Nominate the
2010
Outstanding Woman

Curaçao, November 12, 2009

Searching for the 2010 Outstanding Woman

Willemstad – The ‘2010 Outstanding Woman Award’ will be presented during the seventh annual women conference in Curaçao the ‘2010 Conference About Women and Control', organized by Bright Ideas & Services.
The award will go again this year to a special woman in/from The Netherlands Antilles, Aruba or the Caribbean who excelled during her professional life with the work that she did that benefitted women.
The first ‘Outstanding Woman Award’ was presented in 2006 to Nilda Juliana-Jansen initiator of the cleaning company in Curaçao: Servisio Na Bo Òrdu (At Your Service), who, with her company, gave women the opportunity to work and to maintain themselves and their families. The 2007 award went to Zelma Maduro who during more than fifty years as a kindergarten teacher had motivated children and especially girls, helping them to make the best out of their lives. The 2008 Outstanding Woman Award went to Mila Palm for her work as an educator, coach and trainer of women especially for her work with young mothers.
In 2009, the award went to Lucina da Costa Gomes, who was the first female Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles and who abolished the law that limited legal action of the married woman.
These great women were and are still widely applauded for being an example to others.

There is now the opportunity until January 30, 2010 to nominate an outstanding woman, including the proof that the nominee(s) did indeed contribute to the positive development of women in our region.
The rules for nominations are:
1. The nominated woman must be older than 60 years old, or must have been older than 60 when she passed away;
2. She does or has done work or initiated or participated in one or more actions that resulted in either support, inspiration, motivation; and who contributed to the general development of women with the focus on professional women;
3. She must be from the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba or the Caribbean or from the Antillean, Aruban or Caribbean Diasporas.
4. The nominations must be in English since the evaluation will be done by international judges.

The 2010 Outstanding Woman will be another real example for all women on what it means to work and to excel in the benefit of humanity.
All nominations can be sent via e-mail to info@aboutwomenconference.com. More information is also available via telephone nr. 599 9 767-9255 or 599 9 690-8899 and via www.aboutwomenconference.com.

Let’s honor real great women!