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GIC HOSTS WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT MEETING

OUR BUREAU to create a woman etc. licitate the Newly inducted team. erment. Usha George, Cochair of
Dr. Tara Shajan, GIC Global Sivakumar, Indian Railway lo- health and wellness CoE did the Vote
New York, NY
Treasurer and NYC city director of co-pilot and environmentalist men- of Thanks and mentioned “The full
omen Empowerment is one nursing felicitated the entire COE. tioned how women empowerment is participation and partnership of both
of Global Indian Council’s She said “Let’s celebrate the achieve- important. women and men is required in pro-
W16 centers of excellence. ments of women and work towards Indu Jaiswal Congratulated this ductive and reproductive life, includ-
Hosted by the chairperson Sosamma breaking barriers, fostering leader- COE and mentioned this center is go- ing shared responsibilities for the care
Andrews. stated, “Countries should ship, and ensuring their voices are ing to enlighten not only the GIC but and nurturing of children and mainte-
act to empower women and should heard”. the entire community. nance of the household activities”
take steps to eliminate inequalities At his felicitations by cabinet Members of the GIC Cabinet Amala Benny, as Emcee, intro-
between men and women as soon as member Tom George Kolath extend- and Executive Committee also felic- duced the speakers and coordinated
possible by promoting the fulfillment ed his congratulation to all the mem- itated the team of Women Empow- the meeting.
of women’s potential through educa- bers of Center of Excellence Women
tion, skill development, and employ- empowerment. He mentioned “Ed-
ment, giving paramount importance ucation is one of the most important
to the elimination of poverty, illitera- means of empowering women with
cy, and ill health among women”. the knowledge, skills and self-confi-
The meeting commenced with dence necessary to participate fully in
both National Anthems sung by Riya the development process”.
Alexander. All the women empower- NY chapter president Dr. Anil
ment committee members self-intro- Paulose said, we as Indians tradition-
duced themselves. ally come from a patriarchal society.
Global General Secretary Sud- Women didn’t have similar freedom
hir Nambiar, in his welcome address, and privileges as men, but that has
explained the functioning of GIC. changed quickly. He presented some
Global President PC Mathew made statistics as good sign, when we con-
the Presidential address and also nect the Women Empowerment.
conducted the Oath Ceremony of the CoE Business Excellence Chair
members of the newly inducted Cen- Dr. Raj Mohan Pillai emphasized the
ter of Excellence. importance of women’s empower-
Cochair Dr. Alice Mathew. while ment, quoting the story of his energet-
emphasizing the significance of Wom- ic mother in a successful family busi-
en Empowerment said “if she can ness. Cochair Dr. Jobey Jacob being
have her PhD at the age of 60, we all a pediatrician she appreciated GIC’s
can do great things”. Most respect- involvement in this area and offered
ed Guruswamy Parthasarathy Pillai all her support.
stated if we support a woman, we are Sunitha Flowerhill, Shyla Pillay
supporting a community. He also em- (Australia), and Santy Mathew (Ker-
phasized the importance of educating ala) also conveyed their apprecia-
young girls, to protect themselves. Dr. tion for the team. In addition, Leela
Anna George, guest of honor and dy- Marett, (Fokana), Dr. Shyla Roshin,
namite key note speaker, who is also Sumodh (Pampa Assn. President),
the President of Indian nurses’ asso- Divya Warrier, Saju Thomas, Komal
ciation shared the story of God took Khatri, Andrews Kunnupurath (GIC
a day off to create women. When you Brand Ambassador, NY), Dr. T P
start an important job in life, we take Narayanankutty (GIC Margialized
enough rest. That important job was Community Chairman) joined to fe-

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