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Why Getting Your Colleague’s Name Right Matters…

Throughout my life, I have heard puzzling variations of my first name ranging from Sascha, Sophia, Valeria, Fasha, Felicia, Fouzia, Fawzy, to Fausia with the stress on the first part of the name. It was even more fun in school: Fausia became Fuchsia the plant (and at times the cruder version of that), to 'Foutje,' which is Dutch for 'mistake'.

The Power of Friendship

The hour was getting late. I am not sure how long we had been comfortably conversing in the living room before intervals between yawns became too brief to ignore, but more than a few bottles of wine had been consumed as had the wick of the cranberry/pine scented candle.

GEFF – Quality Education Pledge

The Girls Education First Foundation is launching the “Quality Education Pledge” Campaign to help raise awareness about the barriers preventing girls from accessing a fair and quality education.

100 Million Reasons to End Child Labour by 2025

When I was 10 years old, my parents who were living in poverty in Iganga, eastern Uganda, had no choice but to send me to work, where I was the property of my masters I worked 16 hours a day without any regard for the scorching sun of the day or the trembling chill of the night.