One hundred women from 34 different countries attended the event. Among the participants were women who are attending English classes through the WEMIN project. In the morning, Daniela Naab, coordinator of WEMIN in Ireland, talked about upcoming local elections and reminded people that if they were resident in Ireland they may be entitled to vote. She also informed people of the new Job Skills workshops being organised as part of WEMIN.

The workshop focused on topics such as types of interviews, what to expect, how to answer questions, communciation in advance, interview etiquette and dress codes etc. The most common interview style now used in competency based interviews and participated looked at ways of providing structured answers to such questions. Participants also asked questions about their specific career interests and how to explain career gaps. Cultural issues and cross-cultural communication in interviews was also explored. The women found the workshop very beneficial and expressed an interest in a follow up workshop.

The two community artists who have been engaged to facilitate the WEMIN art project on multicultural cityscapes provided an overview of how the community art programme would work. The idea was that the women would work together to build their ideal global city. This would incorporate elements of what they thought their ideal city should have. It would draw on the experiences of living in different towns and cities throughout the world and the positive features they remember from them. The media to work with would include a variety of recycled materials including paper, cardboard, and foil. It would also draw on patterns and designs that might be familiar to the women from their countries of origin.

At the breakfast the women worked on the first taster session, which gave them a flavour for the sessions that will commence in September. A variety of materials (cardboard, recycled materials, paper etc.) were used. The women worked in six groups and commenced a process of thinking about their ideal city and what kind of features made it positive. The responses generated included both physical features (layout, buildings, traffic flows, infrastructure, play spaces, physical landscape etc.) and social features (e.g. health system, safety, educational opportunities etc.). They then started a process of building such a city, using the materials provided.