Lively and cheerful atmosphere at the International Womenโs Day celebration organised by the Embassy of India in collaboration with Indian Women in Finland IWF Ry at Oodi Library in Helsinki. The theme for the event was “Women’s voices and choices โ Breaking the Biasโ.
Ambassador Raveesh Kumar in his welcome remarks highlighted the increasingly important role played by women in India in all spheres of life, including politics, business, sports, education and social development. He appreciated the role played by Indian women in Finland towards creating a positive narrative for India. Mrs Ranjana Raveesh underlined the need for women to have the freedom to make their own choices. ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ง in her keynote address highlighted the progress made by Finland towards gender equality. Mayor of Vantaa Ritva Viljanen urged the women to continue their fight for space at the top table.
Panelists – Neeta Nagar, Accenture, Jasmin Assulin, Deidei, Monika Liikamaa, Enfuce, Sanna Saastamoinen-Barrios, fashion designer, Jussi Tokola, Tietoevry and Ram Kumar, Nordcloud- shared their perspectives on empowering women in a session moderated by Vaishali Doshi.
A talk on โAyurveda for Womenโ was delivered by Dr. Ashwini Anilkumar.
Mini Sharma gave the Vote of Thanks.
The event, attended by over 150 people, was moderated by Ramya Sriram and Prerna Bhushan.
Wishing everyone Happy International Women’s Day!
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