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Tuesday 24th September 2024.
September 24, 2024
Our guests on this mornings program in the second is Fabiola Peñalver, Marketing Manager. EMPOWOMAN is an initiative of CARDIGANS GROUP, a multi-format platform where empowered women meet to empower more women with the purpose of educating, inspiring and raising awareness about the position of women in today’s society.
These are spaces that seek to highlight the importance of female empowerment and gender equality, opening close conversations in which doubts, anecdotes and even vulnerabilities are shared, reinforcing that among us we can forge a support system through which we understand that our greatest virtue is being able to be a woman, to continue growing on a personal, emotional and professional level.
Empowoman was born in 2022 when we saw the need to solve out loud many curiosities that existed in our office, which was made up of 95% female talent and we considered it appropriate to share the solutions with the rest of Panama, giving us the opportunity to be pioneers in this type of massive events that are 100% free for the public.
This years event, the third edition will be on Saturday, October 19, at Multiplaza, in the Plaza de la Luna from 10:00 am, TOTALLY FREE EVENT. You can follow us on Instagram as @empowomanlatam @pcardigans and register at www.empowoman.com
In the last hour? From APALES Haydée Gabriela Rodríguez – Who is a deaf person and a teacher at APALES. Also Jashymir Bedoya – Intérprete de Lengua de señas y CO Fundador de APALES.
The Panamanian Academy of Sign Language continues transforming Panama through an inclusive culture. Panama, September 17, 2024: Within the framework of the International Day of Sign Languages, which is celebrated on September 23 since 2018, established by the United Nations General Assembly, the Panamanian Academy of Sign Language (APALES), a pioneering organization in the training of all people, institutions or companies; whether they are hearing or deaf in the use of sign language, reinforces its commitment and will to overcome existing linguistic-cultural barriers, and together make Panama a more inclusive country.
For 4 years, what began as a dream in the mind of Javier Obaldía, a deaf person who wanted complete inclusion in Panama, came to fruition in times of pandemic after hard work and constant effort, APALES is today the first national private company dedicated to teaching LSP (Panamanian Sign Language) impacting more than 4,000 families including children, youth and adults of all ages and professions, providing countless LSP training and workshops to continue the fight to increasingly break down the barriers that exist between the Panamanian deaf and hearing community.
“The Panamanian deaf community has a voice that wants to be heard, and it is the duty of each and every one of us to ensure that this is the case. Achieving equal opportunities, the recognition of LSP as the natural language of Panamanian deaf people and the acceptance of their cultural and linguistic diversity, recognizing their culture and worldview,” highlights Javier Obaldía, Director of the Academy.
APALES invites the general public to be agents of change, multipliers of what the deaf community is and how diverse its culture, traditions and customs are. Currently, the academy has created different courses and programs in face-to-face and virtual modalities at three levels: basic, intermediate and advanced, where all aspects of Panamanian sign language are taught from scratch, such as the manual alphabet, numbers and others; concepts such as deaf community and deaf person; expressions of daily use; construction of more structured sentences and statements, specialized vocabulary such as legal, health and religious, to the depth of LSP grammar and introduction to translation and interpretation of sign language.
“I started the APALES course during the pandemic because I was always drawn to the sign language interpreters I saw on television, without imagining how this would change my life. After a few months, Javier realized that I had a talent as an interpreter and recruited me. 4 years later, I am finishing my Bachelor’s Degree in Translation and Interpretation of Panamanian Sign Language at UDELAS, I have worked on megaprojects, I was the voice of Javier Obaldía in Heroes for Panama, of a government authority such as the former Vice Minister of Culture, Gabriel González, in national and international conferences. For me, being the channel and instrument for deaf people so that they can access information is something that brings me happiness,” says Jashymir Bedoya, Sign Language Interpreter and CO-Founder of APALES.
For more information Social media @apales.pty Email Apales.pty@gmail.com or call 6103-9828