{"id":249133,"date":"2017-03-29T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=249133"},"modified":"2017-03-29T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T20:00:42","slug":"4th-womens-summit-ends-call-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/4th-womens-summit-ends-call-action\/","title":{"rendered":"4th Women\u2019s Summit ends with call to action"},"content":{"rendered":"
Education Commissioner Cynthia Deleon Guerrero, first lady Diann Torres, Frances Sablan and acting Board of Education chair Janice Marie A. Tenorio were among the women leaders-advocates that participated in the ongoing 4th VNMI Women\u2019s Summit.
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The two-day 4th Annual Women\u2019s Summit, hosted by the CNMI Women\u2019s Association and Office of Women\u2019s Affairs, ended yesterday at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe with a call to empower women in the CNMI and give them the information they need.<\/p>\n

For the first time, Rota delegates took part in the summit.<\/p>\n

Former lawmaker Felicidad Ogumoro, association president and overall chair, was pleased with the outcome of this year\u2019s summit. <\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like it was very successful. All the panelists gave key information that were needed to empower women,\u201d she told Saipan Tribune. \u201c\u2026I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate and honor our women for all they have done to make our lives here in the CNMI, both for themselves, and their families, successful.\u201d <\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme was \u201cEmpowering Women as Leaders of Change.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two-day summit had seven panels of discussion on women\u2019s roles in the home and workplace, politics, gender equality and parity, land and the environment, education, as well as entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

In Ogumoro\u2019s remarks, she said this year\u2019s theme is a very special and powerful one. \u201cIt signifies our determination to continue building on the progress made to date and to champion the work toward the realization of the vision of women fully participating in all aspects of the development of our Commonwealth.\u201d <\/p>\n

The summit was attended by different groups of people: government authorities and leaders from Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and Guam, as well as close to 60 students from across the public and private high schools. <\/p>\n

Featured speakers included Viola Alepuyo of Imperial Pacific International and Dr. Julie Ulloa-Heath of the Guam Community College.<\/p>\n

According to the registry, 27 delegates from Rota attended this year\u2019s summit. <\/p>\n

According to Ogumoro, the number of students that registered to join the summit was about 80 for the first day and for the second day. On the first day, the number of students exceeded 80 and, according to Ogumoro, this was a good thing because the issues being discussed concerned most of the younger generation.<\/p>\n

Marianas Baptist Academy\u2019s Katrina Reyes found the topic about women and culture the most insightful. According to her, \u201cI think all the panels did great and gave a lot of insight on how we, as women, play a big role in the community.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up, I did not have much insight of the culture\u2026a lot of the language and the history is kind of fading and bringing it back and just to learn more about it is really eye opening,\u201d Reyes said. <\/p>\n

On its last day,\u00a0participants worked toward an action plan and identified a number of resolutions that will direct planning and programs geared toward the engagement and advancement of women in the political, economic, and social development of the CNMI.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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