The idea around International Women’s Day is to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness against bias and take action for equality (International Women’s Day, 2021).
This years theme is ‘Choose to Challenge’. A challenged world is an alert world and individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions. We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and equality, together creating an inclusive world (International Women’s Day, 2021).
How can your workplace participate?
The perfect opportunity to get involved in forging women’s equality in the workplace.
- Applaud the work and achievements of women in your workplace;
- Continue to maintain a deep and conscious focus on equity, diversity and inclusion all year round;
- Enforce policies, practices, benefit and support mechanisms so women’s careers can thrive – these workplaces can offer women appealing career prospects;
- Celebrate work achievements which in turn will inspire women to further achieve their potential;
- Back ideas up in meetings;
- Back less experienced women for projects;
- Be approachable and offer help;
- Enable diversity in leadership by promoting women;
- Equal wages for equal work and experience;
- Develop a fair parental leave policy;