BRISBANE CITY, Australia — Women’s police stations have been effective in curbing assaults against women in many countries. Yet, English-speaking nations, where gender violence is primarily growing, fail even to consider the concept. Women’s police stations are separate from regular police stations. They are staffed by both women and men from multiple professions, specifically for victims of gender-based violence, to seek help. Professor Carrington is a 59-year-old research professor in the QUT Centre for Justice in Brisbane, Australia, and has been studying gender violence prevention for over three decades. “Women are doubtful to report violence, particularly gender violence,” she says. “Only about two…
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On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and though belief in the resurrection requires faith, there is a growing body of archeological evidence that corroborates the biblical account of his final days. Biblical archeologists are drawn to Israel, hoping to find overlap between faith and historical evidence through carefully curated research. “Archeology is an independent source of very valuable information that sheds light on all sorts of different aspects relating to the final days of Jesus,” said Dr. Shimon Gibson, professor of archeology and history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, to Zenger News. The…
Veracruz was the place where Cortés first arrived when he led his men to conquer Mexico. Now, it remains a tourist destination thanks to its many colonial-era buildings and pre-Colombian ruins. One of the most important colonial buildings in Veracruz is the Church of Our Lady of La Asunción, a hotspot for locals and tourists alike. “It is a historical church on both a cultural and a religious level. Popular belief is that the temple was made on the command of Hernán Cortés, who arrived on the Holy Friday of 1519 to build the cross,” said Ricardo Cañas Montalvo, director…
The Thai-based Six Senses luxury hospitality chain chooses exotic, out-of-the-way settings for its hotels, resorts and spas from Brazil to Vietnam. Six Senses Shaharut, opening on Aug. 5, marks the brand’s first foray into Israel. Where is Shaharut? The tiny, remote community — population less than 200 — sits on a ridge above the Arava Valley in the far southeast, 45 minutes north of Eilat near the scenic Edom Mountains. This resort isn’t for travelers on a tight schedule or budget. It’s a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Tel Aviv or Jerusalem, or a 50-minute domestic flight from Tel Aviv to Ramon…
The goal of feeding the world just got a step closer. Israeli startup CropX uses sensors to monitor soil quality in real time, helping farmers increase yield by reducing water, fertilization and energy usage. CropX will now combine visual data from NASA satellites with on-the-ground soil data, thanks to a strategic partnership with NASA Harvest, the U.S. space agency’s satellite-centered food security and agriculture program. “We are in a constant race to produce and supply enough food in order to feed a rapidly growing global population with finite land and natural resources,” said Inbal Becker-Reshef, program director of NASA Harvest.…
The 75-year-old Mexican company Grupo Bimbo, one of the world’s largest and leading companies in the baking industry with annual sales of $16 billion, will invest in Israeli startup EatSane. EatSane is a food-tech startup creating low-carbohydrate products without artificial sweeteners. So far, the line includes breads and chocolate pralines; it plans to expand to pizzas, pastas, puddings and snacks. Grupo Bimbo has a presence in 33 countries and produces more than 13,000 products under approximately 100 brands at 196 manufacturing plants. When Grupo Bimbo executives visited Israel in early 2016, Israeli scouting company Nogaplus brought them to see numerous…
Domestic work is a double-edged sword for Latin American women. While it is a viable job option, it is also martyrdom for many women: an imposition of old gender roles and constant abuses. “I have been working in several houses since I was around 11-years-old,” said Ignacia Velasco, 63, originally from Paso del Macho, Veracruz. “My family was impoverished, so I liked to earn money. My parents told me: ‘Tomorrow, you will help that lady, Missus X.’ All of this happened during the early 1960s when indigenous women did not have the same rights as the rest of the population.”…
From the safety of their homes, people can rock their hips and enjoy the Veracruz’s marimbas’ soft, cheerful tones directly from the streets. This instrument is endemic and famous in the Mexican states that border the Gulf of Mexico, particularly in Veracruz. The instrument is widely popular, not only with the state’s inhabitants but also with national and foreign tourists who fell in love with it as soon as they set foot in the state. Sadly, nowadays, the tones have been mostly muted. The musical notes, extracted from the various woods that make up the marimba, have been silenced due…
Parents often don’t know how to answer the questions their kids ask. “My son is only 4 years old and has asked me stuff that I do not know where he has heard it from,” said Lizbeth Landa Figueroa, a 33-year-old mother living in Veracruz. “Sometimes, he does surprise me, as I do not expect to hear certain sensitive topics out of him.” Thanks to easy access to the Internet, all possible topics are a keystroke away. The flow of information that children get may confuse them. It is the basis for the many doubts that may arise in them.…
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Moroccan phosphate fertilizer producer has become the first African company to carry out an intra-African multimillion-dollar trade transaction using blockchain technology. Through dltledgers, a cross-border blockchain trade finance platform, OCP Group delivered phosphate fertilizers worth $400 million from Morocco to Ethiopia; $270 million of the transaction is already completed, with the remainder to be executed in coming months. As part of OCP’s digitalization strategy, the intra-African transaction initiative aims to reduce the trade finance gap in Africa and boost trade between African countries, particularly in the fertilizer sector, through digital inclusion. A recent report co-authored by the African Development…