EVENTS - Page #8

The Oval Office: A Four-Time Olympian’s Guide to Professional Track & Field by Lauryn Williams

The Oval Office: Interview with Lauryn Williams

Lauryn Williams’s exploits in athletics are that of legend. A four-time Olympian, three-time Olympic medalist, and World Championship medals too numerous to list, Williams was a mainstay on the podium for over a decade.

Samar Nassar, two-time Jordanian Olympic swimmer, was awarded the IOC’s Women and Sport Award for Asia in recognition of her work helping promote gender equality through football in the Middle East. (AFP)

Marisol Casado predicts Arab women will take positions of power in sporting world

Spanish head of the International Triathlon Union is confident women from the Middle East will soon be playing prominent roles in sport around the world.
Brian Lewis, a member of the IOC’s Gender Equality Review Project, has called for Olympics president Thomas Bach to eventually be replaced by a woman.

Trinidadian Olympic shot putter Cleopatra Borel

Is sport’s future really female?

Four-time Olympian Cleopatra Borel is the star on this edition of Talk ‘Bout Us. She joins Franka to speak about women in sport – the athletes and the journalists.

Women speak out: We can do it too!

Slogans like “The future is female,” and “Women hold up half the sky,” are just some of the words branded across placards and posters, as women across the globe celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8.

Happy International Woman’s Day

Today March 8^th is being observed in many countries around the world as International Woman’s Day.

From left, BPTT's managing counsel Wendy Fae Thompson, regional director for procurement and supply chain management Camille Boodhai-Kangal, vice president for corporate operations Giselle Thompson, and regional president Claire Fitzpatrick,

As corporate culture evolves, it’s a woman’s world.

BPTT’s top female executives talk inclusiveness, diversity and overcoming crises of confidence…

Chief of Defence Staff, Rear Admiral Hayden Pritchard, presents Major Leslie Ann McLeod-Mohammed, with an award for 30 years of Colour Service at the Launch of the Chief of Defence Staff's Military Women's Initiative, Hilton Hotel.

Defence Force needs more women

Clinical psychologist and consultant for the Military Community Support Service (MCSS) Dr Dianne Douglas said yesterday there is a need to increase the number of women in the Defence Force.

The Future Is Female catching on

It was a first! The National Steel Symphony orchestra conducted by Dr Akua Leith playing both the presidential fanfare and the national anthem at the T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC) 24th Annual Awards ceremony at the Ballroom Hyatt Regency Hotel, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain on Saturday.