Guardian Me­dia Lim­it­ed, through its Women’s Em­pow­er­ment mag­a­zine, host­ed a spe­cial din­ner on April 3 to cel­e­brate the cul­mi­na­tion of its Nisaa of Is­lam se­ries, fea­tur­ing in­spir­ing Mus­lim women from T&T. The event, held at GM Labs, brought to­geth­er par­tic­i­pants from both Sea­son 1 and Sea­son 2 of the se­ries.

Nisaa of Is­lam, now in its sec­ond year, was host­ed by Kristy Ram­nar­ine and broad­cast­ed on CNC3, with ac­com­pa­ny­ing fea­tures in the Sun­day Guardian’s WE Mag­a­zine. The ini­tia­tive was sup­port­ed by Stan­dard Dis­trib­u­tors Lim­it­ed, Sheik Lisha, KC Con­fec­tionery, CITY Fur­ni­ture, Sen­sa­tion­al Sam­my Seafood PLUS, Khan’s Poul­try, and door prizes cour­tesy AM­CO.

The evening al­so high­light­ed the on­go­ing Re­spect Her Game project, which ad­dress­es the sex­u­al­i­sa­tion of women and girls in sports.

Man­ag­ing Ed­i­tor Kay­mar Jor­dan pro­vid­ed an overview of the project’s pos­i­tive im­pact, while Head of Con­tent and Mar­ket­ing To­va Sat­nar­ine-White em­pha­sised the vi­tal role cor­po­rate T&T plays in sup­port­ing ini­tia­tives like Nisaa of Is­lam.

The din­ner fea­tured in­spir­ing ad­dress­es from Hum­ming­bird Medal Gold Re­cip­i­ent Shi­han Han­i­fah Mar­va John Lo­gan and DSFN Hon­orary Board Mem­ber Lisa Ghany. The keynote ad­dress was de­liv­ered by Dr Nicole Grimes, founder of the Carib Biz Net­work.

Guests in­clud­ed the women fea­tured in both sea­sons of Nisaa of Is­lam as well as par­tic­i­pants from Re­spect Her Game.