The two-day 5th Annual Women\u2019s Summit, hosted by the CNMI Women\u2019s Association and Office of Women\u2019s Affairs, ended on March 27 at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe with a call to action.<\/p>\n
The summit adopted the International Women\u2019s Day theme of \u201cPress for [Continued] Progress.\u201d <\/p>\n
Featuring panel discussions, Q&A segments and personal stories, the summit brought together the voices and insights of a diverse range of participants from all three islands and speakers from the worlds of business, education, government, health, and ministry. <\/p>\n
Featured panelists included Bishop Ryan Jimenez, Pastor Beth Nunez, and Sister MaryAnn Hartmann (\u201cFaith\u201d); Vicky Benavente, Sid Seman, and Ross Manglona (\u201cWomen & the Workforce”); Cynthia Deleon Guerrero, Rose Pangelinan, and Frank Cabrera (\u201cWomen & Education”); Gloria Cavanagh, Velma Palacios, Mark Rabauliman, Nicole Babauta, and Shirley Sablan (\u201cWomen & the Economy”); Vice Speaker Janet Maratita, former representatives Ana S. Teregeyo, Maria \u201cMalua\u201d T. Peter, and Felicidad T. Ogumoro (\u201cWomen & Public Service\u201d); Joyce M. Songsong, Dr. Glenda George, and Sarah Thomas-Nededog (\u201cWomen & Health\u201d); and Chailang Palacios and Jackie Quitugua (\u201cWomen & Culture).<\/p>\n
Ogumoro, who is also the CNMI Women\u2019s Association administrator and Women\u2019s Summit chair, said the outcome of this year\u2019s summit \u201cis a result and reflection of the CNMI Women\u2019s Association\u2019s and the Women\u2019s Affairs Office\u2019s longstanding commitment to educating, empowering and supporting women.\u201d<\/p>\n
Highlights of the summit included an open discussion on faith and prayer, and a call to action to empower, support and elect more female leaders into public office in 2022. <\/p>\n
Other topics and statistics touched on women’s impact in the economy, equal pay and salary disparities between men and women, education attainment; dealing with loss, drugs, and depression; and taking care of one\u2019s physical and mental wellbeing. <\/p>\n
In a galvanizing end to a momentous event, the audience was prompted with a call to action, “We are the ones we have been waiting for. The time is now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wide-ranging programming throughout the month of March (CNMI Women\u2019s Month) were designed to inspire action and fuel creative fires spanning leadership, entrepreneurship, the arts, health, and education. <\/p>\n
The 5th Annual Women\u2019s Summit was sponsored by the CNMI Women\u2019s Association and the Women\u2019s Affairs Office, and was partially funded by the Community Services Block Grant, a sub-grant awarded by the DCCA Division of Youth Services through funds under the Office of Community Services, Department of Health and Human Services. (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The two-day 5th Annual Women\u2019s Summit, hosted by the CNMI Women\u2019s Association and Office of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8700,10109,14856,55],"class_list":["post-274877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-affairs-office","tag-annual-women","tag-bishop-ryan-jimenez","tag-health-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}