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The story not often told

The story I want to tell you today is one that you don’t hear very often. Actually you might rarely stumble on a story like mine. Most stories of this type are taboo and people usually struggle with talking about this topic. Today I want to talk to you about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and my …

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Bucharest Hub – Community leader

The Gentlewomen’s’ Club Bucharest Hub is looking for a new Community leader to relaunch in the city. The GWC Bucharest Hub is one of the GWC’s first Hubs after its foundation in Brussels 2017. It currently has approximately 80 members in and around Bucharest. In order to be able to create a well established, thriving …

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My Unspoken Story

There are few things in life more nerve-wracking than a new job. Everything is new. You don’t want to stand on anyone’s toes. You want to fit in and be liked. You want your skills to be valued, and you want to be considered essential as soon as possible. You want that cloud of “have-I-done-this-right?” …

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Can working mothers have it all? Tale of a working mother

By @Ania I have come back to work recently from my maternity leave in a large, generally women friendly, multinational corporation. Friends and colleagues often commented my transition from maternity into working mum looked pretty effortlessly. While I appreciated the compliments, I have sometimes felt in those early weeks that I am trying to juggle …

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You Can’t Be What You Can’t See: Carving paths for Women Leaders #inspiredbywomen

This month at #inspiredbywomen we sit down with Nina Cummins, accomplished telecoms regulatory lawyer who is truly passionate about all things tech and can discuss spectrum auctions for hours. Also dear colleague, friend and mentor. Currently working at Bahrain Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, but that’s only the beginning of her many adventures. Nina, you are now …

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My Unspoken Story – A healing Journey

I held my 30 under 30 certificate and smiled for the camera. Everyone was so happy and proud that my efforts in building and heading up the mobile marketing agency for an advertising conglomerate in London had been recognised. For a reason I couldn’t quite pinpoint I wasn’t as thrilled and just wanted to leave …

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My unspoken story

One morning a few months ago, I read, somewhere on social media, a powerful personal testimony of a friend of mine. He wrote this long post about his struggle with heartbreak, body image and depression. I remember thinking to myself: how incredibly brave to open up like that to everyone out there. And yet, the …

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GWC raised 900+ EUR at the Relay for Life

Last weekend, the Gentlewomen’s Club Team took part in the Relay for Life, a festive event that focuses on solidarity and fund-raising for the fight against cancer. Over 24 hours, from 2pm on Saturday to 2pm on Sunday, our team has relayed, either walking or running, to raise funds for the cause. Two of our …

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Gentlewomen’s Club Movie Night

Last week we were delighted to host our first movie night for members of our Club. We decided to start this series with Battle of the Sexes –  describing the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. We could not choose a better movie. In the wake of the sexual revolution and …

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The London chapter of the Gentlewomen’s club (GWC) is officially open! Since the beginning of the year, while most of the city was reminiscing over the festive fun and figuring out frugalities associated with January, four Gentlewomen were busy plotting the launch of The Gentlewomen’s Club in London. Feminism, friendship and a fondness for good …

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Beware – judgement zone

In our Gentlewomen’s Club, we are constantly focusing on creating a judgement-free zone for women. When we were exchanging ideas about the club, it became clear that we wanted to create a space for ladies that strongly believe in the concept of women supporting women. We have since been extremely happy to discover that plenty …

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The Grey Zone of Sexual Harassment: An Open Letter to Men

Dear Men, News has started to uncover a sad truth that resonates deeply with many women’s personal experience: the extent and impunity of sexual harassment. There are no excuses and we should denounce those abject and inappropriate behaviours with every breath. I am sure that many of you while reading the news are feeling horrified, worried for your mother, sister, wife, daughter, friend, …

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Looking for inspiring ladies to set up the Bucharest Hub of the Gentlewomen’s Club

Half a year since we have launched the Club in Brussels, we are now coming to Bucharest. Are you – or do you know someone who is – passionate about women empowerment, with some spare time and with a ton of ideas? Then please fill in this form or share it with your friends and contacts https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_sbKRcxiIsmTKNJR6VjcN2y2WnaTOcyV7ujcf0fTB8c/viewform?edit_requested=true …

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I Have A Dream

Someone recently asked me why feminism was still an important issue for women today. So, after a lengthy debate on all of the many many reasons why I felt that there was still so much that we needed to change, I thought, why don’t we take this question to our members and see what they …

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Girls Night Out goes to La Terrasse O2

On June 22nd, we held our summer edition of the Girls Night Out, at La Terrasse O2, a pop-up restaurant and bar in a very pretty and green neighbourhood of Uccle. Perfect setting and great summer weather to welcome back some of our friends and SEVEN new club members!

Getting to know each other was easy, with our ice-breaking game, where only Kayla and Jess managed to guess first the lie among the 2 truths/1 lie game. We found out that Audrey was never blonde (there’s still time to try it out!), Jess has a much much younger brother (as in more than 15 years younger!) and Brianda used to live in Saudi Arabia (for five years!).

To make the evening even better, Ozlem, our London-based co-founder, flew in to join us and meet all our fabulous members.

This was a great way to kick off the summer season and we are already working on the autumn schedule of events! We wish you all fabulous holidays and stay tuned for more fun, starting in September!

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We ran like girls and raised funds for girls rights

This spring, our wonderful team of runners have trained hard and succeeded in finishing the 20k of Brussels on May 28th, in awfully hot conditions. Antwerp, Brussels and Sibiu (Romania) are just a few of the cities they took part in preparation runs, ahead of the 20k. Our team has raised funds for Plan International’s …