The event, Tedx-Youth@TWSWOMEN-2017, was an amazing program. It started out with a short video explaining what is Tedx and how it goes. it certainly got the audiences excited and fueled their burning anticipation and curiosity. After a brief welcome speech by the hosts, we had our first Speaker take the stage. Thisari Randunu spoke about the paradoxes of feminism and how she's a feminist who does not want feminism! A strange idea expressed through beautiful words that strung up together into an enchanting Ted Talk. Next up,  we had Shenali Perera singing Alessia Cara's empowering song "Scars to your beautiful", leaving us all starstruck. Next up we had Mrs Radhika Iyer who, in her speech, addressed the various masks a woman wears throughout her life. She gave us the opportunity to get a deeper insight into what really makes up the women we admire. Amir Fard followed afterwards and presented a frank talk on the power of women and why we need feminists in today's society. 

 

Networking time was enjoyable as many people circled around the speakers, listened to their brave journey all the while enjoying the special cupcakes for the momentous event. Some people were even inspired to organize their own TEDx Event!

 

But the fun wasn't over. As everyone settled down, we announced our extraordinary never-before-done segment: Ted Women Conference straight from New Orleans, USA! 

 

We had lovely speakers in our live stream including recording artist Deborah Cox, Luvie Ajayi the creator, Bridge Builder Avery Bang and so many more! They all talked about a diverse range of topics from actual bridge building to knocking down dominoes for a change - and inspired all of us to do something remarkable. 

 

After another song by Rehana. Wings by Little Mix, our event reached its end. Everyone who stepped in left as entirely different people with bigger hopes, bigger dreams and the will to take on the world!

 

The journey towards the event was a big milestone. It had required all the hard work in the world, dedication and heaps of commitment, all of which had been reflected in this program's success. Everyone had done an amazing job, including the three TWS speakers and their mentors and the organizing team to put forward an event this big!

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-Sasha Zaki (Curator)