Rallying cry for women ahead of major conference in Cork
Cork City Council Women’s Caucus members Fianna Fáil councillor Mary Rose Desmond; Fine Gael councillor Deirdre Forde, the mayor of Cork City; and Green Party councillor Colette Finn launch the upcoming conference Pathways to Participation - Attracting and Sustaining Women as Leaders in Communities, Politics and Business, which will take place on Tuesday, November 22, from 10am to 2pm, at Concert Hall, Cork City Hall. Picture: Alison Miles /OSM PHOTO
One of the most powerful unelected women in US politics has urged Irish women to channel Beyonce and "get into formation" to ensure more female participation and leadership roles in politics and business.
Kimberly Ellis, the director of the Department on Status for Women in San Francisco, and who has been named the most powerful unelected person in California Democratic politics, made her comments ahead of a major conference in Cork next week focusing on what is required to attract and sustain female leaders in communities, politics, and business.
