THE NEW YORK TIMES: Activists are using social media to do what Arab countries have failed to do: teach women about their bodies. They are aiming for nothing less than a cultural awakening.
CAIRO — When Nour Emam decided to devote herself to educating Arab women about their bodies, the subject was so taboo that one of her first challenges was figuring out how to pronounce the word “clitoris” in Arabic.
“I had never heard it,” said Ms. Emam, 29, a women’s health activist from Cairo. “No one uses it, so there’s nowhere to find the right way to say it.”
After careful research, now she knows, and so do her hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, where she hosts one of the leading platforms for sex education in the Arab world.
With formal schooling on sexuality minimal to nonexistent in much of the Middle East, and a patriarchal culture that has left many Arab women ignorant and ashamed of their own bodies, Ms. Emam and a growing number of activists have built online platforms to try to fill the gap. » | Mona El-Naggar and Sara Aridi | Thursday, November 18, 2021
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Comment le Covid s’attaque au cerveau
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - Des chercheurs européens pensent avoir mis au jour le mécanisme qui expliquerait certains troubles neurologiques.
Au début, le Covid fut avant tout considéré comme une maladie pulmonaire. Les patients les plus gravement atteints souffraient effectivement d’un syndrome respiratoire aigu comme on en voit dans la grippe. Mais il est vite apparu que le virus provoquait également des symptômes neurologiques: anosmie, crises convulsives, AVC, perte de conscience, confusion, à long terme difficultés cognitives… Pour l’expliquer, il y a bien sûr la violence de la maladie et des traitements infligés aux patients en réanimation. Mais anosmie et «brouillard» cognitif sont aussi très fréquents chez ceux atteints par les formes légères de la maladie. Tout semble donc indiquer que, d’une façon ou d’une autre, le Sars-CoV-2 fait bien plus que d’attaquer nos poumons. » | Par Soline Roy | mardi 16 novembre 2021
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À LIRE AUSSI : Covid-19 : le virus est capable de pénétrer dans le cerveau et d'y infecter les neurones : DÉCRYPTAGE - Des chercheurs français ont démontré que le virus ne se contentait pas de s'infiltrer dans le cerveau : il contamine aussi les neurones. Avec quelles conséquences ? »
Au début, le Covid fut avant tout considéré comme une maladie pulmonaire. Les patients les plus gravement atteints souffraient effectivement d’un syndrome respiratoire aigu comme on en voit dans la grippe. Mais il est vite apparu que le virus provoquait également des symptômes neurologiques: anosmie, crises convulsives, AVC, perte de conscience, confusion, à long terme difficultés cognitives… Pour l’expliquer, il y a bien sûr la violence de la maladie et des traitements infligés aux patients en réanimation. Mais anosmie et «brouillard» cognitif sont aussi très fréquents chez ceux atteints par les formes légères de la maladie. Tout semble donc indiquer que, d’une façon ou d’une autre, le Sars-CoV-2 fait bien plus que d’attaquer nos poumons. » | Par Soline Roy | mardi 16 novembre 2021
Réservé aux abonnés
À LIRE AUSSI : Covid-19 : le virus est capable de pénétrer dans le cerveau et d'y infecter les neurones : DÉCRYPTAGE - Des chercheurs français ont démontré que le virus ne se contentait pas de s'infiltrer dans le cerveau : il contamine aussi les neurones. Avec quelles conséquences ? »
Brigitte Macron désapprouve l’entrée du pronom «iel» dans le Petit Robert
LE FIGARO : La première dame s’est exprimée sur le pronom «iel» que Le Petit Robert a récemment intégré dans son dictionnaire numérique.
Deux petites phrases qui ne sont pas passées inaperçues. En marge d’un déplacement avec le ministre de l’Education nationale, Jean-Michel Blanquer, consacré au harcèlement scolaire ce jeudi 18 novembre, Brigitte Macron a désapprouvé l’entrée du pronom «iel» dans le petit Robert: «La langue française est si belle. Et deux pronoms, c’est bien», a-t-elle affirmé calmement. L’ancienne professeur de français n’approuve pas l’entrée du pronom «iel» dans les colonnes numériques du dictionnaire, qui suscite la polémique depuis quelques jours. » | Par Maguelonne de Gestas | jeudi 18 November 2021
Deux petites phrases qui ne sont pas passées inaperçues. En marge d’un déplacement avec le ministre de l’Education nationale, Jean-Michel Blanquer, consacré au harcèlement scolaire ce jeudi 18 novembre, Brigitte Macron a désapprouvé l’entrée du pronom «iel» dans le petit Robert: «La langue française est si belle. Et deux pronoms, c’est bien», a-t-elle affirmé calmement. L’ancienne professeur de français n’approuve pas l’entrée du pronom «iel» dans les colonnes numériques du dictionnaire, qui suscite la polémique depuis quelques jours. » | Par Maguelonne de Gestas | jeudi 18 November 2021
One in Five Teachers Are Still Uncomfortable Discussing LGBT Topics with Children
METRO: One in five school teachers are still uncomfortable talking about LGBT+ topics with pupils, a new poll has revealed.
Independent research by Just Like Us, the LGBT+ charity for young people, found that only a third of teachers are ‘completely comfortable’ talking in the classroom about things related to being lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.
Over 6,000 primary and secondary teachers were surveyed, and 3% of them even said they were ‘completely uncomfortable’ discussing these with pupils.
This comes despite the regulator Ofsted requiring primary schools to include different types of families – such as lesbian mums or gay dads – in lessons. » | Gergana Krasteva | Thursday, November 18, 2021
Independent research by Just Like Us, the LGBT+ charity for young people, found that only a third of teachers are ‘completely comfortable’ talking in the classroom about things related to being lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.
Over 6,000 primary and secondary teachers were surveyed, and 3% of them even said they were ‘completely uncomfortable’ discussing these with pupils.
This comes despite the regulator Ofsted requiring primary schools to include different types of families – such as lesbian mums or gay dads – in lessons. » | Gergana Krasteva | Thursday, November 18, 2021
Switzerland to Implement Same-sex Marriage in July 2022
POLITICO: Almost two-thirds of the country voted in favor of the measure in September.
In Switzerland, same-sex couples can get married as of July 1, 2022, the Federal Council announced Wednesday.
“We are really happy with the outcome of the vote, and that it is now being put into law,” said Maria von Kaenel, co-president of the Marriage for All campaign, according to Reuters.
Almost two-thirds of the country voted in favor of same-sex marriage in a nationwide referendum on September 26. With the overwhelming result, Justice and Police Minister Karin Keller-Sutter moved to implement the result of the vote quickly. » | Thibault Spirlet | Wednesday, November 17, 2021
In Switzerland, same-sex couples can get married as of July 1, 2022, the Federal Council announced Wednesday.
“We are really happy with the outcome of the vote, and that it is now being put into law,” said Maria von Kaenel, co-president of the Marriage for All campaign, according to Reuters.
Almost two-thirds of the country voted in favor of same-sex marriage in a nationwide referendum on September 26. With the overwhelming result, Justice and Police Minister Karin Keller-Sutter moved to implement the result of the vote quickly. » | Thibault Spirlet | Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Fentanyl: An Epidemic of Addiction Made Worse by the Covid-19 Pandemic | DW News
Nov 17, 2021 • Today we learned that more than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in the last year. That is the highest overdose death toll ever recorded in a 12-month period.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 100,300 Americans died of overdoses between May 2020 and April 2021. That's a 28 percent increase on the previous year. Most of the death came from overdoses of the synthetic drug Fentanyl. An epidemic of addiction made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns left drug users socially isolated and unable to get treatment. Drug overdoses now claim more lives than car accidents and gun violence combined.
Neues Rekordhoch: Mehr als 100 000 Drogentote in den USA in zwölf Monaten Pandemie: Die Zahl der an einer Überdosis gestorbenen Personen in den USA hat im Jahr nach Beginn der Pandemie um 30 Prozent zugenommen. Die anhaltende Opioid-Krise wurde durch die Corona-Pandemie noch zusätzlich verstärkt. »
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 100,300 Americans died of overdoses between May 2020 and April 2021. That's a 28 percent increase on the previous year. Most of the death came from overdoses of the synthetic drug Fentanyl. An epidemic of addiction made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns left drug users socially isolated and unable to get treatment. Drug overdoses now claim more lives than car accidents and gun violence combined.
Neues Rekordhoch: Mehr als 100 000 Drogentote in den USA in zwölf Monaten Pandemie: Die Zahl der an einer Überdosis gestorbenen Personen in den USA hat im Jahr nach Beginn der Pandemie um 30 Prozent zugenommen. Die anhaltende Opioid-Krise wurde durch die Corona-Pandemie noch zusätzlich verstärkt. »
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 | Evgeny Kissin HD
Junge Zürcher haben besonders viel Sex - nun bietet ihnen die Stadt Gratistests zu Geschlechtskrankheiten an
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: In Zürich sind besonders viele junge Menschen sexuell aktiv – deshalb gibt es hier überdurchschnittlich viele Ansteckungen mit Tripper, Syphilis oder Chlamydien. Die Stadt reagiert mit Gratistests für unter 25-Jährige.
Die Stadt Zürich will sexuell übertragbare Krankheiten mit Gratistests eindämmen. | Michael Buholzer / Keystone
In Zürich ist die Ansteckungsrate bei sexuell übertragbaren Krankheiten deutlich höher als in anderen Städten. Das zeigen Zahlen des Bundesamts für Gesundheit. Zürich gilt als liberal und offen, es gibt viele Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten und Freizeitangebote. Deshalb ziehen besonders viele sexuell aktive Leute hierher. Zu diesem Schluss kommt die Stadt Zürich. Dating-Apps wie Tinder oder Grindr tun ihr Übriges: ein paar Klicks, und schon hat man sich zum Sex verabredet.
Für Zürich werden die hohen Ansteckungszahlen zum Problem, denn die Infektionen bleiben oft lange unerkannt und werden weiterverbreitet. Die Stadt startet deshalb ein Pilotprojekt: Ab Herbst 2022 bietet sie als erste in der Schweiz unter 25-Jährigen anonyme Gratistests für sexuell übertragbare Krankheiten an. Die «big five» sind HIV, Syphilis, Chlamydien, Tripper (Gonorrhö) und Hepatitis. » | Isabel Heusser | Mittwoch, 17. November 2021
In Zürich ist die Ansteckungsrate bei sexuell übertragbaren Krankheiten deutlich höher als in anderen Städten. Das zeigen Zahlen des Bundesamts für Gesundheit. Zürich gilt als liberal und offen, es gibt viele Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten und Freizeitangebote. Deshalb ziehen besonders viele sexuell aktive Leute hierher. Zu diesem Schluss kommt die Stadt Zürich. Dating-Apps wie Tinder oder Grindr tun ihr Übriges: ein paar Klicks, und schon hat man sich zum Sex verabredet.
Für Zürich werden die hohen Ansteckungszahlen zum Problem, denn die Infektionen bleiben oft lange unerkannt und werden weiterverbreitet. Die Stadt startet deshalb ein Pilotprojekt: Ab Herbst 2022 bietet sie als erste in der Schweiz unter 25-Jährigen anonyme Gratistests für sexuell übertragbare Krankheiten an. Die «big five» sind HIV, Syphilis, Chlamydien, Tripper (Gonorrhö) und Hepatitis. » | Isabel Heusser | Mittwoch, 17. November 2021
"Nul ne peut ralentir le passage du temps" : le communiqué inquiétant de la reine Elizabeth II
MADAME FIGARO : Depuis son hospitalisation, les apparitions publiques de la monarque britannique se font de plus en plus rares. Ce mardi 16 novembre, la souveraine de 95 ans a renoncé une nouvelle fois à participer à une cérémonie officielle. De quoi raviver les craintes sur son état de santé.
C'est la première fois qu'elle n'y assiste pas en plus de cinquante ans : mardi 16 décembre, la reine Elizabeth a annulé sa participation au Synode général, l'assemblée nationale de l'Église d'Angleterre, pour se reposer. Une absence loin de passer inaperçue.
Son fils cadet, le prince Edward, a pris le relais et a partagé un communiqué écrit par la reine, rapporte notamment le site du magazine People. Dont l'un des passages a été très remarqué : «Il est difficile de croire que cela fait plus de 50 ans que le prince Philip et moi-même avons assisté à la toute première réunion du Synode général», confie Elizabeth II dans ce texte. Avant d’ajouter : «Aucun d'entre nous ne peut ralentir le passage du temps.» Regarder la vidéo » | La Rédaction | mercredi 17 novembre 2021
À LIRE AUSSI : Pourquoi la reine Elizabeth II n’abdiquera jamais : Après presque soixante-deux années de règne, la souveraine britannique confie de plus en plus de responsabilités à son héritier, le prince Charles. Les rumeurs l’annoncent sur le départ mais la reine affirme que « sa mission dure toute la vie ». »
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Labour Challenges Tories over Checks on Russia-linked Donations
THE GUARDIAN: Opposition asks whether any money given to Johnson’s party has been connected to ‘hostile state actors’
Donors who made money from Russia or Russians have given £1.9m to either the Conservative party or constituency associations since Boris Johnson took power, according to Labour. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Labour has asked the Conservatives what checks the party has made on donations received from Russian-linked individuals – and if it could be sure that no cash received came from the Kremlin or others hostile to the UK.
The questions follow revelations about a group of wealthy donors who have given money to the Conservatives and have business links to Russia or other wealthy Russians.
Labour’s Conor McGinn, the shadow security minister, said it was “deeply worrying to see revealed potential financial links between senior donors and Putin’s Russia” and asked about “the adequacy of the processes” by which donors are vetted.
Donors who have made money from Russia or Russians have given £1.9m to either the Conservative party or individual constituency associations since Boris Johnson took power in July 2019, according to calculations made by Labour based on disclosures to the Electoral Commission. » | Dan Sabbagh | Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Starmer has found a fruitful line of attack: fighting Tory corruption is a patriotic duty: Johnson insults people who think rules matter. The Labour leader is doing well by instead asking who speaks for the country »
Labour has asked the Conservatives what checks the party has made on donations received from Russian-linked individuals – and if it could be sure that no cash received came from the Kremlin or others hostile to the UK.
The questions follow revelations about a group of wealthy donors who have given money to the Conservatives and have business links to Russia or other wealthy Russians.
Labour’s Conor McGinn, the shadow security minister, said it was “deeply worrying to see revealed potential financial links between senior donors and Putin’s Russia” and asked about “the adequacy of the processes” by which donors are vetted.
Donors who have made money from Russia or Russians have given £1.9m to either the Conservative party or individual constituency associations since Boris Johnson took power in July 2019, according to calculations made by Labour based on disclosures to the Electoral Commission. » | Dan Sabbagh | Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Starmer has found a fruitful line of attack: fighting Tory corruption is a patriotic duty: Johnson insults people who think rules matter. The Labour leader is doing well by instead asking who speaks for the country »
Clarissa Eden, British Countess and Political Influencer, Dies at 101
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The iconoclastic niece of Winston Churchill, she was married to Prime Minister Anthony Eden, who was at the helm during the Suez crisis.
Clarissa Eden and her husband, Prime Minister Anthony Eden, at 10 Downing Street in 1955. “You were perpetually in evening gowns, tremendous evening clothes — tiaras and God knows what, and long gloves that had to be buttoned up,” Ms Eden said. | Monty Fresco Jr./Topical Press Agency, via Getty Images
LONDON — Clarissa Eden, an elegant and well-connected insider among a British elite that shaped the country’s empire, stewarded its wars and presided over the onset of post-imperial decline, died on Monday at her home in London. She was 101.
Hugo Vickers, her friend and literary executor, confirmed her death.
Long before her marriage to Anthony Eden, a Conservative who became Britain’s prime minister, Lady Eden had built an iconoclastic reputation that set her apart from her cohort of debutantes, traveling across Europe, studying art and philosophy, consorting unwittingly with Soviet agents and decoding secret messages at the Foreign Office in wartime Britain.
She was born into the Churchill family and, in a memoir published in 2007, recalled lunching with Winston Churchill — her Uncle Winston — as he allowed a pet cat to prowl the table to be fed. When she married Lord Eden, then the foreign secretary, Churchill provided for her to celebrate the occasion at 10 Downing Street, the seat of prime ministerial power. » | Alan Cowell | Tuesday, November 16, 2021
LONDON — Clarissa Eden, an elegant and well-connected insider among a British elite that shaped the country’s empire, stewarded its wars and presided over the onset of post-imperial decline, died on Monday at her home in London. She was 101.
Hugo Vickers, her friend and literary executor, confirmed her death.
Long before her marriage to Anthony Eden, a Conservative who became Britain’s prime minister, Lady Eden had built an iconoclastic reputation that set her apart from her cohort of debutantes, traveling across Europe, studying art and philosophy, consorting unwittingly with Soviet agents and decoding secret messages at the Foreign Office in wartime Britain.
She was born into the Churchill family and, in a memoir published in 2007, recalled lunching with Winston Churchill — her Uncle Winston — as he allowed a pet cat to prowl the table to be fed. When she married Lord Eden, then the foreign secretary, Churchill provided for her to celebrate the occasion at 10 Downing Street, the seat of prime ministerial power. » | Alan Cowell | Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Tea and Coffee May Be Linked to Lower Risk of Stroke and Dementia – Study
THE GUARDIAN: Research looking at 365,000 people aged 50-74 finds moderate consumption could have health benefits
Drinking coffee or tea may be linked with a lower risk of stroke and dementia, according to the largest study of its kind.
Strokes cause 10% of deaths globally, while dementia is one of the world’s biggest health challenges – 130 million are expected to be living with it by 2050.
In the research, 365,000 people aged between 50 and 74 were followed for more than a decade. At the start the participants, who were involved in the UK Biobank study, self-reported how much coffee and tea they drank. Over the research period, 5,079 of them developed dementia and 10,053 went on to have at least one stroke.
Researchers found that people who drank two to three cups of coffee or three to five cups of tea a day, or a combination of four to six cups of coffee and tea, had the lowest risk of stroke or dementia.
Those who drank two to three cups of coffee and two to three cups of tea daily had a 32% lower risk of stroke. These people had a 28% lower risk of dementia compared with those who did not drink tea or coffee. » | Andrew Gregory, Health editor | Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Drinking coffee or tea may be linked with a lower risk of stroke and dementia, according to the largest study of its kind.
Strokes cause 10% of deaths globally, while dementia is one of the world’s biggest health challenges – 130 million are expected to be living with it by 2050.
In the research, 365,000 people aged between 50 and 74 were followed for more than a decade. At the start the participants, who were involved in the UK Biobank study, self-reported how much coffee and tea they drank. Over the research period, 5,079 of them developed dementia and 10,053 went on to have at least one stroke.
Researchers found that people who drank two to three cups of coffee or three to five cups of tea a day, or a combination of four to six cups of coffee and tea, had the lowest risk of stroke or dementia.
Those who drank two to three cups of coffee and two to three cups of tea daily had a 32% lower risk of stroke. These people had a 28% lower risk of dementia compared with those who did not drink tea or coffee. » | Andrew Gregory, Health editor | Tuesday, November 16, 2021
The French Cooking Academy – Stephane: Chicken Cutlets: Pojarsky. Pan-fried Pieces of Goodness You Must Try
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