International Women’s Day has arrived and one of Peterborough’s two female city councillors says she is honoured to be in a position that allows her to influence the “transforming” of the community.
Town Ward councillor Joy Lachica is a member of Vancouver-based Women Transforming Cities. She says that affiliation has highlighted the opportunity to effectively advocate on behalf of women.
Councillor Lachica says, with her council colleague Lesley Parnell, County Warden Bonnie Clarke and local township mayors, there’s the opportunity to have a lasting difference-making influence.
It’s not lost on Councillor Lachica that young women are watching how she carries herself as a woman in a male-dominated arena.
(Written by: Paul Rellinger)
