International Women's Day: Business Events across the world on march 8
The American Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: “What lies behind us and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” This quote quite sums up the past, present and future of women. Women have emerged as powerful pillars of society.
The once considered submissive female gender is rising to the top. Today women have grown much beyond the traditional role of a mother and wife. They have assumed the roles of CEOs, litigation lawyers and senators.
I think this is just the beginning! On a competence level women have what it takes to grab the world by the tail. Women are natural at multi-tasking. They talk on the phone, while cooking dinner, shave their legs while applying eye-makeup and run a corporation while managing a household. Women have compassion like no other species and are patient listeners to problems. They have the never say die attitude to tribulations. Women are blessed with great intuition they know right from wrong without consulting an expert.
While many women may still be judged by the shape of their legs, corporations are zooming in on feminine traits. With a new female leadership style emerging, women are hired into positions of power because of their skills and femininity.
The strength lies within them.
Women must stand united in their feminine spirit to bring about global changes. There is nothing quite like women with a purpose, who rise to the occasion.
Some of the events celebrating success, strength and the potential of women on women’s day:
China
Date: 09 March 2009
Time: 07:45 – 09:30
Event: Women in Business Breakfast to celebrate IWD: ‘From Petrol Pumps to President’
About: Breakfast talk celebrating women’s achievements. Speaker will share the values she’s implemented at BP from graduate retail role in UK to President of LPG/Retail in China
Venue: Room TwentyEight Restaurant/Lounge, Urban Hotel, 183 Jiaozhou Lu near Xinzha Lu, Shanghai
Organisation: British Chamber of Commerce / Women in Business Focus Group: Supporting women’s advancement
Singapore
Time: 12:00 – 14:00
Event: Women Mean Business, Celebrating International Women’s Day
About: Women Mean Business is an Australia-Singapore partnership to commemorate IWD and provide a vibrant forum for businesspeople to unite, network and learn from one another.
Venue: Ballroom, Conrad Centennial, Two Temasek Boulevard, Singapore, 038982
Organisation: UNIFEM: The women’s fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality
Ireland
Date: 05 March 2009
Time: 12:00 – 14:30
Event: Cross Border Business Networking Lunch
About: Be inspired and celebrate achievement by celebrating International Women’s day with guest speaker Sheila O’Flanagan, a prize winning international best selling author.
Venue: Carrickdale Hotel, Carrickcarnon, Dundalk/Newry
Organisation: Enterprising Women’s Network: An active support organisation for women who own, or are thinking of starting their own business.
Malayasia
Date: 06 March 2009
Time: 09:00
Event: International Woman’s Day festival
About: A four day event by women, for women showcasing small local industries with HRM Queen of Malaysia in attendance.
Venue: Menara Kuala Lumpur, 2 Jalan Punchak, Kuala Lumpur, 50250
Organisation: Zass Corporation and ReWrite Sdn Bhd: Advertising, training, grooming, social entrepreneurship special projects.
Switzerland
Date: 10 March 2009
Time: 08:00 – 18:00
Event: Expert meeting on mainstreaming gender in trade policy
About: Experts nominated by member States are encouraged to submit brief papers (approximately five pages) as contributions to the work of the meeting. The papers should be submitted to the UNCTAD secretariat in advance of the meeting. The papers will be made available at the meeting in the form and language in which they are received.
Venue: Palais des Nations, CH-1211 , Geneva
Organisation: UNCTAD: Established in 1964, UNCTAD promotes the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy
More information: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/search.asp
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