Under the banner theme, \u201cGender Equality: Key to Sustainable Development,\u201d the 2021 Women\u2019s Month Planning Committee, co-led by the CNMI Women\u2019s Association and the Women\u2019s Affairs Office, has planned a series of events to bring together the community in a collective agenda of empowering all women and girls and advocating for sustainable leadership:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wednesday, March 3, 2021: CNMI Women\u2019s Month proclamation signing\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022 Thursday, March 4, 2021: \u201cWomen As Entrepreneurs: How to start a Business (hosted by NMC-SBDC and CWA),\u201d Votes for Women Exhibit (hosted by JKPL), \u201cWomen\u2019s Proclamation Day\u201d at 9am (Rota Mayor\u2019s Office, conference room)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Friday, March 5, 2021: Women\u2019s Mass celebration (San Isidro Church at 5pm)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Saturday March 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2021: Motheread\/Fatheread CNMI Family Literacy Class from 1:30pm to 2:30pm (hosted by NMHC\/JKPL)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sunday, March 7, 14, 21, and 28 2021: Sirena Project (hosted by 500 Sails) at the Guma Sakman from 11am to 12pm<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wednesday, March 10, 2021: *Women Leadership Training\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 Thursday, March 11, 2021: \u201cWomen as Entrepreneurs: How to Write a Business Plan\u201d (hosted by NMC-SBDC and CWA)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Monday, March 15, 2021: Outreach; Free Blood Pressure and Glucose Check before Women\u2019s Walk-A-Thon at 5:30am (Rota)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Thursday, March 18, 2021: \u201cWomen As Entrepreneurs: How to Prepare a Financial Plan\u201d (hosted by NMC-SBDC and CWA)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Thursday, March 25, 2021: \u201cWomen As Entrepreneurs: How to Prepare a Marketing Plan\u201d (hosted by NMC-SBDC and CWA)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Friday, March 26, 2021:\u00a0\u201cWomen\u2019s Recognition Day\u201d hosted by first lady Diann Torres and second lady Wella Palacios,\u00a0and \u201cInternational Women\u2019s Day\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sunday, March 28, 2021: \u201cDay of Prayer\u201d (hosted by WAO)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wednesday, March 31, 2021: \u201cTraining on Gender Equality,\u201d \u201cWomen\u2019s Health Waving\u201d 4pm at Teteto Pavilion (Rota)<\/p>\n
(More activities will be added. Follow our Facebook Pages for updated information:\u00a0www.facebook.com\/cnmiwomen.org\u00a0and\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WAOCNMI)<\/p>\n
Government agencies, businesses, education institutions, and other stakeholders are strongly encouraged to participate and get involved in this year\u2019s 2021 Women\u2019s Month activities. The planning committee is also encouraging the community to host an event by contacting 233-8978\/9411 or sending an email to\u00a0cwa.fogumoro@gmail.com<\/p>\n
\u201cWomen are at the heart of sustainable development,\u201d said Cecilia Taitano, CWA president and 2021 Women\u2019s Month co-chair. \u201cAs we continue to push for greater action, we have more work to do to connect the issues of gender, sustainability, and climate action.\u201d<\/p>\n
More details will be shared and added to the CNMI Women\u2019s Association Facebook page,\u00a0www.facebook.com\/cnmiwomen.org, or the Women\u2019s Affairs Office Facebook page, https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WAOCNMI. (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Under the banner theme, \u201cGender Equality: Key to Sustainable Development,\u201d the 2021 Women\u2019s Month Planning…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":330356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-339372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339372","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=339372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}