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A LOOK AT THE MOST WANTED UNDERWEAR: OMG I LOVE THIS!
According to India Times, three automobile engineers from Chennai have come out with what they claim can check sexual offences in India – “The lingerie, laced with modules of global positioning system (GPS), global system for mobile communications (GSM) and also pressure sensors, is capable of sending shock waves of 3,800 kV as well as alerts…
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DESIGNING A ‘PERIODIC’ PANT FOR AFRICAN WOMEN; WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR?
I am a woman and I menstruate regularly. Sincerely speaking I don’t wear the ‘regular panties’ when I am seeing red because they won’t work. I wear some special panties they call them ‘mother care’ and they are easily available in the market and very affordable too. I thought every other female wore the same…
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BILL GATES CONDOM CHALLENGE; BRING IT ON!
On their Grand Challenges website, the Microsoft founder and wife Melinda are offering a $100,000 grant to an individual who designs “the next generation condom that significantly preserves or enhances pleasure” and promotes “regular use.” As part of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health initiatives, the foundation is offering a…
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WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR NEWBORN ANOTHER WOMAN’S BREAST MILK?
Getty Images They say it takes a village to raise a baby, so do you think your “village people” should be involved in feeding your newborn baby? If you’re not able to breastfeed, and or your baby has a medical condition that requires human milk (including prematurity, failure to thrive, an intolerance to formula, or allergies).…
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FEMALE NIGERIAN SCIENTISTS BAG UNESCO L’oreal 2013 AWARDS
Two Nigerian female scientists have bagged the UNESCO-L’Oreal “Women in Science Partnership’’ award for their contributions to the advancement of scientific knowledge in the country. Professor Francisca Okeke, the first female Head of Department, University of Nigeria, Nsukka bagged the 2013 Laureate award for her significant contributions “to the understanding of daily variations of the…
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SAD TALES FROM THE VVF THEATRES
Culled from the Punch.Mrs. Mabelus Ubi has been pregnant thrice and she has had three live births. As such, it wasn’t a big deal when she went into labour for her fourth delivery. Things weren’t as smooth as she had expected, however, as she was in labour for four days at a private hospital in…
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BECAUSE I AM A GIRL CAMPAIGN; WATCH THE ‘HEART WARMING’ FILM HERE
https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/F-ZZeE7C7uM&source=uds At first when I saw the picture of a young girl in a white wedding dress, I became curious; was she being escorted to church for her Baptism? or was she a flower girl?, but watching seconds into the video, I know better. She is a child bride, getting married to a man who…
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MY FIRST ‘GUEST BLOGGER’ POST; HOW TO AVOID BEING A VICTIM OF MATERNAL DEATH
Some weeks back, I was asked by Femme Lounge to answer a question on maternal health that was sent in by a reader. I was so excited and since it was first experience I didn’t want to mess it up (I usually don’t mess things up but when I am nervous…..I can jump three oceans…
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