Parliamentarians from across Europe and other relevant stakeholders gathered in Malta in a high-level meeting on maternal health and refugee women organised by the Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL) and the President of Malta, H.E. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca. One in 10 women in the EU have no access to maternal health services in the […]
Archives for March 2017
Protecting Latin America’s Human Rights Defenders on International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day and one year after the murder – still unpunished – of the Honduran defender Berta Cáceres, the European network of NGOs ‘Grupo Sur’, based in Brussels, called on the #EU to consider as a priority, a guarantee for the safety, life and work of Latin American human rights defenders within the framework […]
Glorious Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort, St Lucia
For centuries, the British and French squabbled and waged diplomatic war to secure the mighty resourceful island of St Lucia. Sugar was its most precious commodity. The plantation is now a Unesco world heritage site, 100 acres of lush rainforest spread as far as the eye can see. During the colonial period the plantations grew dramatically […]
Windjammer, St Lucia. Caribbean Treasure.
One of the superb advantages of visiting an island is the ability to arrive in style, in almost any guise. I chose a boat, silently slipping alongside the jetty, like a pirate in the night, ready to plunder the amazing wares that lay onshore. Solomon brought me. He has a fishing fleet. Well, not quite […]
Swedish Lapland. Bright Lights, Big Delight.
‘Obsession’ – The Oxford English Dictionary describes this as ‘the state in which a person’s mind is completely filled with thoughts of one particular thing or person in a way that is not normal’. They should change it to ‘Aurora’. Everyone that visits Swedish Lapland in the autumn, through to winter, is obsessed. Obsessed with […]
Luscious Ladera, St Lucia. Exhilaration and adventure.
Exhilaration and adventure, that’s Plantation Ridge at Ladera; a masterclass of villas designed with the most scenic spine-tingling view. Waking up from your four-poster bed to the green-framed ocean, mountains shrouded in mist and birds daring to venture where no man can, is not only a luxury, it’s a privilege. The pool is right at […]
Virtuous Venice – Aman Venice, Luxury on the Grand Canal
The click clacking of heels on the cobbled streets tingles your senses. The background rumble of water taxis sets the stage for your Venetian experience, a melange of excitement and and a whirl of confusion – it’s almost impolite not to get lost in Venice. To the naked eye, Venice is Italian. The Venetians speak […]
Athenaeum, London. Blissfully British.
Throw a Coutts card over your shoulder in London and you won’t have any trouble securing a five-star boudoir, complete with brass door knobs and chocolates on your pillow, especially in Mayfair. The affluent beating heart of the city. But is that what you want? What distinguishes the garish from the graceful? The ostentatious from […]