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Sexual harassment is a pervasive issue that affects individuals worldwide, regardless of gender, age, or background, however women are much more likely to experience sexual harassment in greater numbers. It is crucial to define and understand the concept to address it effectively. Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination and abuse that involves unwelcome sexual advances, comments, requests for sexual favours, or any other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that creates a hostile or intimidating environment for the victim.Read More…

atlas healthcare

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Don’t just take it from us. Atlas leads in market share in this sector, and we work very hard to maintain this trust. We provide first-class benefits and great support services to assure our members that they have chosen the very best. Our suite of health and wellness benefits is fully customisable for corporate groups to fit the different needs of different talent pools. Individual plans have excellent extensions, including the newly enhanced preventive care cover. For attendees of the Women’s Health and Wellbeing Expo 2023, one-month free cover on individual health insurance is being offered for those who obtain a quote from the conferenceRead More…

sexual marital abuse

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Everyone had warned me, but I did not listen. I chose not to listen. I ignored them all. Family, friends, people who genuinely cared… I swear, I didn’t do it on purpose. Yet, in the state of mind that I was in, I did just that. Why is it that by having a good forgiving heart I keep on enabling myself to be abused over and over and over again? Why is it that my trust has to keep on being broken? Why can’t I learn to put myself first, once and for all, and not fall for fake promises of change? Why do IRead More…

abortion

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“I have to tell you. I almost had an abortion during this pregnancy”, were the words I confided to my Obstetrician during a routine ultrasound. What I didn’t expect to see, was the look of horror wash over her face, as though I had admitted to some heinous, unforgivable crime. Weeks after giving birth to my first child, I sat on my bathroom floor bawling my eyes out in grief. Grief over the life I felt I was losing, as I clutched yet another positive pregnancy test. I didn’t know how I could take care of another baby. My husband was as overwhelmed as IRead More…

abortion rights

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I was 16. He was 24 and reassured me that he was never a risk to other women, so I should trust him – without a condom, notwithstanding I was mid-cycle. And so I did, letting him “spread my legs” (as some women like referring to) to show me how it’s done. It was over in a few seconds; he was on drugs or alcohol and surely was very disappointed at all the hype about sex but was worth something to write in my diary. After all I was no longer a virgin now. Fast forward two weeks, and now, single, my period was late.Read More…

care and custody

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I have an ongoing court case situation that I have been in for 3 years. The court is taking too long to issue a decree for care and custody in this case. I am a single mother of a 7 year old son. The father, who is a foreigner, has left Malta after our relationship ended and he has not paid attention, showed any interest, or heard the child for the last 4 years. Obviously I have never deprived him from access to the child. Maintenance has never been passed from his end for these last 4 years. The little one had his First HolyRead More…

birth

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Up till 70 or so years ago most births happened at home. This usually meant that the familiar village midwife would be approached some time in pregnancy and simply notified that she would be called during the time span of early or late in a particular month. No due date. Simply some time around…. ‘when the baby knocks, I’ll just open the door for him!’ When the baby did ‘knock’, there would usually be a couple of other experienced mothers in the house, obviously chosen by the mother herself. Husbands wouldn’t be allowed anywhere near. They know nothing about births. The trait in the maleRead More…