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World Environmen Day - 5th June |
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Social Responsibility -
Social Cause
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Written by Shalini Joseph
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Every year, 5th June is celebrated as World Environment Day. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) takes lead in stimulating worldwide awareness of the environment and enhancing political attention and action. The World Environment Day slogan for 2008 is Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy. Recognizing that climate change is becoming the defining issue of our era, UNEP is asking countries, companies and communities to focus on greenhouse gas emissions and how to reduce them.
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Women @ Work -
Working Women
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Written by Shalini Joseph
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 Politics in the workplace can get vicious – and we're not
talking about the governmental kind. Rather, office politics, or how power and
influence are managed in your company, will be a part of your career whether
you choose to participate in them or not.
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Asha For Education - Work an Hour 2007 |
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Social Responsibility -
Social Cause
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Written by Pratiksha Chauhan
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 Help Asha help the world - Work An Hour, or WAH, as it is popularly known, is a simple concept. We ask you to symbolically contribute one hour of your time towards the cause of children's education by donating an hour's worth of your salary or more.
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Message from UNICEF - Help Kids in Peru |
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Social Responsibility -
Social Cause
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Written by Pratiksha Chauhan
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 UNICEF is rushing aid to the victims of the Peru earthquake and we need your help.
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Why women need to work harder for retirement |
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Money Matters -
Retirement Planning
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Written by Pratiksha Chauhan
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 Does the title make you wonder why women need to work harder for retirement. Well to start with - on an average, women live longer than men, earn less and work for a shorter term. Here is a wonderful video talking about this.
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Women @ Work -
Working Mothers
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Written by womenZweb Team
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 Indian Express has an excellent article on how we are so hungry for recognition.
Sunita Williams brought out the worst in us. Through no fault of hers, she reminded us of how very Third World and second rate we are and how desperate for recognition from the West
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Home and Food -
Food and Drinks
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Written by womenZweb Team
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 Piña colada is a drink enjoyed by many. This articles traces the birth of the much loved cocktail back to Barrachina in Puerto Rico. The year was 1963. Keep enjoying the drink.
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UNICEF and ICC Cricket World Cup team up against HIV/AIDS |
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Social Responsibility -
Social Cause
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Written by womenZweb Team
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 Unicef and ICC have teamed up and come up with a series of videos urging people to support the cause of aids and spread awareness.
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Legal Ammunition for women |
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Social Responsibility -
Woman Safety
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Written by womenZweb Team
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 For over a century courts have tried thousands for the offence of “outraging the modesty” of a woman without a precise definition of what constitutes a woman’s “modesty”. And now, the Supreme Court, after grappling with the task, has finally defined modesty. Its definition: “The essence of a woman’s modesty is her sex.”
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