{"id":339637,"date":"2021-03-05T06:05:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T20:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=339637"},"modified":"2021-03-05T06:05:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T20:05:58","slug":"march-2021-is-cnmi-womens-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/march-2021-is-cnmi-womens-month\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2021 is CNMI Women\u2019s Month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 2021 CNMI Women\u2019s Month proclamation signing was held at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe last Wednesday, Mar. 3, 2021. (NEIL FAMA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Women\u2019s Affairs Office under the Office of the Governor, together with the CNMI Women\u2019s Association, hosted a proclamation signing for 2021 Women\u2019s Month last Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe.<\/p>\n

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres and Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios performed the signing of the proclamation, with their wives\u2014first lady Diann Torres and Maria Wella Sablan Palacios\u2014sitting beside them.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme, \u201cGender Equality: Key to Sustainable Development,\u201d reflects the CNMI Women\u2019s Association\u2019s ongoing mission to empower women as guardians of the CNMI\u2019s guinaha (assets), both tangible and intangible, to include political, economic, and social leadership.<\/p>\n

The proclamation was read aloud by Joeline R. Mettao and was signed Torres and Palacios shortly after.<\/p>\n

In a poem read by 2014 Miss Teen Marianas first runner-up Tiana Reyes, she described women as inculpable, is beauty, is both strict and rage but executes everything that she does with grace.<\/p>\n

\u201cA woman, a body in water, what is the difference,\u201d said Reyes.<\/p>\n

A brief showcase of the 2021 Miss Marianas contestants\u2014Richelle Ramon, Toremy Diaz, Ha\u2019Ane Eugenio, Savannah Delos Santos, Bernadette Horey, Lily Carrilo, Vincent Rabasto, and Naomi Lizama\u2014also took place. This year\u2019s Miss Marianas pageant is slated for March 13, starting at 4pm at the Hyatt Regency Saipan.<\/p>\n

Shortly after, in the spirit of the proclamation, Torres shared his appreciation for women by saying, \u201cAs a man, and the man of the house, there\u2019s nothing like the mother\u2019s touch. Growing up, my brothers and I all looked up to our mother and our one and only sister.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diann Torres expressed appreciation for the community in the CNMI and its accomplishments, where \u201cman supports woman, woman supports man, profit supports non-profit, non-profit supports profit, public supports private, private supports public. \u2026We all need to work together, and together we stand.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event was emceed by Marianas Alliance of Non-Governmental Organizations executive director Frances M. Sablan, who also gave the welcoming remarks. Afterwards, CWA board member Cecilan Taitano gave brief remarks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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