Female empowerment

The members of the management team, OTML women employees and business partners attended the event in Tabubil.

Speakers at the event was, Manager Process Asset Renewal Interface, Lyndah Brown, who has 30 years of experience in the industry and Administration Officer Crane Services, Anna Aisa, who has served the company for 15 years.

Both women shared inspiring testimonies and challenges of working in the mining industry.

OWN President and OTML Manager Finance, Beverly Pasen, said the event was a celebration of the resilient spirit of women in mining.

2016 Westpac Women Award winner and an Information Technology manager, Bosa Togs, is encouraging women who are contemplating on further studying to pursue it.

Togs said it’s not too late even if you’re already married and have children because we will never be done with learning till the day we stop breathing.

“Attaining your master’s or degree qualification does not make you a master of your trade but it is a beginning of a journey to master through continuous learning every day.

A 24-year-old tourism and hospitality graduate beat all odds when she became the first female from her electorate to get a degree.

Karray Kumba is from Wasu Local Level Government, Morobe Province. She is a soft-spoken, fair-skinned Morobean who always has a smile on her face.