Women empowering women
The women empowerment programme featured guest speakers who presented talks on topics such as work-life balance, women and finance, mental health, and more.
Women are so much more than their ability to carry and birth children. These were the words of Peter Tshidi, general manager of the Wild Coast Sun.
Tshidi was speaking at the Woman to Women event hosted by Thobile Mseleku at the Wild Coast under the theme hats and heels. Women of all ages and walks of life attended on Women’s Day, August 9.
Tshidi said for ages men had more privileges in a lot of aspects of life, from pay scales, social statuses, or voting rights.
He said although the world is slowly moving towards gender balance and equality, people should be respected and given opportunities, irrespective of their gender.
Meanwhile, the women empowerment programme also featured guest speakers who presented talks on topics such as work-life balance, women and finance, mental health, and more.
Sheena O’Brien said women can achieve a healthy work-life balance.
O’Brien said work-life balance is the balance of work whether one is self-employed or working for a company, being a home mom, and balancing their rest time.
“My journey of being imbalanced started in 2020 when Covid-19 hit, our lives got turned upside down, everything was uncertain, we could not go anywhere and a lot of that stress played on my emotions. The main reason my life became imbalanced was that I ended up working from 8am until 10pm. I had no balance, in addition, I was studying. That led to burnout,” said O’Brien.
She added that what helped her was seeing a psychologist who assisted her with coping mechanisms.
She said women who are struggling with balancing work time and rest time should try developing a hobby, making time for themselves, and most importantly loving themselves.
“If you are not giving yourself a 100% then you are not going to be able to give your loved ones, work, and everything you do 100%,” said O’Brien.
Meanwhile, Motsikoe Thato highlighted the importance of women having a budget and living within their means, while Khuboni Yanga emphasised the need for women to walk away from toxic situations.
Also, Thobile Mseleku said women must be kind towards one another because everyone is going through something.
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