{"id":1432,"date":"2017-03-15T17:21:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T16:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/gosport-fareham-and-district\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2017-07-22T11:28:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T10:28:27","slug":"celebrating-womens-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2017\/03\/15\/celebrating-womens-achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating women&#8217;s achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_rp_W4\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1438\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/gosport-fareham-and-district\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_0145.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1438\" src=\"\/gosport-fareham-and-district\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_0145-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Fareham MP Suella Fernandes with Rosalinda Hardiman, left, Wendie Douglas and acting president Christine White\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_0145-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_0145-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_0145.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fareham MP Suella Fernandes with Rosalinda Hardiman, left, Wendie Douglas and acting president Christine White<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">SI Gosport, Fareham and District celebrated International Women&#8217;s Day with a coffee morning. Local women&#8217;s organisations were invited to come and display information about their activities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Townswomen&#8217;s Guild, Inner Wheel, WRNS and Solent Stitchers were among those who took up the challenge. There was also information about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purpleteardrop.org.uk\/\">SI Poole&#8217;s Purple Teardrop<\/a> campaign and the Soroptimist International Project, <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/our-charities\/meru-womens-garden-project-2016-2019\/\">Meru Women&#8217;s Garden Project<\/a> as well as a display about the SI club&#8217;s activities. The Fareham MP, Suella Fernandes and two Soroptimists, Wendie Douglas and Rosalinda Hardiman talked about their experiences as women in the workplace. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">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<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Altogether it was an inspiring event and we hope it will encourage cooperation between local women&#8217;s groups in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1441\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/gosport-fareham-and-district\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_0141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1441\" src=\"\/gosport-fareham-and-district\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_0141-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the people at the coffee morning\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_0141-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_0141-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_0141.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the people at the coffee morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1443\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/gosport-fareham-and-district\/files\/2017\/03\/FullSizeRender1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1443\" src=\"\/gosport-fareham-and-district\/files\/2017\/03\/FullSizeRender1-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Audrey Welsch is served a coffee by Kathleen Durning, centre, and Pat Caulton\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/files\/2017\/03\/FullSizeRender1-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/files\/2017\/03\/FullSizeRender1-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/files\/2017\/03\/FullSizeRender1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audrey Welsh is served a coffee by Kathleen Durning, centre, and Pat Caulton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1445\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/gosport-fareham-and-district\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_0139.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1445\" src=\"\/gosport-fareham-and-district\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_0139-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Maureen Lowry at the exhibit for SI Poole's Purple Teardrop campaign\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_0139-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/files\/2017\/03\/IMG_0139.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maureen Lowry at the exhibit for SI Poole&#8217;s Purple Teardrop campaign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 20px;width: auto;padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px;text-align: center;font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #ffffff;background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px;cursor: pointer\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-indent: 20px;width: auto;padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px;text-align: center;font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #ffffff;background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px;cursor: pointer\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SI Gosport, Fareham and District celebrated International Women&#8217;s Day with a coffee morning. 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