Outstanding Women living in Aotearoa

Embassy of the Republic of Poland,  Polish Association in Christchurch

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The Embassy of the Republic of Poland and the Polish Association in Christchurch invite you to join the opening of the exhibition “Outstanding Polish Women”, taking the opportunity to celebrate women in Aotearoa. For the opening, we invited guests for a panel discussion representing outstanding women living in Aotearoa, followed by a Q&A with a performance of Polonus Folkdance group and a celebration afterwards. This event is taking place in Tūranga library TSB space level 1. The Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in New Zealand, His Excellency Mr Grzegorz Kowal will be present to address the official opening of the Polish Outstanding Women’s Exhibition (South Island premiere) as a part of this year’s celebration of Poland-NZ’s 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations, 130th anniversary of the suffragist movement in NZ and Polish Heritage Days all over the world.The official opening will be followed by the panel discussion led by Agnieszka Deneka – President of the Polish Association in Christchurch. The panellists will be discussing a life of a successful women in Aotearoa, their thoughts, advice, achievements and challenges:<ul><li>Elle Archer – Director, Strategist, Futurist, Innovator, Technologist </li><li>Winsome Dormer – Hon Consul of The Republic of Poland to South Island, Dean of the Christchurch Consular Corps</li><li>Dr. Serena Kelly -Senior Lecturer in Politics of the European Union (University of Canterbury)</li><li>D﻿i Lucas - ONZM, Life member of NZILA, numerous Government advisory roles addressing environment, conservation, high country, forestry and fire resilience</li><li>Ira Mitchell- Professional artist and tutor, NZer of the year</li><li>Dr. Elżbieta Sawicka - Polish Scientist of Molecular Biology, leader of Polonus the Polish Folkdance Group</li></ul>The exhibition features winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature Wisława Szymborska and Olga Tokarczuk; legendary physicist and chemist Maria Skłodowska-Curie; pioneering surgeon Maria Siemionow; socio-political leaders Irena Sendlerowa and Anna Walentynowicz; artist Olga Boznańska; mountaineer Wanda Rutkiewicz; sailor, traveller and naval architect Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, and last but not least- the Polish Suffragists.O﻿fficial invitation from the Polish embassy can be found in the picture below.

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