International Women's Day

On the 24th March 2011, Dubai Women's College celebrates the 100th anniversary of the International Women's Day on DWC's campus. The event was under the title of 'Inspiring and celebrating Women: Past, Present and Future successes’. Najla Al Awadhi, former Member of the UAE Federal National Council, Deputy CEO of Dubai Media Incorporated, General Manager of Dubai One TV and member of the Regional Board of Directors of the Young Arab Leaders gave a speech, as each of  Nima Abu-Wardeh of the BBC and founder and CEO of Cashy.me, Ginnie Carlier, Partner and MENA Diversity & Inclusiveness Leader at Ernst & Young, Latifa Fikri, President of DWC Alumnae Association and currently holds the position of Vice President at e-vision Etisalat, Nicholle Kingsley, Senior Associate at Herbert Smith and Manal Omar, Regional Program Manager for the Middle East for Oxfam participated in the discussion. As there were also different breakout sessions, and as a corporate communication student i attended the social media session the presenters were talking about how important is social media and how did media network helped them.