'Women given false hope about IVF' (EGG FREEING)

Freezing your eggs is a hot topic for women in their thirties, and more of them are doing it. But is the IVF industry giving women false hope about their real chances of having a baby?

An increasing number of women are taking up the opportunity of freezing their eggs to be used later, as a kind of motherhood insurance.

But some doctors are warning that these women, mainly in their thirties, are being misled, and being encouraged to freeze their eggs when there is little chance of success.

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Fulani herdsmen attacks: Enugu women protest, urge govt action

By Francis Igata

ENUGU—Scores of women from four local government areas in Enugu State,yesterday, called on the state government to quickly halt incessant attacks occasioned by Fulani herdsmen who molest, maim, rape and destroy their farmland and livestocks.

The women from the Anglican Diocese of Enugu North comprising Enugu-North, Enugu-East, Udi and Ezeagu council areas, lamented that the herdsmen have so far, defied known measures in warding off their activities even as they revealed that their lives are now in perpetual danger.

In a peaceful demonstration that took them to the Enugu State House of Assembly bearing placards that read,’Fulani herdsmen kill our men with AK 47;’ ‘All we are saying is, Fulani, leave our farmlands’.

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Women 'don't understand' fracking due to lack of education, industry chief claims

Professor Averil Macdonald said men were more in favour of the controversial extraction technique because they were persuaded by 'an awful lot of facts'

The chairwoman of UK Onshore Oil and Gas has said that women, “for whatever reason”, had not been convinced by the “facts” about fracking and instead trusted their “gut reaction” Rex

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Social Media Dominates Women's Use of the Web

By Sumita Thapar

Poor women in cities are using the internet just as much as more affluent women and men, but are less likely to use it to increase their income or engage with politics online, a study has found.

The report launched today says that poor urban women are held back by a lack of education and language skills when they use the web. The study found that 97 per cent of women who use the internet do so through social media, especially Facebook. But, for example, just 20 per cent said they had used the internet to access information on sexual health and contraception.

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Wife of South Africa's 'genitals in freezer' man shot dead

The wife of a Danish man who is accused by South African police of mutilating women and keeping genitalia parts in a freezer has been shot dead in Lesotho.

Anna Matseliso Molise, a key witness in the case, was due to testify against her 63-year-old husband at his trial.

She was shot four times outside her home in Maseru on Tuesday evening, and later died from her wounds in hospital.

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Women dominate Polish election, with 3 vying to lead country in historic first

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's upcoming general elections are making history by having three women campaigning to lead the nation, with one almost certain to win. But the appearance of major social change in this conservative nation may be slightly deceptive.

Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz of the ruling Civic Platform is fighting to keep her job against a surging Beata Szydlo, who leads the conservative opposition party Law and Justice. The third woman candidate leads a cluster of leftwing groups, and is not considered a serious contender.

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HIV positive man says he had unprotected sex with 300 women

A 31-year-old man confessed to the police on Monday that he had unprotected sex with around 300 women, after learning that he had contracted AIDS, according to a New Indian Express report.

Joseph James, a Secundrabad based auto-driver, was caught by the police on Monday night for stealing gold from his friend’s house. During interrogation, he confessed to the crime and the police later recovered the stolen items.

“We recovered from his possession five tolas (approximately 50 grams) of gold”, M Ravichandan Reddy, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Malkajgiri) told the PTI.

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Need a Lift? 4 Techniques for the Perfect Breast Lift

Let’s be real with each other: there may come a point where our tatas’ perkiness itself bids us ta ta. And what if you don’t necessarily need more volume? When implants are extraneous, but your girls need a little lift, a mastopexy (breast lift) may be exactly what you need to feel good about your bust. Should you do it at the first sign of sagginess or wait until after you have kids? Who should and should not have this procedure done? We caught up with board-certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Michael Yaremchuk to learn all about what you need to know before getting a breast lift — from the cost to the price to the recovery period.

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One in four women has experienced domestic violence at partner's hands

The most comprehensive Australian study of family violence to date reveals 2.2 million women reported violence perpetrated by a male partner

One in four women has experienced violence at the hands of an intimate partner, the most comprehensive national study of interpersonal family violence carried out to date has found.

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Do Women Need Female Viagra? Sexual Dysfunction May Be Due To Lack Of Communication With Partner

Female Viagra is here. In August, the Food and Drug Administration approved Addyi for premenopausal women experiencing hypoactive sexual desire disorder, or low sexual desire. While the disorder, which can also be marked by pain, is something several women experience — it may not need a prescription, according to a new study published in Fertility and Sterility.

Researchers from MedUni Vienna in Austria recruited 30 pre- and post-menopausal women with sexual dysfunction and split them into two groups: One group was given a hormone treatment with oxytocin, while the other was given a placebo in the form of a nasal spray; both groups were advised to use treatments within 50 minutes before having sex for over a period of eight weeks. After a "washout" period of two weeks, researchers then switched treatments among groups for another eight weeks.

For each round of treatment, women were asked to keep a diary with their partner and assess how sexual function did or did not

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5 Reasons Some Nigerian Women Choose To Be Single

Editor’s note: Inspired by the Linda Ikeji N500 million mansion debate, Naij.com’s head of entertainment, Onyinye Muomah, analyses reasons why an “African woman” raised to view marriage as a priority might choose to be single as well as a go-getter. 

Blogger Linda Ikeji’s amazing feat – buying a N500 million mansion in an exclusive area of Lagos while still single – has been a subject for debate on the social media. The 35-year-old has been criticised for making herself “unmarriageable” by flaunting her wealth. I doubt the same would be or has ever been said of a man.

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Nigeria needs women like HID Awolowo – Aisha Buhari

By Daud Olatunji

ABEOKUTA-Wife of President, Hajia Aisha Buhari, Wednesday, said Nigeria needs good and honest women like the late HID Awolowo.

The Nigerian first lady who was in Ikenne, the hometown of Awolowo to pay homage to the family over the death of HID Awolowo was accompanied by wife of Vice-President, Dolapo Osinbajo, a former deputy governor of Plateau state, Pauline Tallen , wife of immeidiate-past governor of River state, Judith Amaechi among others.

Mrs. Buhari who arrived Ikenne at 2:45 pm was received by the eldest child of Awolowo, Omotola Oyediran and some grand children of Awolowos .

In her remarks, Buhari described the death of mama HID Awolowo as sad, saying, she was informed of the planned centenary celebration of her the first time she visited mama during the electioneering.

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Men 'feel threatened by intelligent women'

Despite claiming to find intelligent women attractive, men choose not to date someone who is smarter than themselves, according to new research

The next time a man tells you that he's attracted to intelligent women, you might want to ask him whether he's ever actually dated one.

No, that's not a slight on the female of the species. Instead, it's the findings of a new study, which suggests that men state their theoretical preference for intelligent women only to then change their minds in the cold light of the dating arena.

The study, which will be published in the November edition of ‘Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin’ but is already available to read online, concluded that rather than find smarter women attractive, men are actively intimidated by the prospect of an intelligent partner.

Psychologists at the University of Buffalo, California Lutheran University and University of Texas, Austin, broke their research into two parts. First, 105 men were asked to rank the merits of women who had out- or under-performed them in an intelligence test as a prospective romantic partner.

They found that the men were more likely to declare their attraction to women who had performed better than them. "Men formed favorable impressions and showed greater interest in women who displayed more (versus less) intelligence than themselves," the study authors wrote.

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Mobile, internet use among Kenyan women very low, study shows

A new study reveals that digital literacy and mobile phone use is still very low among Kenyan women.

The findings of the study on women’s empowerment in information communication and technology in Kenya attribute this to the cost of accessing the Internet and web-enabled gadgets, lack of training and general illiteracy among women and girls.

The study was conducted by the International Association of Women in Radio & Television (IAWRT), a global organisation of professional women working in electronic and allied to the media.

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Heart disease gene 'found in women'

Scientists have identified a gene that puts women at higher risk of heart disease, an early study suggests.

The work showed that women who had a particular version of the BCAR1 gene were more likely than other women to have heart attacks and strokes.

In contrast, men who had the gene were not at increased risk.

Researchers say this adds to mounting evidence that there are differences in how men and women experience heart disease.

Thicker arteries

In the study, published in the journal, Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, researchers from University College London pooled data from five European research projects, involving nearly 4,000 men and women.

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Women making the news

Toyin Saraki

While the men in power play their politics, all appears to be well between their women. Wife of Senate president and a woman with a heart for charity, Toyin Saraki, has been circulating via social media her acivities in the recent 70th UN General Assembly, particularly in instances where she represented the First Lady.

I’m humbly honored to have represented the wife of the President of Nigeria, Her Excellency Mrs Aisha Buhari at the Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) United Nations General Assembly Side-Event Meeting.

According to Mrs. Buhari,This year’s theme – Building on MDGs to invest in the post-2015 development agenda – is one that is close to my beloved country, Nigeria’s heart.

The progress made on the MDGs across the world, including in Nigeria – and indeed in a number of sub-Saharan African nations – has been truly outstanding. Just fifteen years after, MDG 4 to reduce child mortality came into effect in some countries; the global child mortality rate has fallen by an outstanding 53%; whilst child mortality has fallen by 48% in the African region.

She also quotes Professor Babatunde Osotimehin, who while giving his address at the meeting stated,
I have three grand-daughters, so the matters of women and girls are close to my heart.

Diezani Alison-Madueke

FORMER Nigerian minister for Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has trended for ten straight weeks before and after her arrest in London.

At one time, she denied seeking asylum in any part of the world, stating that the Jonathan administration had done a lot in the Oil and Gas industry that cannot be rubbished by malicious claims. But her arrest has changed that music considerably, so much so that the United Kingdom-based Chevening Scholarship, has removed her name from its list of female achievers.

Chevening, an international scholarship scheme which enables students with leadership qualities from 144 countries and territories to undertake postgraduate study or courses in universities in the UK, had given Madueke its scholarship in 2002, which enabled her to attend the Cambridge University for her MBA and on her return to Nigeria, became the first female Executive Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company.

Her emergence as the first female to hold the position of the Minister of Petroleum Resources and the first female President of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), prompted Chevening to list her as one of its best female alumni in commemoration of the March 8 International Women’s Day.

But following her recent troubles and the invitation by UK’s National Crime Agency on allegations of money laundering and corruption offences, Chevening has delisted her name from its website.

Commentators are generally of  the opinion that it says a lot about “all these international honours”.

Seyi Shay

Another female musical bright light making waves is Seyi Shay, who rocked the blogosphere earlier in the year when she was pictured sitting next to former president Goodluck Jonathan at an election campaign event in the hottest dress of the year.

This month Seyi Shay signed a contract renewal deal with Etisalat’s music platform “Cloud 9” keeping her as a brand ambassador of this music platform alongside Olamide and Ice Prince. The deal was announced on Cloud 9’s instagram page this week. Details still under wraps, apparently.

Linda-Ikeji

The undisputed queen  of the Nigerian blogosphere and latest neighbour of Mike Adenuga had stunned the space by sharing photos of her newly-acquired palace in Banana Island, releasing a statement generally prompting girls to work hard.

While her fans are cooing on her behalf, there are also a million and one skeptics that question the source of this “sudden” wealth and linking it to the 2015 presidential elections campaigns.

The photos are stunning, all agree.

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Woman killed partner and child 'to ward off vampires'

Court told Shelley Christopher stabbed Richard Brown and daughter Sophia after receiving a signal from a lightbulb

A woman killed her partner and their four-year-old daughter to prevent the world being taken over by vampires, a court has heard.

Shelley Christopher, 36, was mentally ill when she stabbed 42-year-old Richard Brown 29 times and her daughter Sophia six times before inserting wooden objects into their bodies.

Christopher also attacked another child and put a pencil in her body, but despite her injuries, the girl survived, prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC told jurors. She cannot be identified.

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GUN RUNNING: 80-yr-old Woman Arrested In Edo

An 80-year-old arms peddler, Madam Comfort Izeomwen, has been arrested and paraded by the Edo State police command.

The octogenarian was arrested following the arrest of her partner in crime, Stella Omobude, 48, who was caught with 32 live cartridges by the police.

Edo State police commissioner, Chris Ezike, who paraded the arm peddlers along with 71 other suspects, said that acting on credible information, operatives/tactical units of the command raided Evbueren village, along Benin-Auchi road, where Stella was arrested.

Her confessions led to the arrest of the octogenarian at Ekae village, Benin City, with 68 live cartridges recovered from her.

Ezike disclosed that a mop-up operation also led to the arrest of Monday Obaseki and Ita Ehiozefe, aged 38 and 40 respectively.

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Ayade splashes N11m on Mother and Daughter Pageant’s contestants

Calabar – Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River, on Saturday night in Calabar, splashed one million naira on each of the 11 families that contested at the maiden edition of Silverbird’s ‘Mother and Daughter Pageant’.

The pageant held at the Cross River International Conference Centre, Calabar, involved 11 teams, each made up of a mother and daughter.

Also, the team of Mrs Angela Nwangwa and her daughter, Gift, apart from the governor’s largesse, got N2 million cash and a family trip to Dubai as overall winner of the contest.

The duo of Mrs Omo Alake and her daughter, Ife, emerged the first runner-up, while Mrs Thelma Ukpai and her daughter, Mercy, were placed second runner-up.

According to the governor, a contest which celebrates family values should have no loser, as it will affect the confidence children have in their mothers.

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Cameroon girls take over Calabar sex market

Calabar, Cross River State capital, is famous as the home of bevy and succulent women. Their welcoming disposition gives the city a warm and alluring ambience to many a visitor to the city.

The bulk of these women are girls from tertiary educational institutions in the city. Teenage secondary school girls along with their city colleagues who are also attractive make the population of women in the city burst at the seam. To keep body and soul together, many of them resort to “hustling”, a nomenclature for part-time prostitution prevalent in the city.

These ‘hustlers’ operate from their hostels and homes during nocturnal hours. They roam the streets, especially around places with active night life like Atekong Drive, Marian Road, Effanga Mkpa Street, Edabor Street,Third Avenue, Second Avenue and highbrow eateries where people, particularly visitors, congregate at night and can afford to pick them up for a fee to satisfy their sexual appetite.

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‘Nigerian women make the best out of anything’

Wofai Samuel, an on-air personality is an amiable, energetic lady, and fun to be with. This Cross River State-born persona is the last and only daughter of her parents.

Wofai as she is fondly called by admirers is also a broadcaster who loves travelling, watching movies and singing, especially when she is downcast.

“I sing to derive my inspiration,” she said.

This Environmental Biology/Zoology graduate of the University of Calabar feels elated that her country clocked 55 years some weeks back, and she assured Nigerian women that she would have done a lot to put smiles on their faces if given the opportunity.

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Yobe NGO Sensitises Female IDPs On Self-Protection Against Rape

A Damaturu-based non-governmental organization, Female Role Model Initiative, on Sunday organized a sensitization workshop for female Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Yobe on how to protect themselves against rape and other acts of violence.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop, held in Damaturu and attended by about 100 women and girl-child, also touched issues that bordered on female reproductive health.

Speaking at the occasion, Hajiya Halimatu Amshi, Coordinator of the Initiative, observed that cases of rape of female children, was on the increase, hence the need to educate them on protection measures.
“Child rape is on the increase, the girl child and mothers need to be enlightened to say no to violence against women.”

“The essence of this training is to sensitize the participants on how to protect their bodies; they should not allow anybody to play with their bodies,” she said.
Amshi said girl-child and mothers from Internally Displaced Persons camps and host communities, were carefully for the workshop.
The coordinator commended stakeholders for supporting the project adding that “the support rendered by religious and community leaders in the fight against domestic and sexual violence, is quite encouraging.”

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'We can't go back' say women activists on Taliban Kunduz 'hit list'

While the Taliban’s brief rule of Kunduz is over, their invasion may have dismantled the city’s women’s rights network

Marzia Rustami was hiding at a friend’s house when she heard that Taliban militants, now in control of her home city of Kunduz, were searching for her.

Within hours of capturing the city in northern Afghanistan, the Taliban recruited young children, asking them to point out the houses of government employees, NGO workers and especially women's rights activists.

“The Taliban had a hit list of female activists,” said Ms Rustami, head of the Kunduz Women and Youth for Peace NGO, a women’s rights organisation, which included her name alongside “almost every active working woman in Kunduz.”

Four armed men later arrived at Ms Rustami’s home, their faces covered and eyes lined in kohl, and demanded her father hand her over.

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The Playboy problem: has the brand ever endangered women?

An ex-bunny describes the loss of her ‘family’ as the magazine stops publishing nude photos – but Gloria Steinem is among its detractors, saying the publication has never expressed ‘the full humanity of men or women’

Jaki Nett, a 72-year-old yoga instructor and former Playboy bunny, is worried.

“Do you know if the magazine will survive?” she asks, on the phone from Germany.

Nett is reacting to this week’s announcement that Playboy, a magazine first published over 60 years ago featuring a nude Marilyn Monroe, has decided to no longer feature photos of naked models in its pages.

Time has marched on, but the move to take nude photos out of its pages seems so antithetical to what the magazine has stood for and symbolized for six decades, it does not seem like an overreaction to question the magazine’s destiny.

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Air India Offers Schemes, Gives 25% Discount to Women Flyers

Rolling out freebies to its domestic fliers and the business class passengers, national carrier Air India is offering four schemes, including 25 per cent flat discount to women travellers, due to high air  travel demand during the festive season.

Air India offers four schemes - Executive Class Bonanza - to the premium segment of executive class passengers flying the domestic sectors as part of the super festival bonanza, the airline said in a statement.

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More women researchers needed 'to deliver food security'

Policy and business leaders have used a major food conference to highlight the need for more women in the global agriculture sector.

One of the speakers, Chelsea Clinton, told delegates that women were a "crucial, vital and necessary" part of delivering global food security.

Data shows that progress has been made in recent years, but there is still a long way to go to close the gender gap.

The call for equality was made at the 2015 Borlaug Dialogue in the US.

"Certainly, we are not on track at the moment to feed the population we expect to have around the world in 2050," Ms Clinton, vice-president of the Clinton Foundation, told the gathering.

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Woman arrested over racist abuse on London bus

Police hold 36-year-old after video footage of Muslim women being sworn at and threatened with violence goes viral

A woman has been arrested in connection with the racist abuse of two Muslim women on a London bus, after video footage of the incident went viral on social media.

The 36-year-old woman, who has not been named, was arrested on Friday at her home in Willesden Green, north-west London, on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence on the No 206 bus.

The Metropolitan police said she remained in custody at a north London police station as inquiries continued.

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Women with breast cancer should examine their treatment options

BY BEATRIZ E. AMENDOLA

The number of women having double, or bilateral, mastectomies in this country is on the rise.

When facing breast cancer, deciding which type of surgery to select for early-stage disease is not easy.

However, the choice is not between saving your breast and saving your life.

Women with early-stage breast cancer who have breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy) live just as long as those who have a mastectomy. Survival is the same no matter the surgical choice.

If breast cancer is diagnosed early and there are no genetic factors that can change the course of the disease, we can reach 95-percent cure rates with appropriate, conservative treatment.

So why are we seeing so many patients go for a mutilating procedure, with chances of severe complications?

Could it be vanity and the enticement of getting a tummy-tuck and a breast augmentation at the same time? Advances in plastic surgery promise more attractive artificial breasts than years ago.

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The African series that's getting women talking about sex

What do you think of when you think of African women and sex?

South African director and actor Mmabatho Montsho said she was tired of stereotypes around HIV/AIDS, sexual violence and unwanted pregnancies, and wanted to broaden the conversation. Her YouTube series 'Women On Sex' includes discussions on everything from virginity testing to sex education.

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Democratic National Committeewoman says her party is 'clearing a path' for Hillary because 'the women in charge' want it that way

• Female member of the Democratic Party's controlling body spoke to Daily Mail Online in Las Vegas following Tuesday's primary debate
• She rattled off a list of women at the top of the party hierarchy and said two vice chairs helped craft a decision this summer to favor Clinton
• The committeewoman warned her party could promote Hillary 'because she's a woman, and risk having her implode after she's nominated'
• The Democratic National Committee insisted that it 'runs an impartial primary process, period'
• But it has sanctioned just six debates this time around; Democratic presidential candidates had to survive 27 of them in 2007-08
• DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz campaigned for Hillary in 2008 when she last ran for the presidency
• See our full coverage of Hillary Clinton and her presidential bid.

The Democratic National Committee is 'clearing a path' for Hillary Clinton to be its presidential nominee because its upper power echelons are populated with women, according to a female committee member who was in Las Vegas for Tuesday's primary debate.

Speaking on the condition that she isn't identified, she told Daily Mail Online that the party is in the tank for Clinton, and the women who run the organization decided it 'early on.'

The committeewoman is supporting one of Hillary's rivals for the Democratic nomination, and said she spoke freely because she believes the former Secretary of State is benefiting from unfair favoritism inside the party.

Clinton aims to be the first female to occupy the Oval Office, and 'the party's female leaders really want to make a woman the next president,' the committeewoman said, rattling off a list of the women who she said are the 'real power' in the organization.

'I haven't heard anyone say we should make Hillary undergo a trial by fire,' she added. 'To the contrary, the women in charge seem eager, more and more, to have her skate into the general [election].'

'I have nothing against women in politics,' she underscored. 'But it's not healthy for the party if we get behind a woman because she's a woman, and risk having her implode after she's nominated because she isn't tested enough now.'

'WOMEN IN CHARGE': Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Waserman Schultz (center), along with vice chairs Donna Brazile (left) and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (right), are part of a female cabal dead set on putting a woman in the White House, according to a DNC committeewoman

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Ebola study finds women in Guinea who appear immune to the virus

 Scientists studying survivors of recent outbreak in west Africa say some women never contracted the virus despite having Ebola antibodies

A study of Ebola survivors in west Africa has found a group of women who appear to be immune to the deadly virus.

The discovery was made by a team of British and European scientists who are studying Ebola survivors in Guinea.

“These are phenomenal women who have had a horrendous story to tell. They have had lots of contact with the virus, clearing up vomit, diarrhoea, sleeping with children with Ebola overnight, and they never presented with Ebola symptoms and somehow they have an immune response to the virus,” said Prof Miles Carroll, a virologist at the UK government’s chemical and biological weapons research facility at Porton Down, Wiltshire.

Early data from the research also offers a theory as to why survivors have not contracted Ebola for a second time even when the virus lingers in places such as the testes, spinal cord and eye chamber. 

The research bodes well for the 16,000 survivors in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, although British nurse Pauline Cafferkey has shocked experts by suffering complications from an earlier Ebola infection.

She is critically ill eight months after being discharged from hospital having apparently recovered from the infection.

The most eye-catching finding in the research came from the parallel study of women who failed to show symptoms of Ebola even though they had been in direct contact with people who had died of the illness.

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