Francesca Fenech Conti (Page 2)

Francesca Fenech Conti is passionate about social issues and has a BA in Social Policy. She is the Founder and creator of the women only facebook group Women for Women (Malta) and the Women for Women Foundation that works hand in hand with other NGOs and businesses to empower and support women, especially single mothers.

Francesca recently also launched Wham.com.mt to provide a much needed space on the local media scene to promote women’s voices and to provide women with a source of information regarding their general wellbeing.

Click here to check out Francesca's full bio as well as a list of all her Wham published articles

Tamara Webb The Balance Queen

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What can I say about social media sensation Tamara Webb, also known as The Balance Queen? Of course nothing short of “she’s amazing!” Meeting her over Zoom I was impressed with her openness and outgoing personality.  I should have known that there was going to be much more to this woman than meets the eye. We are instantly comfortable talking to each other even though we have never met before. I never realised that she was so hard working and a natural entrepreneur too, and instrumental in setting up and running of popular enterprises like The Balance Queen, Jar, Carb and many other creative projectsRead More…

self portrait artist

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Bold and brave self portrait artist Martina Mifsud openly displays very personal nude portraits in Malta, where nudity is still frowned upon.. I’m a terrible at anything artistic, I can’t paint, I can’t dance, I can’t sing to save my life, I’m not good at sports. I remember thinking when I was very young, many moons ago, that God (when I still believed he existed) gave me no talents. What I can do instead is really appreciate those that recognise their talents and do something with them. When Luisa my step-daughter sent me photos of an exhibition of nude self-portraits by her friend Martina MifsudRead More…

I took the covid vaccine

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In: Health, Physical Health

“I took the Covid19 vaccine Pfizer-BioNTech to protect myself and the community I serve”, says Specialist Public Health Nurse Tracy… The much-awaited Covid-19 Vaccine has finally arrived in Malta. Malta’s healthcare workers are the first to have started to receive the vaccine. Many people are still apprehensive about the vaccine and are not keen to be the first to take it. Wham spoke to Tracy from Berkshire in the UK, a Specialist Public Health Nurse – Health Visitor. Tracy is 59 years old, half Maltese and works with mothers and families with children 0 to 5 years old. Tracy works in her community as aRead More…

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Santa was late this Christmas in delivering a gift to a 9 year old girl…yet thanks to Angela and Omar’s kindness and help, he still managed to make it right in time to deliver gifts and lots of happiness! Covid 19 might have ruined many people’s Christmas but there are always heart warming stories too. As I lay alone at home in quarantine and my husband upstairs in isolation, another message came in on my phone, most of them today have been to thank me or from friends to wish me a happy Christmas. This one was different. It said “I’m a single parent andRead More…

hysterectomy and hrt

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In: Health, Physical Health

After two years of uncertainty and extreme periods I decided there and then…I needed a hysterectomy and HRT at 45. I needed to change my life completely! My periods were always regular and light, however I always suffered from PMS and would get moody, slightly down and under the weather, touchy and I would cry easily. I remember I used to think a lot about death and have brain fog for a week before and a few days after every period. That meant that for 10 days out of every month I felt like I wasn’t really my usual happy go lucky self. As womenRead More…

what happens during a miscarriage

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In: Ask Our Experts, Ask Our Gynae Prof Isabel Stabile

Prof Isabel Stabile kindly agreed to answer a couple of important questions about what happens during a miscarriage, as well as how it is currently being handled in our country. From what I understand there are of course different types of natural miscarriages and all are extremely traumatic to women. Some miscarriages happen quickly and the fetus is naturally expelled by the body and this is usually not a problem for most women: traumatic but quick. What should a woman do if she experiences this type of miscarriage and what is usually the procedure please? Prof Isabel Stabile: There’s not much to do here other thanRead More…

Filigree Women for Women

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I have always loved filigree and when Dr. Joanna Delia approached me about collaborating and selling filigree jewellery in aid of Women for Women Foundation and Women’s Rights Foundation I was immediately drawn to the idea. Any excuse to collaborate with Joanna or other like-minded women and raise funds. I was even more excited when she told me the new pendants would be representing women’s vaginas. I affectionately nicknamed them Pussy Pendants;  while Joanna calls them Weewees. These Weewees or Pussy Pendants are designed, and hand crafted by filigree master and iron man Kevin Attard. Kevin has been crafting amazing hand made pieces for overRead More…

scam love

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I recently spoke to Patricia* who wants to share her story about the danger of online dating in the hope that other women do not ever have to go through the same experience. Patricia is an accomplished, independent and educated woman who has her own business but who enjoys sharing her life with others. Patricia is outgoing and has loads of friends but like most good people she believes life is better and more beautiful when shared with a significant other.  As many women of all ages do, she joined Connecting Singles, an online dating platform. Her first mistake she says “was writing all aboutRead More…

persona med aesthetics plastic surgery

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In: Fashion and Beauty, Health, Women

I receive many anonymous requests from members of Women for Women with regards to various cosmetic surgery procedures. Many women seem shy to ask directly about cosmetic surgery and it is still quite something not openly discussed amongst women. I therefore decided it would be a great idea if I asked all the questions that we women would usually want to know. I have heard a lot of positive recommendations about Persona so I thought this would be a great place to start from and to see what they have to offer. With Covid-19 confining us indoors and with winter around the corner and numbersRead More…

Young Progressive Beings YPB

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In: Inspirational Women, Women

The Young Progressive Beings, young, bold and brave young women, have one main aim…to defend the rights of women in Malta… As a woman I am ashamed to say that I became interested in women’s struggles and feminism late in life. I always had a strong sense of justice and what is right from wrong but the real passion and love for women’s issues and rights for women was really ignited in me when I met Dr. Lara Dimitrijevic founder of Women’s Rights Foundation. Her work as a pro-bono lawyer with victims of domestic violence and victims of human trafficking really inspired me and helpedRead More…