The Breast Cancer Foundation of Egypt celebrated International Women's Day on March 8 in Sharm El-Sheikh (City of Peace) in collaboration with the Renaissance Gold View Resort Sharm El Sheikh, which is part of the Marriott hotel group. The resort's employees, Egyptian guests, and foreign guests all celebrated with the slogan of choosing to challenge. Prof. Dr. Mohamed Shaalan, Chairman of the Breast Cancer Foundation of Egypt, stated that International Women's Day is an opportunity to show our appreciation for all women, the work they do and the special place they occupy in our lives, and to uphold all their rights in various fields, especially health. Without mental and physical health, you cannot have a healthy society.
Mr. Hani Al-Jayar, General Manager, inaugurated the day with a word of encouragement to the attendees about the importance of their role in life and in society. He prefaced that International Women's Day comes to commemorate every woman's will to succeed and achieve.
Ms. Ghada Khalaf Allah, Director of Communication and External Relations at the Breast Cancer Foundation of Egypt, invited the attendees to write their goals and the aspirations that they dream of achieving in 2021. She then talked about the importance of every woman's awareness of her psychological and physical health, and how important it is to allocate time for herself and her ambitions so that she can be best positioned to support those around her. She explained how to maintain breast health, methods of early detection, and taught them about breast self-examination.
Mrs. Hanan Abdo, a champion of breast cancer fighters, talked about how the disease changed her outlook on life and being a woman. She emphasized that every girl and woman every day should focus on a goal or doing something that makes her happy. She said that the disease encouraged her to start a project after being forced to obtain an early retirement from her work and how the project prospered by her insistence on accomplishing success.
After that celebration, each woman celebrated with a slice of a large cake that had a congratulatory slogan on it. The day’s activities concluded with sports activities and entertainment in the gymnasium and on the beachfront, to emphasize the importance of every woman’s health.