Happy International Women's Day! March 8 every year is International Women's Day and this is the fourth year I've written about this day. This year's campaign theme is Embrace Equity. And the best quote I read on the difference between equality and equity has been this: "Equality is giving everyone a shoe. Equity is giving [...]
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International Women’s Day 2022
March 8 has rolled around again - where has the time gone? March 8 every year is International Women's Day, a global day celebrating women's achievements. The campaign theme for International Women's Day this year is Break the Bias. IWD encourages us this year to imagine a world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. IWD [...]
March 2021
Back to basics in March, it seems. Reading over the daily gratitudes, I appear to be quite focussed on food, tea, rest, and writing. I've also noticed that I mentioned work a lot, I think because the new work has been super supportive and really creative in virtual collaboration and employee wellbeing. I'm really impressed [...]
International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month 2021
March 8 of every year is International Women's Day, a global day celebrating the achievements of women. You can find out more about the origins of this day here. March is also Women's History Month, a month to honour women's contributions. You can read more about the origins here. The theme for Women's History Month [...]
March 2020
What a month. So much has happened and there has been so much change in such little time. And in all that time I've just been at home, not really doing much. The month started like any other, with plans and ideas flowing. But then, as everyone is well aware, things stopped pretty abruptly. The [...]
International Women’s Day 2020
Happy International Women's Day! Today I learnt that the first IWD was in 1911, and today it marks a global day to celebrate all women for their social, cultural, economic, and political achievements. This year's campaign theme is Each for Equal. Women have come a long way since 1911, with more females in the boardroom and [...]