Embark’s self-driving semi completes trip from California to Florida
By Mallory Locklear, From engadget Last year, autonomous trucking company Embark announced that it would begin using its Level 2 autonomous semis to deliver refrigerators from Texas to California. Now, TechCrunch reports, the company has taken it a step further…
Regional Consultations in Latin America and the Caribbean leading up to the UN Commission on the Status of Women call for rights and dignity of rural women
From UN Women Regional consultations for Latin America and the Caribbean in the lead up to the 62nd UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) started on 6 February in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The consultation convened Ministers and…
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UK doctors plan country’s first three-person fertilization procedure
By Mallory Locklear From engadget Two women with MERRF syndrome will undergo the treatment. UK officials have approved two women for mitochondrial replacement therapy, the fertilization procedure that results in a baby technically parented by three people, the Guardian reports….
Bustle is raising roughly $30 million to go on a shopping spree
By Jonathan Shieber From TechCrunch Bustle, the everything blog for millennial women, is hustling to close on around $30 million in new funding as it goes on the prowl for new acquisitions. It’s a significant cash infusion for a company that…
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NOW weighs in on ‘abuse of power’ case in St Vincent
By Colville Mounsey From Barbados Today At a time when the “Me Too” movement has brought worldwide attention to the plight of women who are sexually assaulted and harassed in the workplace, the plight of a Vincentian woman caught up…
Call the Midwife: Who were the real West Indian nurses of the 1960s?
By Eleanor Bley Griffiths From Radio Times The real history behind Nurse Lucille Anderson’s experiences on screen as Nonnatus House’s first West Indian midwife The lovely Nurse Lucille Anderson (Leonie Elliott) has already brought a dose of warmth and love…
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100 Women in Finance names The Special Needs Foundation Cayman as 2018 Cayman Beneficiary
January 25, 2018 100 Women in Finance (100WF), a global, practitioner-driven nonprofit organisation that serves more than 15,000 professionals in the finance and alternative investment industries, today announced that it has named The Special Needs Foundation Cayman (SNFC) as its…
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The Caribbean is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman
From The Tempest I recently attended a memorial service to mark the one year anniversary of a woman who was kidnapped and found dead a few days later. It shook me to my core. For the last decade or so,…
Breastfeeding: Maintaining a nutritious diet
From Baptist Health A breastfeeding diet is much the same as during pregnancy, with a few differences. It’s important to have a variety of foods to make sure that your baby is getting all the vitamins and nutrients they need…
Pregnancy and the Flu..doc source
We are experiencing one of the worst flu seasons that we have seen in many years. The CDC has new research showing that the flu can be spread just from the breath of someone who has the flu. The flu is…
