WOMEN TURNING ECONOMIC DOOM INTO DESTINY
EDITORIAL By Karla Darocas
With International Women’s Day coming up on March 8th, I started to ask some of my women business associates about their insights into these current global recessionary times.
What I discovered was that women in general and business-type women specifically, create all sorts of ways to “economize” during deadly downturns.
It is a “natural” gift to some women, and for enterprising women, it can be an asset that turns doom into destiny.
Nina Hübscher is a health shop owner in Benidorm. She loves her shop and she loves her work and her “self-belief” outweighs her “woes” about the recession.
Nina explains it best when she remarks, “I think women are more patient. Lots of men just give up when things are not going the way they want. Women see things less seriously. This does not mean that women ignore serious situations, but I believe that women have more confidence in life.”
For educator Kerry Edwards in Calpe, women by “nature” have the need to “nurture”, and it is this internal drive that keeps them creatively finding ways to feed the ones they love.
Kerry points her remarks to the war years as eras where women proved this very fact, and adds, “This current recession fades into insignificance when you try to image what the war women had to cope.”
Natural solutions to an economic crisis, to Kerry means, “finding the cheapest and yet the most nutritious foods or buying clothes in Charity shops or giving children food to take to school instead of money and walking and cycling in place of driving.”
She believes “recession” to be a “man's word” and that enterprising women can and will “adapt themselves to the market.”
Therapist Wilma Taggart of Oliva believes that is the “resilience” of women that is truly amazing.
She states, “Women have a natural desire to protect and create; not only their children but their nests, their homes. Women can take the most basic of ingredients, even in lean times, and turn them into meals for their loved ones. There is an entrepreneur in all women, whether they define it as that or not!”
Torrevieja writer / therapist Violet King believes that women were given “tenacity” as a gift of nature. Using this gift, Violet sees women using their determination to find the best solutions, in an easy and straightforward way.
And finally, educator Amanda Miller of Lliber also shares the belief that in recessionary times, women are “incredibly resilient”. She also believes that women are “adaptable, resourceful people who naturally have the ability to make what they have fit their needs.”
And, for getting things done in a crisis, Amanda explains, “Women are natural networkers and are mostly willing to help and support each other in any way possible. This is one of our greatest strengths in tough times. Women are also good team workers and prefer to work in harmony and seek positive solutions for the benefit of all concerned. These are the human qualities which are priceless in times of real need. In a crisis, women will unite and demonstrate their strength in numbers.”
In conclusion, she states, “I have never known a woman in my circle of family, friends and colleagues weaken in the face of adversity.”
This March 8th, women all over the world will be celebrating their diversity at International Women’s Day – the economic crisis will have to wait!
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
MARCH 8TH
TEULADA * SPAIN
Hosted by the Women in Business Club
www.WIBC-SPAIN.com
Doors Open at 10am.
See Website & Local Media for Details
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With International Women’s Day coming up on March 8th, I started to ask some of my women business associates about their insights into these current global recessionary times.
What I discovered was that women in general and business-type women specifically, create all sorts of ways to “economize” during deadly downturns.
It is a “natural” gift to some women, and for enterprising women, it can be an asset that turns doom into destiny.
Nina Hübscher is a health shop owner in Benidorm. She loves her shop and she loves her work and her “self-belief” outweighs her “woes” about the recession.
Nina explains it best when she remarks, “I think women are more patient. Lots of men just give up when things are not going the way they want. Women see things less seriously. This does not mean that women ignore serious situations, but I believe that women have more confidence in life.”
For educator Kerry Edwards in Calpe, women by “nature” have the need to “nurture”, and it is this internal drive that keeps them creatively finding ways to feed the ones they love.
Kerry points her remarks to the war years as eras where women proved this very fact, and adds, “This current recession fades into insignificance when you try to image what the war women had to cope.”
Natural solutions to an economic crisis, to Kerry means, “finding the cheapest and yet the most nutritious foods or buying clothes in Charity shops or giving children food to take to school instead of money and walking and cycling in place of driving.”
She believes “recession” to be a “man's word” and that enterprising women can and will “adapt themselves to the market.”
Therapist Wilma Taggart of Oliva believes that is the “resilience” of women that is truly amazing.
She states, “Women have a natural desire to protect and create; not only their children but their nests, their homes. Women can take the most basic of ingredients, even in lean times, and turn them into meals for their loved ones. There is an entrepreneur in all women, whether they define it as that or not!”
Torrevieja writer / therapist Violet King believes that women were given “tenacity” as a gift of nature. Using this gift, Violet sees women using their determination to find the best solutions, in an easy and straightforward way.
And finally, educator Amanda Miller of Lliber also shares the belief that in recessionary times, women are “incredibly resilient”. She also believes that women are “adaptable, resourceful people who naturally have the ability to make what they have fit their needs.”
And, for getting things done in a crisis, Amanda explains, “Women are natural networkers and are mostly willing to help and support each other in any way possible. This is one of our greatest strengths in tough times. Women are also good team workers and prefer to work in harmony and seek positive solutions for the benefit of all concerned. These are the human qualities which are priceless in times of real need. In a crisis, women will unite and demonstrate their strength in numbers.”
In conclusion, she states, “I have never known a woman in my circle of family, friends and colleagues weaken in the face of adversity.”
This March 8th, women all over the world will be celebrating their diversity at International Women’s Day – the economic crisis will have to wait!
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
MARCH 8TH
TEULADA * SPAIN
Hosted by the Women in Business Club
www.WIBC-SPAIN.com
Doors Open at 10am.
See Website & Local Media for Details
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