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Women In Business is based in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands, but encourages members from beyond its borders to  participate in all events, and who are kept up to date by an informative website and regular newsletters.  Members are represented at gender empowerment events and conferences,  interactions with other like-minded organisations, whether in the business arena or through social interactions.

Ladies enjoying a Chata Romano Breakfast Function

Women In Business is  interactive, personal and it is ….. fun.    Women In Business takes ladies of all business standing – from small entrepreneurial to large corporate to those ladies who just have an idea or to those who have retired from business – all sectors – all ages – all income brackets, and puts them on equal footing to learn share and support each other.

Yes – Women In Business hosts monthly breakfasts and networking forums, but they are generally interactive, topical and social.   Topics range from Self Defence techniques to E Filing returns, from pole dancing demonstrations to debt counselling.  Networking time and smaller groups means that every participant has the opportunity to expose their business in a way in which they are comfortable with.

Ladies attending a Car Maintenance Workshop

But – Women In Business hosts and champions other events that take Women and place them in situations that are divested of any formal business interactions to allow for ladies to communicate on levels away from business, providing a platform for social and emotional self-investing. Examples of Women In Business’s favourite strategies for allowing for reinvesting in oneself are walking and fly fishing. Both often force participants out of their business suited comfort zones and allow participants to challenge themselves in other ways.

Walk and Talk -  Walking is not just a stroll up the road.  Walks are planned to ensure that participants are challenged on all levels.  Annually there is a walk up Sani Pass in the southern Drakensberg, it is not a race, it is not for fitness freaks.  It is a walk in challenging terrain, with awe inspiring views, that encourages participants to help, encourage and support each other to the summit. There are other walks that vary in distance and scenery but all encourage the same level of participation.  Interestingly enough the highest number of participants has been over the longest distance over 30km from the village of Nottingham Road in the Kwazulu Natal Midlands to Howick.

Flyfishing is a sport that is predominately male dominated.  Women In  Business take ladies who have no experiences in fly fishing and exposes them to the basics of the sport from tying their own flies to casting techniques and hopefully catching their first trout.  This puts all participants on equal standing in all areas of interactions.  The events are usually over two days and are fully loaded with fun.

Women In Business also participates in a number of social empowerment initiatives.  From small scale agriculture to drives stationary and toys for under privileged children.  Women In  Business are also regular donors to CANSA as well as Esther House, a home for abused women in Pietermaritzburg.  Where possible all surplus funds from events are donated to these charities.

So there you go… you still get the website  and the newsletter - but you also get the chance for a whole pile of other stuff too -  ……. So come on and join us today and get to participate in what it takes to become a Women In Business.