Nanaimo group celebrates 25 years of supporting & empowering women
NANAIMO — Looking back over the last 25 years, members of a local women’s support group see the same struggles repeated throughout the decades.
Inequality, repression and denied services are constants for women, something which the Zonta Club of Nanaimo hopes to change. The local chapter of the international organization celebrated 25 years in Nanaimo on Sept. 20, marking a successful quarter century of fundraising for women’s groups and providing resources to those in need.
“I think it’s important we look at women’s rights as human rights,” Zonta’s past president Janice Krall told NanaimoNewsNOW. “We need to give people opportunities to be successful and healthy. In doing so and supporting one another to achieve this, it strengthens the communities we live in.”
Originally formed in 1993, it’s grown into a group of roughly 25 constant members who fundraise on behalf of local organizations and offer scholarships for women.