A Celebration of Women™ ---- TICKETS A Celebration of Women™ The World Hub for Women Leaders that Care RSVP on our Facebook Event Page - HERE On March 4, 2018 we will be once again, celebrating Internationational Women's Day. This year's theme will be: "EMPOWERMENT ... is an Inside Job!" EARLY BIRDS >>>> Please email all applications to participate to us at: acelebrationofwomen@hotmail.com A Celebration of Women™ - … [Read more...]
Empowering Women ~ World Peace, “Yes!”
July 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Would the world be more peaceful if women were in charge? "A challenging new book by the Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker says that the answer is “yes.” In The Better Angels of Our Nature, Pinker presents data showing that human violence, while still very much with us today, has been gradually declining. Moreover, he says, “over the long sweep of history, women have been and will be a pacifying force. Traditional war is a man’s game: tribal women never band together to … [Read more...]
“Woman: A search”, at Harbourfront Centre on MAR 21
February 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Enakshi Sinha's Mrudanga Dance Academy presents: Woman: A Search March 21 @ 7:00 pm Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto. It tells the stories of two women through poetry, theater, dance, and music. In one story, we meet a young girl who grows up knowing that her family had wanted a son, not her. In another, we see how a woman thirsts for an identity society refuses to give her, and how her quest for love and search for justice morph into one. Through this event, we are … [Read more...]
Cairo, Making sure Every Woman Counts!
June 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Cairo - Population and development in the Arab region were issues discussed this week in Cairo, during a three-day conference that ended with a declaration highlighting the need to empower women, promote gender equality, and step up efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals. “The status of women is the measure of a nation,” said Sima Bahous, Regional Director of Arab States from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at the opening of the event. “A truly developed and truly … [Read more...]
Helene D. Gayle – WOMAN of ACTION™
June 19, 2013 by
A Celebration of Women™ is elated to Celebrate the Life of this powerful women leader. Devoting her life to bettering the lives of others, this woman has focused on HIV, TB, poverty and Women and Girls empowerment and rights, including leading the way for the Reproductive Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She has been called one of the top female leaders and global thinkers in the world. WOMAN of … [Read more...]
Mobile telephony: Empowering women through self employment
April 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
When was the last time you met a truly empowered woman? Well, earlier in the week, I was lucky enough to meet Valiben Macwana, one of the 1.7 million empowered self-employed women's association (SEWA) members. SEWA, based in Ahmedabad, India, is an organization of self-employed women workers who earn their living thanks to their small business. These women do not get a monthly salary, nor enjoy benefits like those of their sisters in the "organized labour sector". And to make … [Read more...]
Cooperatives: Empowering women farmers, improving food security
November 16, 2012 by 1 Comment
Cooperatives: Empowering women farmers, improving food security Rural cooperatives and farmers’ organizations play a crucial role in the eradication of hunger and poverty. One of the ways they achieve this is through their vocation to empower small agricultural producers, and in particular women farmers. Empowering women farmers improves food security for all Women comprise on average 43% of the agricultural labour force in developing countries and produce the bulk of the world’s food … [Read more...]
Healthy Addiction, Leela Francis says ‘ Let’s Get Personal …’
September 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Vividly Woman is a global community of women and women’s circles devoted to the sensual, emotional and intutitive empowerment of all women. Our Embodied Leader training guides women to become self referring, energy mature and creatively on fire for healthy, fulflling and successful living, personally & professionally. Let's get personal ... I want to know more about you and the way you relate to.....Power! Is Power something you claim, something you externalize, something you shy away from, … [Read more...]
Nepal: Boosting entrepreneurship among poor rural women
June 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Nepal: Boosting entrepreneurship among poor rural women Chitrakali Budhamagar began her career in 2003 collecting yarn made out of 'allo' (Himalayan nettle) and selling it in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu. With the money she made selling yarn, she bought readymade garments to sell in her home village of Pyuthan, in the western part of the country. Born to a poor peasant family, Chitrakali had few other options. However, in 2005, opportunity knocked. She enrolled in a three-month … [Read more...]
BOLIVIA: Communal Banks extend credit, Empower Women
June 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Communal banks extend credit, empower women and build equity in rural Bolivia Communal banks extend credit, empower women and build equity in rural Bolivia POCOATA, Bolivia, 23 May 2011 – It takes money to make money. Just ask Pilar Rueda, 38, a Quechua mother of two from this remote rural town in the Bolivian department of Potosí. She and much of her community have lifted themselves out of extreme poverty through ‘Bancos Comunales’ – Communal Banks – an innovative project developed by … [Read more...]
