What does International Women’s Day mean to you?
It’s a focal point that encourages us to review and remind ourselves how women aren’t treated equally and don’t have the same chances. In some countries, they have very poor chances indeed. Not that I think the focus should be purely overseas – it’s a chance to see both how far we’ve come in this country and also how far we still need to go.
Can a single day really help to empower women?
There are so many events and activities going on that for me, this is going to be International Women’s Week. And yes, all of these things genuinely can help.
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Are you doing anything for IWD?
I’m attending several events ranging from a women’s festival to speaking at Accenture on the importance and role of mentors. With my Foundation, I’ll also be hosting a webinar to mark IWD. We have 1,000 women matched up with mentors and they’ll be able to ask me questions. The mentees are incredibly varied. For example, we have a woman in Zambia who owns a stone-crushing quarry right through to a psychologist in India who has designed a system to test children’s special education needs that is culturally specific.
It’s a focal point that encourages us to review and remind ourselves how women aren’t treated equally and don’t have the same chances. In some countries, they have very poor chances indeed. Not that I think the focus should be purely overseas – it’s a chance to see both how far we’ve come in this country and also how far we still need to go.
Can a single day really help to empower women?
There are so many events and activities going on that for me, this is going to be International Women’s Week. And yes, all of these things genuinely can help.
Read more: A time to focus and inspire change
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Are you doing anything for IWD?I’m attending several events ranging from a women’s festival to speaking at Accenture on the importance and role of mentors. With my Foundation, I’ll also be hosting a webinar to mark IWD. We have 1,000 women matched up with mentors and they’ll be able to ask me questions. The mentees are incredibly varied. For example, we have a woman in Zambia who owns a stone-crushing quarry right through to a psychologist in India who has designed a system to test children’s special education needs that is culturally specific.
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