Editorial: Women Today

The Women Today team welcomes you to this week’s magazine. Women Today is the one place where women’s interests come first.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The Women Today team welcomes you to this week’s magazine. Women Today is the one place where women’s interests come first.Their dreams, challenges and achievements are celebrated within these pages, and why shouldn’t they? Women are the silent engine of Rwanda’s social, economic and political development.Turn to Page 5 and read about Florence Kuyt, one of the team members of Operation Smile that is offering free surgery to cleft lip and palate patients. As the highest number of cleft patients is children, Kuyt, specializes in intensive care for newborns and expresses how happy she is to be in Rwanda doing what she does best. We are proud to talk to her this week.Our very own medical expert, Dr. Rachna Pande, a specialist working in Ruhengeri Hospital, discusses severe menstrual cramps and what women can do to ease the pain. Her advice, which you will find in the Wellbeing section, is extremely useful.Are you the kind of person to go home straight from work and plop down in the sofa to watch a TV series or movie? Or are you the kind that goes straight to the kitchen to prepare a delicious meal? Or perhaps you prefer to spend your evenings sipping hot tea and enjoying a good read? No matter your tastes and preferences, we have something for you. Turn to Page 6 to see what we have for you.Enjoy!