{"id":1969,"date":"2019-03-21T13:36:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T12:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2019-03-31T15:41:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T14:41:52","slug":"iwd19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/london-chilterns\/2019\/03\/21\/iwd19\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Soroptimist Clubs Join Forces to Celebrate International Women&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"\/london-chilterns\/files\/2019\/03\/75-IWD-SILC-3-Clubs-Sally-Radford.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1994\" src=\"\/london-chilterns\/files\/2019\/03\/75-IWD-SILC-3-Clubs-Sally-Radford-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/strong><strong><em>On 17 March a trio of Soroptimist International Clubs in the London Chilterns Region SI Slough Windsor &amp; Maidenhead, SI Thames Valley, and SI High Wycombe and District organised a brilliant International Women&#8217;s Day event in Maidenhead Town Hall.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The theme was <strong>\u201cOpportunities for Women and Girls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"\/london-chilterns\/files\/2019\/03\/78-IWD-SILC-3-Clubs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"\/london-chilterns\/files\/2019\/03\/78-IWD-SILC-3-Clubs-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALL ABOUT IT !<\/strong> in the Maidenhead Advertiser: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk\/gallery\/maidenhead\/142762\/in-pictures-soroptimist-clubs-join-forces-to-celebrate-international-women-s-day.html\">www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk\/gallery\/maidenhead\/142762\/in-pictures-soroptimist-clubs-join-forces-to-celebrate-international-women-s-day.html<\/a><\/strong> and in the Windsor Observer:\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windsorobserver.co.uk\/news\/17525578.town-hall-conference-on-international-womens-day\/\">www.windsorobserver.co.uk\/news\/17525578.town-hall-conference-on-international-womens-day\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/london-chilterns\/files\/2019\/03\/76-IWD-SILC-3-Clubs-Young-Parliamentarians.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1995\" src=\"\/london-chilterns\/files\/2019\/03\/76-IWD-SILC-3-Clubs-Young-Parliamentarians-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Speakers included:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gerry Lejeune OBE, CEO, Berkshire Community Foundation <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hannah Little, Fundraising Officer, Womankind Worldwide \u2013 A global women\u2019s rights organisation working to improve lives of women<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Alaa Fawaz, Chairman, and Raakhi Sharma, Representative, \u00a0\u2013 two schoolgirls from Slough Youth Parliament<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Penny MacKenzie, Detective Chief Inspector, Thames Valley Police on crime issues affecting women in the Thames Valley<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/london-chilterns\/files\/2019\/03\/79-IWD-SILC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1997 alignright\" src=\"\/london-chilterns\/files\/2019\/03\/79-IWD-SILC-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Mayor of Slough, Paul Sohal, and the Deputy Mayor and Mayoress of the Royal Borough, Colin and Samantha Rayner, attended. Disappointingly but not surprisingly, the Prime Minister and local MP, Theresa May, who had been invited to open or close the event, sent an excellent letter of apology for absence. Members from local women\u2019s organisations also came. A number of local organisations had stands including the Kori Project, Women and Girls, DASH, Slough Fostering, Womankind Worldwide, Wycombe Women\u2019s Aid, and Healing Fit and Wellness.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"\/london-chilterns\/files\/2019\/03\/80-IWD-SILC-3-Clubs-Young-Parliamentarians.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1998 size-thumbnail\" src=\"\/london-chilterns\/files\/2019\/03\/80-IWD-SILC-3-Clubs-Young-Parliamentarians-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A raffle was held in aid of the Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Emergency Disaster Fund and raised \u00a3200.40.<\/p>\n<p>Jackie Paling, Soroptimist International London Chilterns Region Programme Officer and Member of SI Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead organised the event and afterwards said\u00a0 <strong><em>\u201cI am so pleased it went very well, as it has been a lot of hard work. The speakers were inspiring and the two schoolgirls were so enthusiastic about their place in politics. The event provided networking opportunities. We are already thinking about what to do for next year!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"\/london-chilterns\/files\/2017\/03\/iwd_square.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1307 alignleft\" src=\"\/london-chilterns\/files\/2017\/03\/iwd_square.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 17 March a trio of Soroptimist International Clubs in the London Chilterns Region SI&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[151,175,178,173,174,20,34,13,172,182,176,14,170,180,8,9,19,181,171,179,11,12],"class_list":["post-1969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-iwd2019","tag-alaa-fawaz","tag-berkshire-community-foundation","tag-gerry-lejeune","tag-hannah-little","tag-high-wycombe","tag-international-womens-day","tag-london-chilterns","tag-maidenhead","tag-penny-mackenzie","tag-raakhi-sharma","tag-region","tag-slough","tag-slough-youth-parliament","tag-soroptimist","tag-soroptimist-international","tag-thames-valley","tag-thames-valley-police","tag-windsor","tag-womankind","tag-womens-group","tag-womens-organisation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Three Soroptimist Clubs Join Forces to Celebrate International Women&#039;s Day | News | Blog | Events | SI London Chilterns<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI London Chilterns : Blog &amp; News : Three Soroptimist Clubs Join Forces to Celebrate International Women&#039;s Day : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI London Chilterns . 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