Celebrating again a great woman

WILLEMSTAD - Social activist Sonia Magdalena Cuales (Curaçao October 3, 1941 – July 14, 2018) was recognized last Saturday, as the 15th Outstanding Woman during the virtual 17th Annual Female Leadership Conference in Curaçao.

The new outstanding woman who was recognized as a Caribbean woman who passed away at the age of 76 years old did very important work during her career that is still benefitting girls and women today.

Sonia Cuales was always involved and actively participating in an array of social organizations and voluntary work dealing with extensive topics about women and development, Caribbean studies from a social, cultural, and historical perspective, promoting and speaking for island nations in the wider international stage - just to name a few.

When the Annual Female Leadership Conferences started in 2004, Sonia based on her experience working with women and knowing the specific working women challenges, gave advice on how to make this an important event that includes every woman.

Her support when starting this annual event still helps the organization to continue organizing this annual female get together.

Her invaluable work done for women and girls during her career as the Social Affairs Officer at the United Nations ECLAC and her numerous contributions to the empowerment of women in Curacao is the reason that Sonia Magdalena Cuales is recognized as the 2020 Outstanding Woman.

This recognition for Outstanding Woman in one of the Annual Female Leadership Conferences in Curaçao since 2004 is symbolized with a unique high heel shoe, a creation of Reyna Joe, to show how tall this Outstanding Woman stood in life.

 The organization of the Annual Female Leadership Conference in Curaçao chooses the annual professional Outstanding Woman from the Caribbean, she must be older than 60 and the professional work she did must benefit others.

More detailed information about this great Outstanding Woman will be ASAP on the facebook page 'Outstanding Women'.

On the pictures:

Sonia Magdalena Cuales Outstanding Woman 2020 i.m.

2 from left to right Gladys Cuales daughter of the Outstanding Woman and organizer Reyna Joe.