International Women's Day Centenary - Tuesday 8th March 2011

                                                                                                          International Women's Day Centenary 2011

                                                                                                   Important date for your diary...Tuesday 8th March 2011

                                                                                                                              6:30pm registration

                                                                                                                              6:45pm start of event

                                                                                        A celebration of women in Volunteering, Science & Entrepreneurship

                                                                                        2011 is the centenary of International Women's Day

Diaspora Volunteering Alliance (DVA) and BritBangla are holding a special event as part of this landmark year.

The event will celebrate the role women have taken in the realm of volunteering, entrepreneurship and science.

The evening will be hosted by Aysha Iqbal, BBC Broadcast Journalist with key speaker Lynne Berry OBE, CEO of WVRS who received an honorary Doctor of Health Science Award last year for her inspiring work within the Third Sector and other notable speakers from BRAC Development Institute, SACOMA, Univerity of East London and the Science Council.

We will share stories of success from women in the three sectors and share with you their inspiration and passion.

Inspirational speakers: Dr Priti Parikh, a Research Associate at the Business School of Imperial College on the Energy for Development Project and Dr Lena Ciric, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University College London, who specialises in Mircrobiology, will be sharing their stories about how they achieved their professional success.

Activities will include: Networking oportunites, drinks and canapes, Indian head massage & henna art. The evening will end with a musical performance by the violinist Mansoon Bow, a Japan- born musician who studied the violin at the age of three and received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music (London).

Admission to celebrate this event is FREE, but places are strictly limited.

We look forward to welcoming you on the day.

Dress Code Colours: Green (hope and new life), violet (dignity and self
respect) & white (purity)

Time: 6.30pm to 9:00pm Venue:The Abbey Centre
34 Great Smith St, Westminster
London SW1P 3BU

RSVP: Maher Anjum E:maher@diasporavolunteeringalliance.org/Mob: 07932 944 506

Media Information: For further information, images, or for interviews with Dr Priti Parikh, Dr Lena Ciric or Lynne Berry OBE contact Colette Machado on 07803 606072 or Jenni Asiama on 07852 224078 or email writeahead@email.com. Press wishing to attend the event must email a press request and state name, position and media outlet working for.

Supported by: UK Aid/ VSO/ European International College and the Science Council