Cayman Islands celebrates breast feeding month
From Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital The experience of breastfeeding is special for so many reasons: the joyful closeness and bonding with your baby, the cost savings, and the health benefits for both mother and baby. Every woman’s journey to motherhood…
2 Muslims kicked off plane because flight attendant felt ‘unsafe’
By Sarah Harvard, Mic From Business Insider Don’t ask for a glass of water if you’re a Muslim on an American Airlines flight. You might get kicked out. Two Muslim women were ejected from a Wednesday-morning American Airlines flight from…
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World breastfeeding week in the Cayman Islands
Breastfeed for a more sustainable future. This year’s World Breastfeeding Week focuses on how mothers, by breastfeeding, can play a part in achieving the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a blueprint for global commitment and…
Tired of the brush-off, Caribbean women start $1 million loan fund
BY JACQUELINE CHARLES From Miami Herald Commonwealth Women Entrepreneur of the Year Valrie Grant of Jamaica and Cecile Watson, CEO of Pitchandchoose.com are launching a Caribbean wide Commonwealth crowdfunding campaign to help women entrepreneur. Also joining them in this endeavor…
India outrage after gang rape victim assaulted again ‘by same men’
From BBC There has been outrage in India after a student was allegedly gang-raped by five men who had also raped her three years ago. Police are yet to make any arrests although the 21-year-old was attacked last week in…
First Commonwealth crowdfunding initiative to target Caribbean women entrepreneurs
From News Americas Now News Americas, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Fri. July 15, 2016: A new crowdfunding initiative to help women entrepreneurs across the Caribbean raise much needed capital was recently announced in Guyana. FundRiseHER™, the first ever Commonwealth-wide crowdfunding initiative, was…
Olwomen story of the week
Bantu Knots Not “Mini Buns” – 25 Superb Ideas on How to Do Bantu Knots By Karyn Holmes From Olwomen Bantu knots out hairstyles are back in business. There are a number of great looks that can be achieved with…
Cayman Islands pastors oppose LGBT event/Bishop Alan Wilson to speak
We, the pastors of the Cayman Ministers Association, have been constrained by recent developments to use this medium to publicly express our grave concern over a planned two-day conference on June 11 and 12 by an entity called “Queering Paradigms”…
Bride is forced to miss her £1,000 Caribbean honeymoon after a fall on her wedding day left her in a wheelchair for TWO YEARS
By Amy Sharpe and Emily Chan For Mailonline Janice Williams, 49, from Croydon, married John, 62, in August 2014 Mother-of-three fell on her back while going to sit down at reception dinner She fractured her spine and was left in…
Olwomen story of the week
The Biggest Mistakes People Make When it Comes to Weight Loss By Jenny Smith From Olwomen When it comes to weight loss, people generally follow the same rule throughout the world, that being, consuming fewer calories and burning more than…
