{"id":294844,"date":"2019-03-04T06:06:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T20:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=294844"},"modified":"2019-03-04T06:06:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T20:06:52","slug":"march-is-womens-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/march-is-womens-month\/","title":{"rendered":"March is Women\u2019s Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_294845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-294845\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Womens-Month-pix2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Womens-Month-pix2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"292\" class=\"size-full wp-image-294845\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-294845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acting governor Arnold I. Palacios signs the CNMI Women\u2019s Month proclamation at the CNMI Governor\u2019s Office conference room. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Acting governor Arnold I. Palacios declared Thursday the month of March as the CNMI Women\u2019s Month, as he signed the CNMI Women\u2019s Month proclamation at the CNMI Governor\u2019s Office conference room.<\/p>\n<p>CNMI Women\u2019s Association chair Rose A. Hocog noted in her opening remark that taking control of life is the theme this year\u2019s celebration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLead-her-ship. What that means as women is that we need to take charge and lead our own ship\u2014we can\u2019t keep depending on others to lead our own ship,\u201d she said. \u201cWe must take the lead ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The International Women\u2019s Day theme this year is \u201cBalance for better; making a call to action for accelerating gender balance which is essential for economies and communities to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Palacios noted in his remarks that he refers to the most important women in his life as heroes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know who my heroes are,\u201d Palacios said. \u201cWe were a family of 14 and Mom wakes up 5am in the morning to get our uniforms ready and our lunches,\u201d he recounted.<\/p>\n<p>Palacios noted that his mother used to be his hero up until he got married to Wella Palacios.<\/p>\n<p>According to the proclamation, the Women\u2019s Affairs Office under the Office of the Governor and the CNMI Women\u2019s Association remain as \u201cthe beacon to promote the interests of women, assist agencies of government and private organizations to plan and implement programs and services, and further commit to advocate, guide, and light the way for continued progress and prosperity of the CNMI.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_294846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-294846\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Womens-Month-pix1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Womens-Month-pix1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"258\" class=\"size-full wp-image-294846\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-294846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acting governor Arnold I. Palacios, standing seventh right, and his wife, Wella S. Palacios, join some female members from various sectors of the community in last Thursday\u2019s proclamation signing declaring March as CNMI Women\u2019s Month on Capital Hill. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acting governor Arnold I. 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