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Long gone are the days when Pakistani women used to wear simple shalwar kameez. Now, they want more details and style to the traditional dress. For that, different brands are working in the country and have satisfied them a great deal. However, women still run out of options despite the presence of dozens of brands. The biggest reason for that is every brand has a signature style and all their dresses repeat the same pattern. That’s what makes women bored with a brand and they look for something new. If you have already given enough chances to different sellers, try Rafia – a renowned online brand for women’s clothing.

What is Rafia.pk and How Does It Work?

Rafia.pk is a Pakistani dress designer brand , specialized in women’s and girl’s clothing. She is currently dealing with her online business only and brining a unique collection on every occasion. She mostly deals in traditional shalwar kameez; however, she has given a unique touch to the conventional style. She has recently launched her Eid collection 2020 and it’s already taking customers’ breath away. It has different yet elegant dresses including both short and long shirt suits and gown style outfits. Each article has been given exclusive attention and its intricacy speaks its own story of hard work.

Other than buying a dress for your own, you can also purchase one for your little princess as there is an exclusive category for kids at the store. There you can find clothes for girls that are just as equally classy as yours.

How and Why Do Muslims Celebrate Eid?

Eid is the holiest occasion of the year that is a gift given by Allah as a reward for fasting the entire month of Ramadan. Muslims fast from dawn to dusk for 29 or 30 days (depending upon the moon sighting), and it’s a hard task they perform. Not only are they prohibited from eating, but they are also not allowed to do unlawful and haram acts. Since it’s a commemorating event, everyone worries about his or her look. Women, especially, decide a look for Eid every year and work hard to stand out among guests. For that, their clothing plays the most important role and it’s of utmost importance to choose a unique dress for the occasion.

Why Should You Shop at Rafia?

There are several reasons to choose Rafia.pk for your Eid shopping. Well, you can always buy clothes other than the Eid season as well, but here, we are exclusively talking about the Eid collection. The first reason to shop at Rafia is it provides you a unique collection of clothes. The one you buy will surely be adding class to your personality and will make you stand out among others as each article is unique. Moreover, the dresses are simple yet sophisticated; therefore, you can utilize them afterward in the upcoming event as well. Last but not the least, you get the best customer care service as the department is always ready to assist you when you give them a call.

 

Board Includes One Member from Pakistan and Will Make Binding and Transparent Decisions on Content 

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Today, Nighat Dad, Pakistani lawyer and a founder of Digital Rights Foundation, was appointed as Board Member to the newly created Oversight Board. The Oversight Board will review certain content decisions by Facebook and Instagram and make binding decisions based on respect for freedom of expression and human rights. 

The Oversight Board will tackle increasingly complex and contentious debates about what types of content should and should not be permitted on Facebook and Instagram and who should decide. The Board will prioritize cases that potentially impact many users, are of critical importance to public discourse, or raise questions about Facebook’s policies. Decisions made by the Board must be implemented by Facebook, as long as they do not violate the law. Oversight Board Members are independent from the company, funded by an independent trust and cannot be removed by Facebook based on their decisions.  

“I want to make sure the Oversight Board is inclusive, and that the voices of the Global South are heard as loudly and clearly as the voices of the Global North,” said Dad. “I believe the Board can be a tool for change and I want to be at the table where these decisions are made.”

Dad will work in collaboration with 19 other Members who speak over 27 languages and have diverse professional, cultural, political, and religious backgrounds and viewpoints. Over time the Board will grow to around 40 Members. While no one can claim to represent everyone, Members are confident that the global composition will underpin, strengthen and guide decision-making.

The Board was designed with transparency in mind

All decisions will be made public, and Facebook must respond publicly to them. All Board decisions will be published on its website, while protecting the identity and privacy of those involved. Additionally, the Board will issue a public annual report on its work to evaluate how the Board is fulfilling its purpose and whether Members believe Facebook is living up to its commitments. 

Members are independent from Facebook 

Members contract directly with the Oversight Board, are not Facebook employees and cannot be removed by Facebook. Members will serve for a maximum of three 3-year terms and case panels will be confidential and assigned at random; no Member can choose the panel they sit on, and all opinions will be anonymous. The Board’s financial independence is also guaranteed by the establishment of a $130 million trust fund that is completely independent of Facebook, which will fund its operations and cannot be revoked. 

The Oversight Board is focused on addressing some of the most significant content moderation decisions on Facebook and Instagram that are referred by both users and Facebook

The Oversight Board will begin hearing cases in the coming months. Initially, users will be able to appeal to the Board in cases where Facebook has removed their content. Over the following months, the Board will also be able to review appeals from users who want Facebook to remove content, including advertising. The Board will not be able to make decisions on all of the many thousands of appeals from users that it anticipates receiving, but it will prioritise cases that potentially impact many users, are of critical importance to public discourse or that raise questions about Facebook’s policies.

For more information, please read the Oversight Board’s member announcement. 

The Online Beauty Store is Making Cosmetics Accessible to Women in Rural Areas

Makeup and skin care products are like the main essence of womanhood. Without the constant desire to wear makeup and perfume, and to use some of the best skin care products, a woman feels incomplete. These qualities in women makes them all the more attractive and mysterious to men. Thanks to the advancements in online beauty shopping services, buying beauty and cosmetic products has become easier in the rural areas of Pakistan.

A New Hope for Change

Life in the rural areas is usually quiet and slow. People do not have too many places to go shopping and this makes it difficult for the women to find branded products. However, since the advancements in technology and the increase in ecommerce websites in Pakistan, rural areas are benefiting. People can shop online for different things, and now online beauty shopping is possible. BrandsVille makes it easy for people (no matter where they are) to find some of the most famous and reputable brands easily.

Now no matter where you live in Pakistan, you will be able to buy some of the best cosmetic brands and receive them at your address. In fact, because the prices are extremely competitive, online cosmetics shopping has become even more fun.

Empowering Women with Online Beauty Shopping

Women need to look attractive and beautiful all the time. It gives them more confidence and makes them look amazing. This is why the coming of online beauty stores like BrandsVille is a move in the right direction. With easy access to various cosmetic products online, they can make sure they look gorgeous and attractive all the time. This gives women complete control on how they want people to see them.

BrandsVille – Taking Online Shopping to New Heights

In Pakistan, there has recently been a surge in the ecommerce industry. There are many groceries stores, clothing stores, and super stores online. Now BrandsVille is setting new benchmarks as an online cosmetics shopping website.

You can also make the most out of this opportunity. Start exploring the store now.

Tightening Our Policies and Expanding Resources to Prevent Suicide and Self-Harm

By Antigone Davis, Global Head of Safety

As a global online community, keeping people safe on our apps is incredibly important to us. Since 2006, we’ve worked with experts from around the world to inform our policies, practices and products supporting those at risk of suicide or self-injury.

On World Suicide Prevention Day, we’re sharing an update on what we’ve learned and some of the steps we’ve taken in the past year, as well as additional actions we’re going to take, to keep people safe on our apps, especially those who are most vulnerable.

Improving How We Handle Suicide and Self-injury Related Content

Earlier this year, we began hosting regular consultations with experts from around the world to discuss some of the more difficult topics associated with suicide and self-injury. These include how we deal with suicide notes, the risks of sad content online and newsworthy depictions of suicide. Further details of these meetings are available on Facebook’s new Suicide Prevention page in our Safety Center. 

As a result of these consultations, we’ve made several changes to improve how we handle this content. We tightened our policy around self-harm to no longer allow graphic cutting images to avoid unintentionally promoting or triggering self-harm, even when someone is seeking support or expressing themselves to aid their recovery. On Instagram, we’ve also made it harder to search for this type of content and kept it from being recommended in Explore. We’ve also taken steps to address the complex issue of eating disorder content on our apps by tightening our policy to prohibit additional content that may promote eating disorders. And with these stricter policies, we’ll continue to send resources to people who post content promoting eating disorders or self-harm, even if we take the content down. Lastly, we chose to display a sensitivity screen over healed self-harm cuts to help avoid unintentionally promoting self-harm. 

Our engagement with experts has proven so valuable that we’re also hiring a health and well-being expert to join our safety policy team. This person will focus exclusively on the health and well-being impacts of our apps and policies, and will explore new ways to improve support for our community, including on topics related to suicide and self-injury. 

And for the first time, we’re also exploring ways to share public data from our platform on how people talk about suicide, beginning with providing academic researchers with access to the social media monitoring tool, CrowdTangle. To date, CrowdTangle has been available primarily to help newsrooms and media publishers understand what is happening on Facebook. But we are eager to make it available to two select researchers who focus on suicide prevention to explore how information shared on Facebook and Instagram can be used to further advancements in suicide prevention and support.

In addition to all we are doing to find more opportunities and places to surface resources, we’re continuing to build new technology to help us find and take action on potentially harmful content, including removing it or adding sensitivity screens. From April to June of 2019, we took action on more than 1.5 million pieces of suicide and self-injury content on Facebook and found more than 95% of it before it was reported by a user. During that same time period, we took action on more than 800 thousand pieces of this content on Instagram and found more than 77% of it before it was reported by a user. 

Becoming a Safer Forum for Difficult Conversations

Experts have told us that one of the most effective ways to prevent suicide is for people to hear from friends and family who care about them. Facebook has a unique role in facilitating those kinds of connections and we’re taking additional steps to support those who are discussing these sensitive topics, especially young people. To help young people safely discuss topics like suicide, we’re enhancing our online resources by including Orygen’s #chatsafe guidelines in Facebook’s Safety Center and in resources on Instagram when someone searches for suicide or self-injury content.

The #chatsafe guidelines were developed together with young people to provide support to those who might be responding to suicide-related content posted by others or for those who might want to share their own feelings and experiences with suicidal thoughts, feelings or behaviors. 

We’ll continue to invest in people, technology and resources so that we can do more to protect people on our apps. Visit our Suicide Prevention Resource page to learn more about what’s available.

 

By S M Imran

Chairman Middle East, Pakistan and Africa (MEPA) Region, EO

The networking opportunity at the platform of Entrepreneur’s Organization fosters the exchange of information and ideas among individuals and groups that share common interests. This is a unique opportunity available to its members across the globe. It further manifests that EO is not a lobbying forum like other sector-specific associations and chambers of commerce and industry.

No matter what profession you’re in, networking at the platform of EO is the fuel that accelerates success. Not only is it useful for learning directly from individuals you meet, but the benefits of association and growing your own authority are just as powerful. Shining entrepreneurs with multicultural backgrounds and experiences turns into one community at EO. A blend of idea sharing and exchange of information results into an exponential growth of respective members.

Gone are the days when answer to the question that why are some entrepreneurs so much more successful than others in starting new ventures was attributed to either on the personality traits or susceptibility to various cognitive errors of individual entrepreneurs or on such external factors as the number of competing businesses. But entrepreneurs’ social skills—specific competencies that help them interact effectively with others—may also play a role in their success. A high level of social capital, built on a favorable reputation, relevant previous experience, and direct personal contacts, often assists entrepreneurs in gaining access to venture capitalists, potential customers, and others. Once such access is gained, the nature of the entrepreneurs’ face-to-face interactions can strongly influence their success. Specific social skills, such as the ability to read others accurately, make favorable first impressions, adapt to a wide range of social situations, and be persuasive, can influence the quality of these interactions. Moreover, by helping entrepreneurs expand their personal networks, social skills may also contribute to their social capital. Because social skills can readily be enhanced through appropriate training, entrepreneurs who take advantage of such opportunities may reap important benefits.

Relationships matter. They provide us social context, allow us to transfer trust, and create opportunity. Relationships also, not surprisingly, fuel more relationships. But how do you start building your network? The short answer is through organizations. Besides a curated network of relationships, organizations also provide excellent opportunities to give back, mentor others, and find resources to help businesses succeed.

EO is the world’s only peer-to-peer network exclusively for entrepreneurs. Founded in 1987, EO enables entrepreneurs to learn and grow from each other leading to greater business success and an enriched personal life.

Since 1987, the Entrepreneurs Organization has been transforming the lives of the entrepreneurs who transform the world. As the global thought leader on entrepreneurship, SO plays an integral role in business, industries and the lives of leading entrepreneurs everywhere.

Being the Chairman MEPA Region, I’m pursuing my mission statement of ‘building bridges’ and a regional event ‘EO Grow’ will be organized in UAE in May 2018. Leading professors from Harvard University will be the key-note on the occasion They will hold learning sessions to enhance skills of MEPA members. This is also called ‘Executive Education Program’.

A regional council meeting will take place in Cape Town. MEPA will hold a session of Global leadership academy, titled as ‘Nelson Mandela Session’ in the jail at Cape Town, South Africa, where Nelson was imprisoned for his political struggle.

In the end of January, presidents of EO will hold meeting in Kenya to evaluate and train new entrants to the organization.

EO Resonate will take place in Tanzania by mid-February to promote and support women entrepreneurs.

By the end of February, Jordan university learning, socializing meeting.

EO members from Kenya and Dubai are planning to visit each other next year as well.

Meanwhile, the Muslim members from MEPA region will perform Umrah from 16^th to 19^th November. They will also visit exclusively to Riaz-ul-Jannah.