"Future wars will be fought over water,” stated Dr Rashneh Pardiwala who, along with Kitayun Rustom, received the 2023 Woman of the Year Award from Zonta International’s Bombay III chapter on April 25, 2023 at the West End Hotel. The two are joint founders of the Centre for Environmental Research and Education (CERE), a pioneer in the field of corporate sustainability and carbon management systems (see "Greening the environment,” Parsiana, March 7-20, 2023). Encouragement awards were given to Umelaslma Asharfi and Mantasha Shaikh, hearing impaired trainees at a beautician’s course conducted by an associate of the Zonta Club.
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