International Women’s Day 2020
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Being a women's only organisation means we often attend events and support other women who are having gatherings for International Women's day. Anti FGM campaigner @hibowardere from Waltham Forest held an intimate gathering in @hibaexpress, Holborn.
The evening was covered by Hello magazine and was full of solidarity, love, appreciation, kindness and some badass women. We ate delicious Palestinian food, we laughed, we wiped away tears as we heard from some Inpirational women.
Amongst the speakers were Journalist, Andrea Jean McLean, presenter of Loose Women.
Cjay who is a famous theatre director and recently produced the remake of 'Only fools and Horses' Inspired us with the story of her 106 year old grandmother and talked about resilience.
Rosie Nixon Chief Editor for HELLO magazine who has been a journalist for over 25 years and mingles with the famous but keeps her stories and coverage kind. 'Baddass' International Human rights Barrister and QC Kirsty Brimelow who had a difficult journey into Law and is still overcoming barriers all over the world to help others with no voice.
Kenyan-born Lawyer Yasmin Ali spoke about the difficulties in her training as she wanted to succeed In her career and how she never gave up.
The evening was organised with the help and support of a mother and daughter team who wanted to give back to the communtity. They are the amazing family run dental clinics @caredental Platinum on Hammersmith Road, London. We were gifted with love a goody bag each which also contained a peace of unique jewellery designed by their mother Aysin Al-Naher a business owner and Founder of @lujainjewellery. They look forward to help and support WFWN as well as other organisations in the future.
Amongst those invited from Waltham Forest were Saira Mir who runs a homeless charity @pl84u_alsuffa, Farah Ahmed chair of Waltham Forest Womens Network for her support, Sam Darr, Dr Sayeda Abu-Amero, Sanah Begum and Nadia Baksh from WFWN were all Waltham Forest Women also acknowledged.
We of course would like to praise and continue to support Hibo Wadare, she is a beacon and powerhouse for women in our borough and we are just so proud of her.
A successful International Women’s Day event for Waltham Forest Women’s Network (WFWN) after hosting a dinner and dance for the women of the borough. It was a night filled with dance and laughter.
