This post is for all the women I’ve coached over the years, all the women who’ve struggled to get their voice heard and all those girls who are wondering who they dare to be.
This story once again brings into focus the sickening double standards faced by women. Organisations want to be seen to be inclusive yet they subject women to sexist behaviour at the same time.
Did you know Dictionary.com named ‘allyship’ word of the year in 2021? It became popular after the death of George Floyd in 2020 and the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement.
This year, International Women’s Day (IWD) is 8 March 2022 with the theme of #breakthebias. The aim is to achieve a gender-equal world, free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination.
“In a beehive, the Queen is the only member of the hive who can sting multiple times without dying. In human society, the dominant woman in a group may enjoy similar power over her subordinates.”
The theme of International Women’s Day this year is #ChoosetoChallenge. One of the questions I’m often asked is how can men support their female colleagues in fulfilling their potential at work.
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