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Michelle Wu Makes History As The First Woman And First Person Of Colour Elected Mayor Of Boston
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Recipients of Google Impact Challenge for Women Funding Announced
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The 9th South America – Africa – Middle East- Asia Women Summit (SAMEAWS) 2021– Virtual
DATE: 30 November 2021
WHERE: Virtual
THEME: Forging and Adapting to New Realities for Greater Influence and Impact in a Rapidly Changing World
EVENT’S BRIEF
The South America-Africa-Middle-Asia Women Summit (SAMEAWS) is an annual programme that brings together, the most influential and prominent women as well as key stakeholders from the South America, Africa, Middle East, and Asian regions to re-emphasize the critical role of women in the future of developing economies, celebrate influential and prominent female role models who are directly contributing to their development, and most assuredly, confront the inequalities women face and focus on the change we want to see – and create – in the world.
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