claus!
There are Russian women seeking suitable partners. Those women are not desperate to leave their country and are proud of their inheritance and culture. They are educated, intelligent, and smart. They are not going to become intimate submissives or maids. They will not tolerate infidelity or abuse. They truly seek SUITABLE partners and will not jump on anybody, just to get out of their misery.
In fact, they do NOT consider their life miserable! On her average salary, a Russian woman can afford to attend live performances and beauty saloons a few times a month, buy best-selling books, latest fashion and Italian shoes.
Actually, I used to have much more exciting life in Russia with overseas vacations and quality entertainment than I have now, living in the west!
The same is applicable to many Russian women seeking partners abroad. They are articulate, sophisticated, well read and well traveled.
Obedient, submissive โ€œRussian mail order bridesโ€ do not exist!
You don't have to believe my word.
Read what American men say about that:
http://www.womenrussia.com/eight_reasons.htm
P.S. Personally, I hate this label โ€œmail order bridesโ€. I believe it is a disgrace to imply a human being can be ordered as an item, and the sacred companionship of marriage may be purchased as an electrical toothbrush from mail order catalog.
C'mon guys! So called โ€œmail order bridesโ€ services do not sell women. They sell access to contact information of their members, that's it โ€" just like you join a local singles club and they give you contact details of people that may be interested in meeting you. Russian dating agencies also have socials like speed dating services where interested men and women can meet each other. Only men and women, themselves, decide whom they want to date. You cannot buy a bride!
It is 21st century, pals!
Wake up โ€" and smell the roses! :-))
Elena Petrova is well known in the Russian dating industry by her website Russian Brides Cyber Guide (http://www.womenrussia.com), which is an informational source about Russia and Russian women. Check Elena's latest e-book "How To Find And Marry A Girl Like Me" (http://www.womenrussia.com/book) and see what kind of women you can meet at so called "mail order brides" websites!
NEW YORK February 26, 2004--While much of the media emphasis focuses on men as leaders in the entertainment industry, four women at BET are blazing new territory. The collective contributions of this foursome have made BET the most successful Africanโ€"American network in the history of television. Debra Lee, Kelli Richardson Lawson, Nina Henderson Moore and Gina Holland are enterprising business leaders in every sense of the definition. And while industry analysts may categorize them and BET in a singular category, each executive is rapidly bringing individual distinction to their careers, responsibilities and places in the network's history.
BET's successful saga in television has proven to be fertile ground for women contributors almost since the network was founded in 1980. Currently, women comprise 62% percent of BET's 300-plus employees nationwide, with more than 31% percent of management positions also occupied by women, 5% of them at the vice president level and higher.
As the prototypical corporate leader and the highest-ranking African-American woman inside BET's parent company Viacom, Debra Lee's achievements as the network's President and Chief Operating Officer and her numerous accolades from across the cable industry make her one of this country's most respected business executives. Lee began her BET career 17 years ago as the Executive Vice President of Strategic Business Development. During her tenure, Lee's many roles have included corporate secretary; Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the legal affairs department; and President and Publisher of BET's publishing division. The outside world also gets to share in Lee's business and philanthropic prowess in role on the boards of directors of several corporate, industry and civic organizations, including Eastman Kodak Company, Washington Gas & Light Company, Genuity Inc., Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Girls Inc., National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center's Community & Friends Board, National Women's Law Center and others. Lee is also the recent recipient of several prestigious awards such as the 2003 Positively Visionary Award from Cable Positive, 2003 Quasar Award from the National Association of Minorities in Communications and the 2001 Woman of the Year Award from Women in Cable and Telecommunications to name a few.
It's no surprise that Washingtonian Magazine named Lee one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Washington, further solidifying her image as an African-American leader of great accomplishment. Lee graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in political science with an emphasis in Asian politics. She also earned her jurist doctorate at Harvard Law School, while simultaneously earning her masters degree in public policy from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
As Executive Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Communications, Kelli Richardson Lawson manages seven different departments โ€" market research, graphic arts & design, off-channel marketing, corporate communications, creative services, special events and public affairs. In only seven short years, her leadership has helped drive the network to its highest ratings in BET history. The channel's ratings success can be directly traced to Lawson's creation of a full-fledged marketing department within the company in 1999, ratings are up 33% since that strategic decision was made. In addition, she's led major initiatives in the community by developing BET's first major pro-social campaign, โ€œRap-It-Up,โ€ which addresses the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in the African-American community. Officially launched in 2000, this award-winning program includes strategic programming, public service announcements, a toll-free information number, website and HIV testing nationwide.
As if she didn't have enough on her plate, Lawson recently achieved a personal entrepreneurial milestone by launching a new upscale maternity boutique for the Washington, DC area, catering to the style-conscious mother-to-be. 9 maternity celebrates pregnancy through sophisticated and chic clothing. Lawson earned her bachelor's degree in economics from Howard University and completed post-graduate work at the Center for Creative Leadership.
The driving force behind BET's critically-acclaimed News, Public Affairs and Documentary programming is Executive Vice President Nina Henderson Moore. With a noteworthy career in entertainment, Henderson Moore's responsibilities not only include serving as one of the country's few female news chief executives, but also managing BET's acquisitions of syndicated programming and movies. Before taking the reins of her current division, she was President and Chief Operating Officer of BET Pictures, the only African-American owned film studio in the nation with a historic 13 made-for-television movies to its credit.
Henderson Moore has also served as Vice President of BET Movies/Starz!, an all-Black movie channel in partnership with Encore Media. Her wide-ranging career includes prior positions as President of the Griot Group, Executive Director of the Boston Cable Co-op and various roles in marketing with IBM, Chase Manhattan Bank and Cox Cable. She holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and earned her MBA from Harvard Business School.
In perhaps the most male-dominated areas in television, Gina Holland shines as Senior Vice President of Production and Technical Operations, overseeing BET network production, technical facilities and entertainment programming as the company's top West Coast-based executive. Tops on her list of BET credits is the design of cutting-edge digital production facilities for the network's units in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and New York. Holland's first association with BET began in 1990 as Director of Production where she managed the entire production staff; oversaw all remote-location projects; and coordinated both the creative and technical aspects of BET's Emmy-nominated A Tribute of Black Music Legends (1995).
One of the most challenging tasks in Holland's career came after she departed BET in 1996 to join NBC as Manager of Production and Technical Services. In that role during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, she managed the technical portions of all Olympic television and radio broadcasts to the tune of 160 technical personnel, 80 cameras, 11 foreign broadcast clients, eight mobile production units and countless on-air graphics stations. Holland's NBC tenure stretched from 1996-2000 where she was also an integral player in a number of wildly successful NBC productions including Seinfeld: The Finale, ER's โ€œLiveโ€ 1997 season premiere, The Today Show and The Tonight Show. She rejoined BET in 2000 as Vice President of Production and Technical Operations. A graduate of Bowling Green State University, she also runs her own production company, Making our Mark Entertainment, Inc.
BET continues to break new ground by broadening and diversifying an entire genre of music, entertainment, news, sports and public affairs programming for African-Americans โ€" a feat that some current networks are trying to duplicate. With these leading women executive playing critical roles, BET has delivered six consecutive seasons of record-setting ratings, and now reaches an all-time high 78 million homes. While their names aren't exactly household words, their numerous achievements and contributions have left indelible marks on BET and the entertainment industry. These women aren't just powerful influences and leaders, they're each pioneers in their own respect.
ABOUT BET
BET, a subsidiary of Viacom, Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), is the nation's leading television network providing quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs programming for the African-American audience. The BET Network reaches approximately 78 million households according to Nielsen Media Research, and can be seen in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. BET is a dominant consumer brand in the urban marketplace with a diverse group of branded businesses: BET.com, the Number 1 Internet portal for African Americans; BET Digital Networks โ€" BET Jazz, BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Event Productions, specializing in a full range of event production services, including event management, venue selection, talent recruitment, sound, lighting and stage production; and BET Books, the nation's leading publisher of African-American themed romance novels under the Arabesque Books label, and publisher of new imprints Sepia and New Spirit.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN April 23, 2004 -โ€" Hine is currently a John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of History at Michigan State University. She completed her graduate studies at Kent State University, earning an M.A. in 1970, followed by a Ph.D. (1985). Hine has lectured for over 35 years, largely at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana and Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan.
In September, Hine joins the board of trustees of African American Studies at Northwestern University, where she will create and build a graduate (Ph.D.) program in the same field. โ€œI will be working to ensure scholarships and fellowships for those individuals interested in the study of African Americans. I want our young men and women to come, study, and do graduate work at Northwestern. My goal is to ensure positions for our graduates,โ€ Hine says.
Hine is the author of a two-volume set touted by many librarians to be the most frequently requested library reference guide in the United States: Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia.
This fall, Oxford University Press releases the revised, expanded and enlarged edition of this encyclopedia. The new release is a three-volume set and includes over 750 images that support reference entries.
She has edited and written widely on black history, and particularly on black women as related to the nursing profession and the Midwest. Other works authored by Hine include โ€œAfrican-American Odysseyโ€ (Addison Wesley, 2002), โ€œA Shining Thread of Hopeโ€ (Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1999), and โ€œHine Sight: Black Women and the Reconstruction of American Historyโ€ (Indiana University Press, 1997). She has also co-edited numerous anthologies, including a 16-volume set on African American history.
Upcoming from Hine, in addition to her revised Black Women in America encyclopedia, is a book titled, โ€œFreedom is Our Business: The Black Professional Class and the Origins of the Civil Movement.โ€ This particular title is 25-years in the making and would have been finished long ago, according to Hine, had it not been for Indianapolis primary school teacher, Shirley Herd, issuing her a challenge in the early 1970s.
At that time, Herd was president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), Indianapolis Chapter; and, Hine was faculty in the history department at Purdue University. Herd's chapter of the NCNW wanted to produce for its organization a history project of African American women's experiences and contributions in Indiana.
According to Hine, Herd challenged her to tell the story of the history of these African American women. Hine recalls, โ€œThe only black women we ever studied were Phyllis Wheatley, Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner Truth. And none of them lived in Indiana!โ€
Hine goes on to say, โ€œShirley challenged me at a time in my life when I assured her, even as faculty in a history department, that I knew nothing about black history [emphasis Hines. She is responsible for turning me into an historian. I have her to thank for that.โ€
This exchange eventually led to Hine's first major publication in the field African American women's history, โ€œWhen the Truth is Told: A History of Black Women's Culture and Community in Indiana, 1874-1950 (1981),โ€ and โ€œBlack Women in the Middle West Projectโ€ (Indiana Historical Bureau, 1985).
Even as prominent Indianapolis businesswomen and philanthropists gather to pay their respects and offer their thanks to Hine for her work blazing new paths for โ€" and understanding of โ€" African Americans and their history, Hine is deliberate in her acknowledgement of her mentor in Herd, and her motivation as a historian.
โ€œI am eager to tell the stories of the lives and professions of black women, from a historical perspective. This country has survived this long, I believe, because of the black woman. And our daughters -- and our granddaughters โ€" have been paying attention.โ€
Today, we have Hine to thank for blazing the path in the field of African American Studies, and particularly the study of African American women. And, like Hine, we have a local school teacher to thank for issuing a challenge to study. Hine has surely risen to the challenge.
Note to Editors: Digital photos are available upon request.
Due to the large number of working spouses resisting their partner's assignment abroad, employers have realized the need to provide solutions to reduce this resistance. Fortunately, along with globalization and the Internet have come chances for trailing partners, e.g. starting your own business as a portable career or embarking on an open-learning concept.
Despite initial resistance, experienced expatriates like to pass on this advice: there will never be a dull moment and time flies. Although you may not be able to imagine at first, there are many chances to get a busy life.
Finding a job as a spouse does not automatically imply happiness in some places and you may be much better off with alternatives you never ever considered in the first place. All you need to do is to adjust your expectations and to realize that success does not always come with money!
First I would like to remind all of you that this may be the perfect time to plan for a baby! The quality of life for a mother (or father) in Asia is tremendously increased by the opportunity to engage a live-in maid or even a nanny. You do not have to miss out on night life nor are you restricted from traveling. Just take along the maid and the baby.
And there is still plenty of time for you to try the following options, which may look equally attractive in your CV or resume and offer new experiences:
Take a Degree or Course Online
Google the following keywords
• Medical courses
• The British Council
• Open University (Singapore and Hong Kong)
• International Center for Distance Learning
• Master of Business Administration (University of Durham)
• Real Estate US
• US Paralegal Studies
• University of London-External Programs
• Sheffield Hallam University UK
• International Center for Distance Learning
• Thames Center for Open Learning Singapore
• Jones International
• St. George's University
• Accounting, IT, Securities
• Get Educated
• E-Learners
• European Languages Online
• Japanese Online
• Chinese Online / California State University
• Cartoon and Design Online Larkford Community Center Canberra
• Art Online / University of Pittsburg
• Global Center for Women's Studies and Politics
Take Up A New Hobby
• Sing in a choir
• Master a new sport
• Learn a new skill
Help the Less Fortunate
• Organize charity events for your children's school
• Become a volunteer
Engage in Clubs and Schools
• Join the Parent Teacher Association
• Organize a local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)
• Become active in women's/business clubs
• Give talks about your hobby or job or home country
Teach a Special Skill
What you may have taken up once by yourself in your country to enjoy can turn into a much asked for skill to teach locals or other expatriates.
Set Up Your Own Business
• Become a freelance writer
• Write a book
• Create your own web site
• Become a web master
• Learn the local language and culture and become a tour guide
I think that it is easier to find a date on line than all the other places. The Japanese sites online of dating had thundered to connect all the Asian men and single women the ones with the others. In fact, there is many service interracial of dating these last years. The Asian women seeking of the black men and the white men were popular in America. Thus, the research of the women of Japan and the single girls on line is a piece of cake. There is not no need to wait to obtain a date. There is no fee to join to find during a date. The Japanese women for the dating and the marriage wait to meet their companion on line. You should find your other half today.
When taking a bus of subway at the university day to day in New York. There are many girls of university at the school with flirt with. However, it is not easy as you think. I am on average looking at and I am timid. It is too difficult that I ask a girl to leave. I can write words as many because possible but open it is so difficult to ask a girl for me. From the point of view of timidity, I miss a chance. Thus, I did not date any girl during my two years from the university. I surf on line and found some sites Asian of dating which have thousands of members with beautiful girls and Japanese single women. I think that it is easy and simple to join these Asian sites of dating. Thus, I joined some services of dating and found a friend Asian.
When I am informed of the articles concerning the Japanese chooses Asian services of dating, there are thousands of Japan chooses seek the love on these sites. The majority of these girls of Tokyo seek for the love and the romance of people of the country chooses or around the world. Some of these single women of Japan are so pretty and sexy. Thus, I wonder why they seek the love on line. They can seek the Japanese friends, the correspondents, the associates, the companions of heart of the school, the parks, the clubs, and other Social services. Why do they have to go on line to seek during a date? I have to think of this exit and appears the reason outside. The research of the love and the relationship on line is easier than all the other places. We can lazy sit us on the sofa while surfing for a man or an single woman Japanese right. It is the fantastic one about the dating on line in Tokyo.
The world looked at the Japanese women with a difference that other Asian women, such as the Chinese women, the women of Thailand, the women of Philippines, and others. The primary reason is Japan is a developed nation and the higher country in Asia in terms of economic scenes, electronics, and others. The glances of the world to a Japanese girl in a different glance is because Japan is the best country in Asia. I am a Japanese type which lives in New York City, close to city of China. I grew here with my parents who worked full-time to support me and my brother who go to the university. I am luckier than other students of American Native because the majority of them must pay their instruction by loans of student and other programs. I grew in the United States but my spirit always thinks of the culture of Japan.
FAMOUS WOMEN: MISS UNIVERSE 1977
By Alejandro Guevara Onofre
1977 was the year of the Snake in the Chinese Horoscope. Certainly, was a good year for those people who were born in the years 1929, 1941 and 1953.Trinidad Tobago has been known as one of the most beautiful countries in the Third World, but the Caribbean Island is also the birthplace of the first black Miss Universe Pageant in the History. Her name: Janelle Penny Commissiong.
In 1953 Janelle "Penny" Commissiong, the daughter of Venezuelan mother and Trinidadian father, came into the world in Port of Spain, Trinidad Tobago, a country very famous for its music and athletes as Ato Bolton and Hasely Crawford. In the 1960s she moved with her family to the United States.
In New York City, she studied fashion designer at the Fashion Institute of Technology. But she returned to Port of Spain in 1976, year where Miss Trinidad and Tobago, Margaret Elizabeth McFarlane, won the Miss Congeniality Title. Next year, Janelle Commissiong had been selected to represent the Island at the 1977 Miss Universe Competition in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
During the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant Miss TT was very popular, but was not favorite for the title. Miss Austria, Eva Maria Duringer, was a big favorite until last second.She looks like Farrah Fawcett, an actress best known for her role on Tv's Charly Angel's in the 1970s.Other favorites were Miss Colombia, Aura Maria Mojica, an exotic girl from Cali; and Miss Nicaragua, Beatriz Lacayo Obregon, a spectacular Latin Barbie from Managua. But none favorite did not speak English very well.
Miss Trinidad-Tobago was elected Miss Photogenic 4 days before the final. She was the second black woman to win the award in the Miss Universe History. On July 16th, in the National Theater of Santo Domingo, Janelle Commissiong was awesome in the semifinal and final. It was a very good day for her. Miss Austria did not show the same talent compared to Miss TT. Minutes later Janelle Commissiong was crowded Miss Universe.
Miss Trinidad and Tobago attracted international attention in 1977 because she was crowded as the first black in the chronology of Miss Universe. At the end of the transmission, via satellite, the Trinidadian celebrated the triumph of Janelle Commissiong. Port of Spain was a carnival. Every newspaper had the same story. The New York Times said that "Miss Universe 1977 was a black bombshell". Certainly, the world did not have a black Miss Universe until 1977.
There were 12 judges: Oscar de La Renta (Dominican designer), Dionne Warwick (American singer), Gordon Parks (American photographer), Roberto Cavalli (designer from Italy), Marisol Malaret (formerly Miss Universe), Wihelmina (designer from the Netherlands) and other personalities. When Janelle was crowded as Miss Universe, Dionne Warwick said "I felt as If I had won".
After her reign, she had an interview with Joaquin Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic (a fan of Miss Universe Pageant) in the National Palace. Like Miss Universe, she visited many nations around the world: from Iceland, Argentina, Hong Kong, Peru, Puerto Rico to the United States.
In 1978 Janelle went to Chile, where she was a special judge at the "Miss Beaches of South American". During her reign, she had been an advocate for black's rights and the world peace. She wants to meet with Idi Amin Dada, one of the worst dictators of the 20th Century.
Like Roberto Clemente, Mary Eugenia Charles, Marlene Ottey, Billy Ocean and Tim Duncan, She is an icon in the Caribbean…
Since the days of old, women have been the target of a lot of attention in the lives of societies. In old Greek, Roman, and Indian societies, the status of women was poor. They did not enjoy the same legal rights as men. They were outcast and looked at with contempt. The famous Indian leader Jawaharlal Nehru says in his book The Discovery of India:
The legal status of women in the Laws of Manu was poor and doubtful.
In Medieval times the humanness and constitution of women was subject of doubt; it was questionable whether they had souls like men or not? Or whether theirs were like animal souls. Some philosophers of Rome went even further and declared that women had no souls and will not be resurrected in the Hereafter with men.
As for Arabs before Islam, their attitude was something else; they thought of women as a potential source of disgrace. A man hated to beget a female. Some men even went so far as to get rid of a newly born female by burying her alive at birth.
The French Revolution, considered by many world thinkers as a positive historical turning point in the stream of human life and seen as a cultural lighthouse in contemporary history, gave freedom to men, but not to women. Article 1 of its Declaration of Human Rights says, "Men are born and remain free." Thus, it is quite clear that a woman had no place in the world of freedom. When some French intellectuals tried to rectify this serious flaw, the majority reacted with contempt and scorn. When a French lady called Docourge submitted to the French national assembly a draft resolution that holds women equal to men, her proposal was rejected and she was tried and beheaded, according to Dr. George Jabour in his book Al 'Arab wa Huqooq Al-Insaan (Arabs and Human Rights).
French scholar Gustave Le Bon declares in his book the Spirit of Sociality in response to advocates of equality between men and women:
" Women were equal to men only in times of decadence "
The U.N. Charter, which was meant to correct the injustice and contempt towards women committed by the French Revolution, certainly represented a turning point in human history and a bright dawn in the horizon, giving hope to successive generations in human communities. Yet, the share of women in that charter was scant and did not meet their ambitions or fit their status. It did not accord women the same degree of attention and honor that it gave to men. It makes no more than two references to women, both casual, and in subordinate clauses which display no special concern for women and their status.
The first reference is in the Charter's preamble, which expresses the determination of the peoples of the United Nations "to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small." The second reference is in paragraph c of Article 76, which says that "the basic objectives of the trusteeship system … shall be … to encourage respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion."
Later, explanatory bylaws of the Charter emptied even these modest statements of their content as regards the dignity and social status of women, and turned them into a source of misery and harm for women, reducing their rights and dignity. These bylaws
1. declare equality between man and woman in rights and duties, without consideration of any distinction or of the distinctive characteristics of the latter;
2. burden women with heavy and numerous tasks that are incompatible with feminine nature and contrary to the great human mission of women;
3. adopt disgraceful concepts of the family, the values of family ties, and the responsibilities of family performance, which weakens the role of women in the family structure and cancel their noble mission in the stable social structure;
4. endorse the principle of multiple family types and cancel the values and controls of joint man and woman responsibility in building a stable interactive family, thus creating chaos and disorder in the family with consequent, uncountable social problems, one of the most serious of which is the creation of a generation with no sense of belonging or responsibility, with a resulting increase in the rates of crime and serious diseases, which threaten the security and civilized future of human communities;
5. Permits all types of sexual relations, which amounts to a repulsive aggression against the dignity of women, contempt of their femininity and humanness, and a stark and audacious ravishment of their rights.
This, in short, is the tragic and horrifying position of women in the standards of ancient and contemporary cultures and civilizations. Unfortunately, women are still abused and marginalized in most human societies, although divine religions, particularly Islam, emphasize women's dignity and basic role in the walks of life.
Islam in particular has laid firm foundations for the dignity and social status of women within the context of its view of the universe, mankind, and life. Islam's profound view of the relationship of the three worlds – the universe, mankind, and life – is based on a belief that the wisdom of God, the Most Sublime, dictates that the whole universe be structured in accordance with the principle of the mating of pairs, each of which is complementary rather than identical.
Exalted is He who created all pairs from what the earth grows, from themselves, and from what you do not know (Yaseen XXXVI: 36).
God, the Most Exalted, made the trait of immortal singleness that has no need to be complemented by any thing else an exclusive quality of His.
Say: "He is God, the One and only, ◘ God, the Eternal; ◘ He begets none, nor is He begotten, ◘ and there is nothing that could be compared to Him (Al-Ikhlas CXII: 1 – 4).
He, the Most Exalted, has no need for a partner, whether equal or inferior to Him. He, the Most Glorious, is Self-Sufficient and Most-Exalted and has no one that is similar or equal to Him,
God: there is no deity but Him, the Ever-Living, the Eternal Master of all. (Al-Baqarah II: 255).
There is nothing like Him, and He hears all and sees all (Al-Shoora XLII: 11).
When I speak of complementarity rather than similarity in reference to the principle of mating, I should point out that God's wisdom dictates this complementarity and scientific laws, and applications support and confirm it. There is no mating of identical things; they rather stand in opposition and repulsion of each other. This can be seen in the smallest structured unit in the universe, which is the atom. Recent scientific discoveries indicate that even a neutron, a particle within an atom, is made of two opposite, disparate poles, which confirms the inimitability of the Creation, which is based on the mating of complementary, rather than identical, elements. Full similarity is a cause of opposition and repulsion.
Had there been deities in them [heaven or on earth] other than God, they would have fallen into ruin! Exalted is God, Lord of the Throne, above what they attribute to Him! (Al-Anbiya XXI: 22).
God said, "Do not take [for worship] two deities, for He is but one God. Hence, of Me alone stand in awe" (Al-Nahl XVI: 51).
I believe that the issue of complementarity and identicalness and the difference between them is an essential turning point in understanding the spirit of man/woman relationship. It is also an objective and equitable approach to understand the complementarity of their responsibilities in the fields of life.
Moreover, the principle of complementarity explains and clarifies the question of differentiation between woman and man. Each of them has superior points and inferior points, and neither of them is definitely superior to the other. Each is superior in what God prefers him or her over the other.
Men are guardians of women, because of the advantage He has given some of them over the others and because of what they spend of their wealth (Al-Nisaa IV: 34).
Do not covet the things by which God has favored some of you over others. Men are entitled to a share of what they earn, and women are similarly entitled. Therefore, ask God to give you out of His bounty. God is a witness of everything (Ibid: 32).
The question guardianship, which some use as an excuse to abuse the dignity of women and reduce their humanness and their status, is, the way I understand it, by no means an advantage for men and cannot be included in the standards of definite superiority. It is merely an administrative, conditional arrangement. Each of the two, the woman and the man, is superior to the other by what God, the Most Sublime, has favored him or her over the other and by the abilities God has given him or her and not the other. Each of the two is a guardian within the framework of his specialization and responsibilities, within the context of the general approach of Islam and the context of the values, rules, and controls of Islamic Law. I can say here that there are two types of guardianship, a particular type and a general one. Each of the two, man and woman, has a guardianship within the advantage and abilities that God, the Most Sublime, has favored him or her with. As for general guardianship, it has to go to one of the two in order for their relationship and cooperation to be smooth. "Had there been deities in them other than God, they would have fallen into ruin!" The noble Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, commands: "If you are three, choose one of you as a leader." All this falls within the framework of the general divine principle of mutual support between them, which is expressed in the words of God, the Most Sublime:
Male and female believers are supporters of each other; they enjoin what is good and forbid what is wrong. They perform prayers, give out zakat, and obey God and His Messenger. Those are the ones who will receive God's mercy. God is Almighty and Wise (Al-Tawbah IX: 71).
Ibn Omar, may God be pleased with him and his father says:
I have heard God's Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, say, "Indeed each of you is a shepherd, and each is responsible for his flock. The ruler of people is a shepherd, responsible for his flock. A man in his house is a shepherd, responsible for his flock. A woman in her husband's house is a shepherd, responsible for her flock. A servant in his/her master's house is a shepherd, responsible for his/her flock. Indeed each of you is a shepherd, and each is responsible for his flock."[1]
I find that these two quotations, the verse from the Noble Qur'an and the Prophet's tradition, amount, combined, to a clear view of the complementarity of man and woman, each to the extent of his/her abilities and responsibilities. There is no trace of and no reference to any sense of moral differentiation between them. Each of them supports the other with the qualifications, qualities, and skills God has given him/her or he/she has acquired.
God will raise in position those of you who believe and are given knowledge. God knows what you do (Al-Mujaadilah LVIII: 11).
Say, "Are they equal, those who know and those who do not?" It is only those with understanding that remember (Al-Zumar XXXIX, 9).
All this has to be in accordance with the rules, values, and controls legislated by God, the Most Sublime, and His Messenger. These rules, values, and controls govern the man-woman relationship and manage it in accordance with God's Will and His pleasure, blessed are His names.
In the year 2000, we, at the Islamic World Conference in Jeddah, received a delegation of U.S. women, headed by Mrs. Gina Abercrombie-Win Stanley, who was then an advisor of President Clinton, a member of the U.S. Security Council, and Head of the Office of Asian and Southeast Asian Affairs at the State Department. Later she became the U.S. General Consul in Jeddah. The delegation was interested in two subjects, (1) women and (2) democracy.
Our discussion of the woman question, which is related to the subject of this chapter, began with a question made by Mrs. Abercrombie-Win Stanley, who said, "We tried to find out by ourselves the position of women in Islam, but were not able to. We sought assistance from Arab and Muslim friends, but the information was contradictory. Therefore, we decided to visit Muslim lands and hear directly Muslim's views of this question. You at the Islamic World Conference and Dr. Hamid in particular, have been recommended to us, for a dialogue concerning this matter. So what do you have to say, Sir?"
After expressions of welcome, gratitude, and appreciation, I said, "I have one word, or rather one sentence, to say. If it meets what you want, we will thus have a short cut. Otherwise, we will open the relevant files for further details and elaboration."
She said, "What is that word?"
I said:
The woman for us – and for the great founders of the U.S., as well as all the great and wise men of the world – is the mother of society, its source of stability, and the guardian of its security. The family is the basic unit in a sound structure of civic society, or it is rather the central institution of a civilized, secure society. The point where you and we part, Madam, began on the day you decided, contrary to the tradition of your forefathers and great men, to exclude the family institution from the institutions of civic society and on the day you replaced the family charter with social permissiveness, and based on this incidental cultural orientation of yours the principle of liberating women from their households, i.e. liberating them from the family culture into the no-family culture or the multi-family culture, and the related behavioral practices that are well-known to the members of this honorable delegation. As for us, we still insist to hold to the principle that the family, which has the woman as its mainstay and which is based on legal and legitimate marriage of a man and a woman, is the basic unit and central institution among the institutions of a civilized and secure civic society. It is even the basic unit in the structure of national security for our societies.
She asked, smiling, "Do you want me to abandon my work at my country's national security council and go back to the family?"
I said, "No, but you and I, every man and woman, and the approach of every society, should observe a balanced relationship between the duties of every member of the family institution and those of other social institutions. We also have to believe that the first national security institution for every nation is the family. Other institutions and concerns that come next should be extensions of it that activate its sacred mission. They should never exist at the expense of its existence or its noble mission in society."
She said, "Thank you. Your answer is sufficient, and what you have spoken about is truly a central and essential point of difference between your and our views of the family and society. It is worthy of being respected and contemplated. I believe what you have said is sufficient and there is no need to go into details, because they will most probably be based on this orientation, which I will faithfully report in my country."
It is worth mentioning that about a month after this interview, Mrs. Hillary Clinton wrote in her weekly column that used to appear in the Saudi daily Arab News a sentence that said, "It is time for us in America to establish a balanced relationship between our duties in the family and in the other institutions of society."
In conclusion, I say the controversy over women and the family in the cultural circles of our Islamic societies is promoted by many factors, among the most prominent of which are
1. the lack of a comprehensive and clear view of the jurisprudence (Fiqh) of the family and its role in building society and meeting its responsibilities;
2. the lack of a clearly defined methodology that organizes the man and woman responsibilities in the family and society, and the failure to strike a delicate balance between the responsibilities of each in the family and in society;
3. the faulty overlapping between the rules, values, and principles of the mission of women and the family on the one hand, and the mechanisms, controls, and ethics of practice and performance on the other;
4. the unfortunate fact that many male and female Muslims are influenced by the ideas put forth by the other concerning women, the family, and society, without considering our cultural identity and distinctive characteristics;
5. the dominant influence of customs and traditions in the way we deal with the questions of women, the family, and society, at the expense of our commitment to the values, principles, and ethics of our religion and its immortal divine mission;
6. The expansion of the tenet of precautious measures to an unreasonable extent, at the expense of the application of Islamic values, principles, and controls.
The crucial question in all this is the lack of a practical approach to introduce the family as a basic unit of the institutions of society and to allow it its official position in the structure of the state and its public institutions, so that it may enjoy its rights and perform its duties like any other institution of the state. With such an approach, man and woman would be responsible employees of the state within their house, in accordance with a comprehensive project and a strategy drawn by the state through a special ministry for family and social affairs. This would allow man and woman responsibilities in the family and in society to be regulated and would put into practice the great and noble divine rule:
Male and female believers are supporters of each other; they enjoin what is good and forbid what is wrong. They perform prayers, give out zakat, and obey God and His Messenger. Those are the ones who will receive God's mercy. God is Almighty and Wise (Al-Tawbah IX: 71).
Prof. Dr. Hamid bin Ahmad Al-Rifaie
President, International Islamic Forum For Dialogue
Assistant Secretary General, Muslim World League
From His Book (Partners ... not Guardians) Part Four / Chapter Eighteen