✺ WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT Worth to remember this speech which has been pronounced by Ursula von Der Leyen. Speech by President von Der Leyen at the 2020 Women's Forum Global Meeting Brussels, 18 November 2020 Dear Chiara (Corazza), Dear ladies, Dear friends, Thank you for your invite to this impressive gathering. All of you who are connected today have an amazing story to tell. A story of hard work, and of success. Some of you were the first woman in your family to get a degree.
Being a powerful woman means that you create your own narrative. It means that you are strong enough to make your own decisions, to be free and to break the status quo that people have set up for women. Who is this #remarkable woman ? Bonang Dorothy Matheba (born 25 June 1987), is a South African television presenter, radio personality, businesswoman, producer, model and philanthropist. Matheba launched the Bonang Matheba Bursary Fund in 2017 to help educate girls by paying f
International Women's Month. ❛ Be a Lady They Said ❜ ❛ Be a lady they said. Your skirt is too short. Your shirt is too low. Your pants are too tight. Don’t show so much skin. Don’t show your thighs. Don’t show your breasts ❜ These are the first few lines of a poem, written by 22-year-old Camille Rainville and performed by former Sex and the City star turned activist and politician, Cynthia Nixon. The viral and incredibly powerful video, created for Girls Girls Girls
Use your voice to eliminate the variable. ( Spanish version bellow). In March we commemorate Women's Day. First it was the day for female workers and then we stopped making the distinction between working outside or inside the home environment and we included them all in the commemoration. March 8th was held for the first time in 1911, a year after Copenhagen hosted the II International Conference of Socialist Women, which was attended by more than 100 women from 17 different
Women in Europe currently earn on average 17.5% less than men. This inequality has an impact throughout women’s lives and especially when they retire as lower salaries lead to lower pensions and a higher risk of poverty in older age. Equal Pay Day is the symbolic day dedicated to raising awareness of the gender pay gap. In the United States, this date symbolizes how far into the year the average women must work in order to earn what the average man earns in the previous year
It is crucial that women’s voices are heard and their work on the ground is recognised, valued and supported. Decisions should be made with them, not for them. Elisabeth Rehn (Finish Politician and former UN Under-Secretary-General) and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Former President of Liberia and first elected female head of state in Africa). Quote taken from Women, War, Peace: The Independent Experts’ Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women’s Role in Peace-Bu
Due to this pandemic we had to postpone our entrepreneur project event in Barcelona several times. It's called LET'S TALK. What is Let's Talk Project? This project consists of several events where entrepreneur women, with different points of view, share their experiences, knowledge and background with other participants. In addition to this, we facilitate the relationship among attendees to create synergies and new collaborations. Our main goal is to share knowledge and exper
She describe herself as a figurative, self-portrait artist with a lot of imagination. The central messages in her work is a Representation, rest, self-reflection, body positivity and dreamscapes are what I tackle most. As I continue painting and engaging with my curiosity, my work evolves. Who is this #remarkablewoman ? Zandile Tshabalala was born in Soweto, South Africa in 1999. She is a visual artist and is currently completing her BA(FINA) at the University of the Witwate
I'm a student who hopes to help the Foundation grow and reach its goals to help entrepreneur women. An activist who supports social equality and sustainability, and would like to make an impact in our society and communities. I joined Coachability Foundation as a volunteer because I believed in their message of promoting and helping women in fragile economies launch their own projects. I firstly joined for professional development but being a volunteer has also helped me expa
Due to this pandemic we had to postpone our entrepreneur project event in Barcelona several times. It's called LET'S TALK. What is Let's Talk Project? This project consists of several events where entrepreneur women, with different points of view, share their experiences, knowledge and background with other participants. In addition to this, we facilitate the relationship among attendees to create synergies and new collaborations. Our main goal is to share knowledge and exper
Due to this pandemic we had to postpone our entrepreneur project event in Barcelona several times. It's called LET'S TALK. What is Let's Talk Project? This project consists of several events where entrepreneur women, with different points of view, share their experiences, knowledge and background with other participants. In addition to this, we facilitate the relationship among attendees to create synergies and new collaborations. Our main goal is to share knowledge and exper
Today we would like to present the Beijing Declaration, although there are many agreed rules related to the economic empowerment of women. The Beijing Declaration 1995 and Platform for Action’s commitments include to: Promote women’s economic independence, including employment, and eradicate the persistent and increasing burden of poverty on women by addressing the structural causes of poverty through changes in economic structures, ensuring equal access for all women, includ
Due to this pandemic we had to postpone our entrepreneur project event in Barcelona several times. It's called LET'S TALK. What is Let's Talk Project? This project consists of several events where entrepreneur women, with different points of view, share their experiences, knowledge and background with other participants. In addition to this, we facilitate the relationship among attendees to create synergies and new collaborations. Our main goal is to share knowledge and exper
Talk about us :DR. MAIRO MANDARA An obstetrician-gynaecologist by training, Mairo Mandara works with the foundation’s Nigerian partners to help improve the lives of the country’s #poorestpeople Before joining the foundation, she served as a senior country advisor to Nigeria for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and as the Nigeria-based health systems advisor for the Earth Institute at Columbia University. When people ask about my job, I tell them, “I work at the Gat
Noeline Kirabo is a passion driven Social Entrepreneur with a commitment to unlocking potential among young people. She is a Published Author, International Speaker, Life Coach, Certified Trainer and Motivational Speaker. She has over fifteen years’ work experience in the nonprofit sector mainly working with children, youth, women and community initiatives. She also has eight years of active practice as a counseling psychologist and six years’ experience as a personal and bus
Ring your bell Collection. A new collection of 3 exclusive rings of MOOD Collection Switzerland designed by Marina Salazar. Part of the sales of this collection go thought to support our programs of empowering entrepreneur women in Africa. “At first, I was very jealous, and then it was my extension.” Marina Salazar Gil @noquedaTinte "Life in plastic is fantastic" BIO Marina Salazar is 30 years old and she was born and still lives in Barcelona. Graduated in Graphic Design at t