International Women's Day News

FemLINK Pacific FM radio station broadcast team Tamara Balenaveikau, front and Frances Tawake on their radio talk show.

Caribbean Export, the region's trade and development agency, funded by the European Union, will be partnering with the Caribbean Fashion Industry Association as well as JAMPRO, to debut the Caribbean Collection at London Fashion Week.

"When women are fully involved, the benefits can be seen immediately: families are healthier and better fed; their income, savings and reinvestment go up.

Hanan Alsaneh, 33, who works among Bedouin communities of Israel's Negev, will address a conference at Holyrood on March 10 organised by the Scottish Women's Convention to mark International Women's Day.

Katy B and Annie Lennox are set to perform together during the WOW - Women of the World festival at London's Southbank Centre next month.

Local women's groups have arranged the first New Bedford screening of the 2011 Sundance documentary "Miss Represented" on AHA! night, March 8, at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

In the lead up to International Women's Day and a Parliamentary briefing on "Effective Solutions for Agricultural Development through Empowered African Women Scientists", leading African scientists from the AWARD Fellowship programme will be available for 1-on-1 media interviews in London on Tuesday 6th March 2012.

Oh crumbs. The Commons debate on International Women's Day this year coincides with the St David's Day debate.

Two local women's advocacy groups are celebrating the 12th annual International Women's Day with a fundraiser dinner next month.

Toronto, February 8, 2012 It's that time of the year again when Canada's brightest stars and talented designers go red to bring attention to women's heart health with the Heart and Stroke Foundation celebrity fashion show.

In honour of International Women's Day, a group known as the Grandmothers on the Grand is celebrating the global community of women helping women by hosting two events.

The Association of Female Executives of Trinidad and Tobago will host a luncheon and discussion on March 8 at the Port of Spain Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain.

A special breakfast to be held at the International Ellerslie Flower Show one month from now is set to raise funds for a disease affecting tens of thousands of women and girls throughout the country.

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Sistering is a fantastic local charity that has offered hot meals and other support to women in need since 1981.

Joanne Farrell, the most senior woman in Rio Tinto's global iron ore business, and BHP Billiton Nickel West principal electrical engineer Margaret Watroba are among 16 finalists in the Chamber of Minerals and Energy's annual Women in Resources awards.

BEGA'S Women's Resource Centre is promoting International Women's Day celebrations by organising an exhibition at Spiral Gallery, in Church St, Bega.

On March 8, 2011, feminists observed the centenary of International Women's Day-a day when we remember the struggles of women in the fight against gender discrimination, and celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.

AVOCA PARISHIONERS will soon add a fabulous new word to their vocabulary with the announcement that Avoca Parish Church is celebrating its 150th or SESQUICENNTENIAL anniversary this year.

Alaina Podmorrow has done more to 'change the world' in her 14 years than most people could hope to do in a dozen lifetimes.