Women entrepreneurs unite this March

March is a busy month – It’s Women’s Month! A series of activites have been lined up to give women the opportunity to participate actively in entrepreneurship and national development. March 4 at Commune Café (36 Polaris St., Makati www.commune.ph) is a seminar dubbed Kape Muna Tayo! organized by the Humphrey Fellows Alumni group. There will be four speakers discussing Women and the Coffee Industry. It starts at 2 pm. March 6 is the 10th Filipina Entrepreneur Summit where Womenbizph (www.womenbiz.ph) will be mentoring on Marketing, Finance and Business Taxes at the Go Negosyo event at World Trade Center. Great Women’s Jeannie Javelosa will be in a panel for Market Access. March 12 The fourth Women in Coffee Training Session on Coffee Quality will be held in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat where the Philippine Coffee Board (www.philcoffeeboard.com), ACDIVOCA and USDA with ECHOsi Foundation and The International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA)-Phl will gather women farmers and coffee producers from Region 12 to learn about the quality of coffee roasters are looking for and how they can have a grade for their coffees. March 15-16 is the Global Sustainable Tourism Council – The Philippines Forum in Boracay Eco Village Resort. ECHOstore (www.echostore.ph) will be there to talk about Slow Food (www.slowfood.com) and Slow Food Travel. March 21-24 The IWCA Philippines and Indonesia chapters will be at Cafe Asia at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. On March 23, a symposium will be held with STARweek contributor Chit Juan of the IWCA-Phl chapter talking about Women in the Coffee Industry. This is organized by the ASEAN Coffee Federation (www.aseancoffee.org).