CNOS SDU event | 19 May 2021

ProWoc participated in three sessions of the NOS Workshop, conducted by the University of Southern Denmark (SDU).

The first of the three sessions was ‘Non-Danish entrepreneurship in Denmark’ where Sondra Duckert and Divya Rao spoke about the need for and the benefits of having non-Danish entrepreneurship in Denmark.

Phaedria Marie St. Hilaire and Ifeoma Okpala spoke at the session titled ‘Connecting mobile, foreign and multilingual talent’ where they spoke about their own experiences besides how ProWoc has made it possible for women of colour to connect and grow thanks to their diverse backgrounds and multi-linguistic skills that sets them apart for Danish employers.

Selim Ablo-Nielsen spoke at the session titled ‘Being a non-Danish professional’ where she spoke from professional experience and how ProWoc’s network of highly talented professional women of colour has helped Danish employers find the missing link in their recruitment.

Ladies First event on IWD 2021 | 8 March 2021

Phaedria Marie St. Hilaire was invited to speak at the International Women’s Day event by the network, Ladies First. The discussion centered on whether increased collaboration among women would result in achieving equity between genders. This was a well attended virtual event.

Diversity Factor lab | 4 March 2021

ProWoc and Diversity Factor, an organisation working in the D&I space in Denmark, came together for a special D&I Lab session: “Womxn in Danish Organisations – Broadening the discussion”. ProWoc’s Caroline Onyango-Dyregaard and Divya Rao joined Helene Aagaard, CEO of Diversity Factor in discussing the various aspects of D&I and the intersectionality in DEI initiatives that are to be borne in mind, among many other interesting areas in this important area. It was a very well attended virtual event.

W.O.M.T. – Women of My Tribe Entrepreneurship Day | 19 Nov 2020

Women of My Tribe invited Phaedria Marie St. Hilaire and Selim Ablo-Nielsen to speak at their ‘Entrepreneurship Day’. Phaedria and Selim spoke about their journey and the motivations for the founding of ProWoc in Denmark and how the programmes and events are designed to help professional women of colour to connect, grow and evolve in their career paths. This was a physically-distanced event held in Copenhagen and well attended by many entrepreneurs and professionals from all across Denmark.