EQUALITY FOR WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and it’s a day that belongs to all groups collectively everywhere.
Marked annually on March 8, it’s one of the most important days of the year to raise awareness about equality for women, celebrate women’s achievements, lobby for accelerated gender parity or fundraise for female-focused charities.
The theme of this year’s campaign is #ChooseToChallenge and due to the pandemic, events and celebrations will take place mostly online.
Wherever we are, we can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality and collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world.
Whether you get your female inspiration from women in business, musicians, writers, politicians or even your own friends or family, there are many ways that you can get the confidence to achieve from female role models, so let’s start with some tips.
- It is important to look around your environment and identify female role models to whom you can relate in a meaningful way. Think about the ways they inspire you and the steps that they have taken to achieve.
- Identify the challenges and obstacles to your achievement. Challenges to achievements become very real obstacles to moving your life forward. Make a list of all of the obstacles that may be in your way and reach out to the best people to help overcome these obstacles.
- Help each other achieve. For centuries, women have been meaningful role models for other women and played an active role in helping women to achieve or better themselves. In itself, this is a powerful message. There are many ways in which women empower and help other women, for example, teaching them new skills, encouraging them to be self-sufficient and even just by making time for each other.
Show your support for International Women’s Day and take part in the Strike the Choose To Challenge pose and sharing your image on social media using hashtags #ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021 to encourage further people to commit to helping forge an inclusive world.