{"id":154612,"date":"2021-03-09T06:47:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T10:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=154612"},"modified":"2021-03-09T08:31:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T12:31:42","slug":"14-women-honored-for-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/03\/09\/14-women-honored-for-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"14 women honored for International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mujer-Medalla-al-Merito-Presidencia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-154640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mujer-Medalla-al-Merito-Presidencia.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mujer-Medalla-al-Merito-Presidencia-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>President Luis Abinader and the Ministry of Women&#8217;s Affairs recognized the contributions of 14 outstanding women with the Medal of Merit. The government held the event in the Carlos Piantini Hall of the National Theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those honored as of Decree 143-21 were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Education: Qu\u00e9nida Lora; Culture: In\u00e9s P\u00e1ez (Chef Tita); Professional, Science and Technology: Vivian Brache; Municipalist, Aminta V\u00f3lquez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Nieves Pappaterra; Inclusion and Equality: Evangelina de la Cruz; Sports: Ang\u00e9lica Cruz Mart\u00ednez; Community Work: Gilma Taveras; Outstanding Entrepreneur, Eira Tatis Mora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, Outstanding Woman Abroad: Lieutenant Colonel Marisol Chalas; Politics: Yadira Henr\u00edquez; Health: Edith Ram\u00edrez; Labor: Daysi Montero. The government also awarded Sister Guillermina Sensi\u00f3n with a posthumous award that Sister Superior Patria C\u00e9spedes received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Theater event featured performances by Miriam Cruz, Johnny Ventura, Xiomara Fortuna, Diomaris La Mala, and the soprano Nathalie Pe\u00f1a Comas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government donated a house and pensions to those that were needing these during the ceremony. The government BanReservas donated a vehicle to one of the winners. The government also will be making documentaries and publishing books. Cultural exchange trips were included in the prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister of Women&#8217;s Affairs pointed out that on International Women&#8217;s Day, and in the current context, it is appropriate to pay tribute to all working women who struggle and have not given up despite the difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the ceremony, the awardees attended a lunch at the National Palace hosted by the First Lady, Raquel Arbaje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/acento.com.do\/actualidad\/gobierno-entrega-medalla-al-merito-a-14-dominicanas-8921094.html\">Acento <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8 March 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Luis Abinader and the Ministry of Women&#8217;s Affairs recognized the contributions of 14 outstanding women with the Medal of Merit. The government held the event in the Carlos Piantini Hall of the National Theater. Those honored as of Decree 143-21 were: Education: Qu\u00e9nida Lora; Culture: In\u00e9s P\u00e1ez (Chef Tita); Professional, Science and Technology: Vivian &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/03\/09\/14-women-honored-for-international-womens-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[290,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154612"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154646,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154612\/revisions\/154646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}