The Women of the Year Lunch was founded in 1955 by the late Tony Lothian OBE, Odette Hallowes & Lady Georgina Coleridge to celebrate women’s achievements and an environment in which women might meet.
We are so saddened to hear the news that heroic war reporter Marie Colvin has been killed in Syria. She was a good friend of Women of the Year (pictured here with Ruby Wax at the 2011 Lunch) and an inspirational woman. She will be
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Kate Sherman was presented with her Barclays Women of the Year Award on 1 December. The award was presented to her by Gayle Morrison, chair of the Awards committee, and Trish Morris Thompson, Chief Nurse at NHS London SHA and Vice-Chair of Women of the
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When the late Tony Lothian was planning the very first Women of the Year lunch, she saw it as a fantastic opportunity to bring together women from all walks of life to celebrate their contribution to society. Many of them were unsung heroines but what
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It has been a great pleasure welcoming you all to the 2011 Women of the Year Lunch. It is my second year in the role of president and being involved with such an extraordinary organisation has been an unalloyed joy. The magic of this event
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This year’s Women of the Year Awards have just been announced at the 56th annual Women of the Year Lunch at the InterContinental Hotel in London today. The following five special awards were presented to exceptional women who have each proved an inspiration to others
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Jackie Millerchip, from Hinckley in Leicestershire, has been awarded the first ever ITV1’s Lorraine Inspirational Woman of the Year Award at the Women of the Year Lunch, which took place today at the InterContinental Hotel in London. In September, Lorraine viewers were invited to nominate
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On 16 October, Gill Carrick will once again be pounding the streets of one of the world’s capital cities to raise money for our Foundation. This time it is to be Amsterdam and she has also agreed to run a second marathon on 6 November
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Forget glass ceilings. Today there’s a new breed of strong, confident women over 50 who have found success and know what to do with it. Tina Brown reports from New York. The best Camilla Parker Bowles moment at the wedding was not about the clothes or the wonders wrought
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This year, the foundation celebrates its tenth anniversary and the women it has supported When Tony Lothian organised the very first Women of the Year lunch in 1955, she saw it not just as a celebration of the extraordinary achievements of ordinary women but a
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