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Celebrating women’s achievements

Fareham MP Suella Fernandes with Rosalinda Hardiman, left, Wendie Douglas and acting president Christine White
Fareham MP Suella Fernandes with Rosalinda Hardiman, left, Wendie Douglas and acting president Christine White

SI Gosport, Fareham and District celebrated International Women’s Day with a coffee morning. Local women’s organisations were invited to come and display information about their activities.

Townswomen’s Guild, Inner Wheel, WRNS and Solent Stitchers were among those who took up the challenge. There was also information about SI Poole’s Purple Teardrop campaign and the Soroptimist International Project, Meru Women’s Garden Project as well as a display about the SI club’s activities. The Fareham MP, Suella Fernandes and two Soroptimists, Wendie Douglas and Rosalinda Hardiman talked about their experiences as women in the workplace.

Suella had worked for ten years to become an MP and finally achieved her goal at the General Election in May 2015. When elected she was the 385th ever woman MP. Wendie talked about her work as a police officer and of the increasing numbers of women in the Force. She noted that the current Chief Constable of Hampshire is a woman. Rosalinda was a museum curator and keeper of art and although the number of women in the museum service has increased over the years, the prestigious top jobs are still held by men. All three speakers believed that women did make a significant difference in their particular areas of work

Altogether it was an inspiring event and we hope it will encourage cooperation between local women’s groups in the future.

Some of the people at the coffee morning
Some of the people at the coffee morning

 

Audrey Welsch is served a coffee by Kathleen Durning, centre, and Pat Caulton
Audrey Welsh is served a coffee by Kathleen Durning, centre, and Pat Caulton

 

Maureen Lowry at the exhibit for SI Poole's Purple Teardrop campaign
Maureen Lowry at the exhibit for SI Poole’s Purple Teardrop campaign

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