Women Inspiring Network organized an awareness campaign on Breast Cancer

Women Inspiring Network (WIN), an inspirational storytelling network that creates, shares, informs & inspires women, organized a Breast Cancer Awareness event on 12th October 2022 at Kylin, Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj. The event was attended by Angelique Dhama, CEO, Obeetee Retail; Ishita Yashvi and

Swati Suri, Entrepreneurs and Content Creators; Sneh Jha, Director, Marketing & Communications, Accor India & South Asia; Rajat Gulati, Marketing Head Ambience Mall; Sourav Khanijo Founder Kylin; Ruchi Rupramka, Makeup artist, Padmashri Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka, and Gayatri Skhri, Makeup artist among others. The event was supported by KZ07, Ambience Mall, and Discovering Hands India.

The panel session was organized, where Padmashri awarded Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka, the leading oncologist talked about the issues that lead to breast cancer, alarming symptoms, and precautions that need to be focussed. The Breast Cancer survivors shared their inspiring winning stories and experiences with the guests. The event also saw the demonstration session by Discovering Hands team on identifying symptoms by oneself.

Stuti Jalan Founder, Women Inspiring Network (WIN), said, “It is the responsibility of each member of the society to be aware of Breast Cancer and educate themselves on how best they can support our fellow members in their fight against it. With this goal in mind, we have taken this initiative abiding by our social responsibility and with the motive to educate society. We eagerly look forward to an evening where women from across the fields of Doctors, Entrepreneurs, Entertainment, and media, among others, will be coming under one roof to support this important cause and generate a much-needed conversation on the topic. The aim of the event is to create awareness about Breast Cancer and make strides to ensure that every woman has access to the resources, consultations and support that they require to power through this fight.”

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women and the fifth leading cause of cancer death overall. Regardless of medical advances, everyone knows someone diagnosed with the disease. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Indian women. According to the Union Ministry, with a 25.8 percent occurrence rate and a 12.7% mortality rate per 100,000. Inequality characterizes the global burden of breast cancer mortality. Women Inspiring Network (WIN) encourages women to take precautions and steps to detect it early when it is more treatable and reduce the number of cases in the country.