The workshops focused on the importance of networking among women founders, within their own countries and beyond.  The following comments from emails WFC received following the workshops reflect the workshop participants’ positive feelings:

From Felicia Onibon:  “…..discussion was interesting and I realize such space creates opportunity to think through issues in ways you least expect could bring solution, insight and new inroads to solving salient problems that we may all be experiencing.”

From Stella Brown:  “….thank you for all your efforts.”

From Bijaya Rai Shrestha:  “Thank you for giving us the opportunity to be part of the WFC Workshop.  I will definitely register on the WFC (website)….I thank all for sharing and for your support.  Yes, let’s be in contact with each other through the website.”

As the majority of the women attending the workshops were from Nigeria, Rose Oby Nwosu (shown in photo), also from Nigeria and one of the workshop facilitators, volunteered to organize a group for women founders in Nigeria.  Here are more email responses:

From Ifie Enemo:  “I pray the group grows to accomplish that for which it was brought into being.”

From Biola Adimula (also a participant at WFC’s workshop in 2009):  “I think it is a great idea to start the group in Nigeria!”

WFC welcomes this initiative from Nigerian women founders.   Stay tuned to this website to learn of their progress.

Rose Oby Nwosu

WFC at CSW 2010

AN INVITATION TO ALL WOMEN FOUNDERS

OF NGO’s and WOMEN FOUNDERS-TO-BE

You are invited to participate with other women founders in a one-hour session to meet other women founders; address common issues; join WFC’s global support network; brainstorm how your work might benefit from this connection.

When: Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Where: Beekman Tower Hotel, 49^th and 1^st Ave. at 3 Mitchell Place, Lobby Level

Time: Three separate one-hour sessions at: 2 PM, 3 PM and 4 PM.

(If one session fills, come to the following session.)

Any questions, contact: wfc@womenfounders.org

Once again, WFC will join women from around the world at the UN sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) this March 1-12, 2010 in New York City.

And, as before, WFC will offer a Side Event during the first week.  The topic under consideration is “facilitation”, the importance of this critical skill for women founders and how to master it.

For those of you traveling to New York City to attend CSW 54, let us know so we can personally invite you (and your colleagues) to attend our Side Event and put aside time to meet with you as well.

And for those of you coming to New York City who were participants in any of the past WFC Side Events, please contact us if you are interested in joining the WFC Side Event Support Staff.  We welcome your suggestions, input and assistance.

We look forward to greet our WFC friends once again at CSW 54!