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Contributed photo April 20, 2021 ARE you excited yet, like we are? We can t wait to ‘see’ and meet all of you at the first session of the PinayTweens100(tm) Book Club 100 Pinay Girls Who Will One Day Influence the World. We appreciate your being able to join this amazing group of Pinay Tweens!
Marily Mondejar, founder and CEO of the Filipina Women s Network (FWN), is unable to contain her enthusiasm as she welcomes tweens from the Philippines and the US.
The tweens will meet and discuss with the authors of DISRUPT. Filipina Women. Proud. Loud. Leading without a Doubt. The tweens will participate in weekly online book readings and femtoring from an FWN author/Global FWN100 awardee or member.
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Lea Salonga, Miriam Defensor Santiago and Catriona Gray. (File photos)
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History of Women s Day
Let s do a little throwback.
On February 28, 1909, the Socialist Party of America designated this day in honor of the garment workers strike in New York.
The first official celebration of International Women s Day was in 1911. Women from European countries started to participate in demonstrations.
Millions of women went on the streets demanding their right to vote and to hold public offices. This also included issues on sex discrimination in employment and equal pay.
Why do we celebrate it?
International Women s Day reminds people that women should not be perceived as someone weak.
For Mary Ann Gamboa, leading by example with the genuine desire to develop her team is the cornerstone of her tenured career. Before she immigrated to Canada in 1998, Mary Ann began her career in Manila, Philippines.
(18 Jan 2021) The Four Seasons Hotel Toronto has appointed Mary Ann Gamboa as Director of Marketing.
Mary Ann has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience in the hospitality industry and began her career at the Holiday Inn Galleria hotel in Manila, Philippines before emigrating to Canada in 1998.
Once there, Mary Ann worked for numerous hotels in Ontario including Regal Constellation Hotel, Sandalwood Hotel & Suites and Deerhurst Resort.
In 2005, Mary Ann moved to Toronto and joined the Radisson Hotel Admiral Toronto - Harbourfront as DOSM. Two years later she joined Marriott as Director of Marketing of the Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Toronto, before joining the