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2nd Women’s Summit on Monday, Tuesday
The second Women’s Summit hosted by the CNMI Women’s Association will take place Monday and Tuesday next week at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe.
CNMI Women’s Association chair Rep. Felicidad T. Ogumoro (R-Saipan) said the summit seeks to highlight the CWA’s mission, which is to ensure that women are fully engaged in the political, economic, and social development of the CNMI. It is also in line with this month’s celebration of Women’s Month.
“When CWA was put together, we worked to ensure that we have a strategic plan that included our vision, mission, and goals. We wanted to make sure that it was put out and we refer to those every time and not lose track of what we have to do,” Ogumoro said.
“This will help because we will eventually have women fully participating and fully engaged in the development of the CNMI,” she added.
The first Women’s Summit was in 2013. Limited funding scotched last year’s summit.
“The participants put together a number of priority areas that we need to look at [during the first Women’s Summit.] We took all those issues and put it all together and came up with our strategic plan. That was important because we gathered all our thoughts and helped develop a draft plan and then the board adopted it and since then we followed it,” she said.
The second Women’s Summit will start on Monday, March 30, from 7am to 4pm. It will include introductory and opening remarks and two separate topics with a panel.
The two topics include “Empowering Women as Leaders” and “Women in the Workforce.” Following the discussions will be an evaluation.
On Tuesday, March 31, it will begin at 7am and end at 4:15pm that includes two discussions: “Cultural Preservation and Practices” and “Promoting Healthier Lifestyles.”
