ACTIVITIES
SCHOLARSHIP
THE 2024-2025 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD CEREMONY
Monday 19 August at 18:30
Marbella Club
The awarding of scholarships to twelve exceptional students, ten of whom are starting their university careers, and two excellent graduate students, was a moving event.
Jessica Breitenfeld’s training in the basics of public speaking was clearly evident in the heartfelt words of each of the scholarship recipients.
The meeting ended with the words of Isabel Cintado, Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Equality of the Marbella Town Hall.
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LITERARY GATHERING
BAUMGARTNER
by Paul Auster
Monday 16 September at 18:30
Marbella Club
We will talk about Baumgartner (Seix Barral, 2024, 264 pages) by Paul Auster. A novel defined as ‘an elegy on the decline of life’ in which literature, love and nostalgia, memory and senescence are masterfully related in the author’s purest style. A book that is sure to generate a very interesting exchange of ideas. The author and his work deserve it.
You are most welcome!
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NEWS
OUR INTERNS
PAULA GALLEGO
Read carefully: she is a true 21st century gladiator!
“Hi! My name is Paula Gallego, and I was an AMUM scholarship recipient in 2016. At that time, I was captain of a roller field hockey team in Marbella. I remember that in the interview they gave me during the process of being selected as a scholarship recipient, I named the sport, and they asked me how I was able to be in that gladiatorial world,
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WOMEN IN THE BACKROUND OF HISTORY
ENDE
Ende (or En) was a manuscript illuminator active in the Kingdom of León (northern Iberian Peninsula) in the late 10th century. She is the first recorded female artist in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the first in Europe. She may have been a nun, perhaps from the monastery of San Salvador de Tábara.
She illuminated the Beatus of Gerona, which contains the Commentary on the Apocalypse compiled in 786 and preserved in Gerona Cathedral.
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YOUNG MEMBERS NETWORK
GWI YMN CELEBRATES FIVE YEARS
In a remarkable celebration of progress and camaraderie, the GWI YMN celebrated its 5th anniversary with an enlightening interactive session on 26 July. Founded during GWI’s centenary celebrations in Geneva in 2019, the network has thrived, significantly impacting its members and the wider GWI membership community. GWI YMN keynote speaker Sudha Srivastava led attendees through a comprehensive overview of the network’s history, mission and founding activities, illustrating its substantial growth and ambitious plans for the future.
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GWI NEWSLETTER
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INTERNATIONAL DAY
PAN-AFRICAN WOMEN’S DAY
On Pan-African Women’s Day, GWI celebrates the remarkable achievements of African women and their pioneering role in advancing equality in Africa.
Established in 1962 during the first conference of the Pan-African Women’s Organization, the Pan-African Women’s Organization, the day recognizes the critical contributions of African women to achieving political freedom and improving the social and economic status of women in Africa.
GWI remains committed to empowering and unifying African women since it formed the Federation of African University Women in 1991.
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WORLD DAY
GWI COMMEMORATES WORLD DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS WITH AN INFOGRAPHIC
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, observed annually on 30 July since 2013, aims to raise awareness of human trafficking internationally, with a focus on identifying the underlying socio-economic and cultural issues that create vulnerability, allowing human trafficking to thrive. This year, GWI joins the United Nations (UN) and other organisations in calling on Member States to recognise the atrocities of human trafficking and improve their efforts to prevent and convict for this crime.
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CALENDAR