The professional Women's Association (PWA) of Rome will be holding its Christmas cocktail party on Friday 10 Dec at the Caf de Paris in Via Veneto 90, starting at 19.30.

The PWA is a group of international women from diverse cultural and working backgrounds that meet to develop professional and personal skills, and to expand a network of contacts through seminars, workshops and special events. Monthly meetings feature guest speakers from the intenational community, who talk on a wide variety of themes such as women's work, profesions and new careers, health and personal development, buisness networking, information technology, legal issues and the arts. For information on how to join and on Christmas cocktails tel 338 7207870.