ALL Ladies League
ALL Ladies League (ALL), a non-profit organization; is one of the apex International Women's Chamber operating from India. The organization represents women leadership and acts as an active agent for social change by boosting education and women empowerment in & around India. Established in 2011, ALL is founded by Dr. Harbeen Arora who is also acting Global Chairperson of the organization. ALL’s signature “ALL Women of the Decade Awards” and “Grassroots Women of the Decade Achievers Awards” is to felicitate ace women leaders and their work around world.
Women Economic Forum
Women Economic Forum is the annual summit of ALL Ladies League, designed as a scintillating forum for stirring thought leadership among women from all strata of society, from all spheres of work and from all over the globe. Dr. Harbeen Arora, Global Chairperson, ALL Ladies League & Women Economic Forum; aims to lead the change for women leadership and women empowerment across the world via ALL and WEF.
WEF 2015
WOMEN ECONOMIC FORUM or WEF - an initiative of ALL, started this year from May 7th to 11th in Goa (the annual meeting ground of ALL WEF). Country hosted its first-ever coruscating women forum in Goa at Goa Marriott, that gathered more than 400 delegates and women leaders from more than 25 countries across the world. Justifying its theme "Women: The Harbingers of Change", this year's Women Economic Forum discussed several issues starting from women leadership & empowerment, consumerism, changing global market, industrialization, status of women in the global & Indian society, politics, youth empowerment, entrepreneurship, yoga & health et al that affect the world of a women.
Several eminent personalities like Vidya Balan, Indian Actress; Madhur Bhandarkar, Indian Film Maker; Kiran Bedi, Ex- IPS Officer & Indian Politician; Prakash Javadekar - Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Shri Devendra Fadnavis - Honorable Chief Minister of Maharashtra; Sachin Pilot, Former MoS & Indian Politician; Sara Pilot, Wife of Sachin Pilot & Founder, CEQUIN; Meghna Ghai Puri, Daughter of Subhash Ghai & President - Whistling Woods International; Ashoke Pandit, Indian Film Maker; Poonam Dhillon, Indian Actress & Politician; Pinky Anand, Senior Advocate & Additional Solicitor General of India et al and other women leaders from different spheres of life like business leaders, Corporate Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Authors, Icons, Actors, Political Stalwarts, Policymakers, Ambassadors, Media personalities et al came together and attended truly vibrant, informative & inspiring rounds of discussion, debate and millennial thoughts at Women Economic Forum 2015.
WEF also honored five Goan Women achievers who excelled in different spheres of their life; namely; Ms. Odette Mascarenhas - preserver of traditional Goan culinary; Ms. Cecille Lee Rodrigues, an ace Zumba dancer; Ms. Ethel Da Costa, a prominent media professional and writer; Ms. Sonia Shirsat - renowned Fado singer; Ms. Archana Bhobe - an eminent fashion designer; in the presence of Madhur Bhandarkar and other eminent guests.
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