Empowering women with confidence and strength

Published: Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Local woman Catherine Cooke, Co-ordinator of Foyle Women's Information Network, has recently returned from Vienna in Austria, where she was invited to speak on a global platform on the role of Northern Irish Women. The trip highlighted how the empowerment of Northern Ireland's female population is internationally viewed as a model of success. JULIEANN CAMPBELL reports...

The aim of the Foyle Women's Information Network is to provide an essential, safe forum for women from culturally diverse communities of disadvantage to access information, education, training and support by focusing on four specific themes: Women's Education and training; Women in employment and enterprise; community development and sustainability; and health and well-being.

Catherine is actively involved both voluntarily and professionally in many initiatives that aim to relieve tensions within and between interface communities at times of tension.

Her work focuses on cross community and community development, with a particular focus on developing women's skills.

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