8th March 2021

Urjo organised a Webinar to celebrate International Women's Day.  The topic focussed on true inspirational stories and  external speakers were invited to speak.

The speakers were as follows:
1. Ms. Archana Dighe – A non-member who is a HR trainer and also heals people through holistic therapies.She spoke of her challenges as a single mother and howshe overcame them.

2. Ms. Lina Bardhan– A non-member who is a Rehabilitation Psychologist and runs Noble Mission, a school for differently abled children. She spoke of how shewas discriminated as a girl child and how she overcame it and challenges she faces now while running the school.

3. Ms. Nilima Mukherjee–An Urjo member and an ex banker. She spoke of challenges she faced in her workplace and how she dealt with them.

4. Ms. Sarmistha Niyogi – An Urjo member and an Economist. She recited her own poem which focused on the atrocities happening due to the mindset of Indians and how this needs a radical change to bring about women empowerment.

There was a lively Question Answer Session after the presentations conducted by Dr Ratnabali Chakravorty, Founder Member of Urjo and Senior Consultant, Obstetrics & Gynaecology.

This programme was very well received and was a resounding success with more than 70 people joining the webinar. It received very good feedback.