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E-news



                                              Edition 113– June 2023





                    Dear Members,

                    This month it has been lovely to have the longer, lighter evenings, and      indeed
          the sunshine. But whilst we may love the sunny weather, the garden and farmers do not.
          The Green interest group met recently, and we discussed how we can take steps that will
          not only benefit us all but also help our green credentials.  In the months that follow, the
          members of this green interest group will be contributing to the Newsletter in a regular
          column. This is a subject that touches every   aspect of our lives, one that we must ad-
          dress as a part of our commitment to the UN SDGs, number 13 (www.sdgs.un.org).

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                    On 19  May 2023 I attended the BPW Galway Summer lunch, as a guest, with VPs
          International Ruth Galwey and Jacqui McLoughlin. Tesco Ireland CEO     Natasha Adams
          was the keynote speaker, with Galway Mayor Cllr Clodagh Higgins and the Mayor of Tolfa,
          Italy, Stefania Bentivoglio, all inspirational women, joining us. Natasha Adams spoke clear-
          ly of her route to this recent appointment, from a part time job whilst in sixth form to a
          CEO. Natasha explained that the route to a top job is sometimes from the shop floor and
          not further education. During the lunch BPW Tolfa twinned with BPW Galway with Nellina
          Basile the Chair of the International Twinning taskforce conducting the ceremony. This is
          something that the FEC will be looking at, to twin with another BPW club, with a suitable
          joint project for us to work on together. During the trip we had the chance to talk to Laris-
          sa Miller who had joined us from BPW USA, and who recently won a lifetime achievement
          award in 2022 as the Top Woman in Business, by Powerhouse Global Magazine. I was for-
          tunate to attend a seminar during the BPW Europe Conference 2019 that Larissa led, talk-
          ing about the refugee camps she visited whilst she was the Executive officer at the Circle
          of Hope. (www.circleofhopeuae.org)   (https://lnkd.in/dfKHbGWi)












                         Left: BPW Europe Finance Officer Gudren Sigriour Jakobsdottir, Jo Kinsey,
                European Co-Ordinator Anu Vicks, Mayor Cllr Clodagh Higgins, Larissa Miller, Meghan Sinisi

                    BPW Galway host this lunch annually, and we can commend this to you all, a date
          for the new diary in 2024.                                                                           …/...
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