International Women’s Day 2019: Celebrating with NLOWE

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International Women’s Day (March 8th) is a day set aside to recognize, celebrate and encourage women, as they continue to strive for gender equality. Across the globe, several organizations, companies and groups commemorated the day in various ways. St. John’s and Newfoundland was not left out in these celebrations.

The Newfoundland and Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs (NLOWE) in partnership with the Business Development Bank of Canada (IBDC), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and the Genesis Centre hosted a commemorative event in St. John’s on March 7th, 2019. The event which was held at the beautiful Conference Centre on Signal Hill played host to over 200 attendants.

The lineup for the event included opportunities for networking over coffee and an entertaining presentation by motivational speaker and humorist Meg Soper. Meg Super, who has previously presented at NLOWE conferences, is an inspirational woman, a nurse turned stand-up comedian and motivational speaker. Her presentation included finding the humor in every situation. She also spoke about women finding good career/life balance, maintaining good mental and physical health as well as personal relationships.

Photo Credit: Kristy Hoddinnott (NLOWE)

The event was live streamed with participants at Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Grand Falls-Windsor. In addition, NLOWE also held similar celebration events in Corner Brook on March 6th and Clarenville on March 8th.

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This year, NLOWE hosted a total of five events across the province to commemorate the day, with the support of the aforementioned collaborators and other community partners including Quality Inn, CBDC Labrador and Violence Prevention East amongst others. Proceeds from these events will be donated to several meaningful charities and courses to advance Women’s opportunities.

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