As a women-led charity with a history of supporting vulnerable women and their families, International Women’s Day is an important day for us to mark and celebrate. This years theme is ‘Acceleration in Action’ and is about working together to create gender equality in ‘a world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive…where difference is valued and celebrated’.
This week we have taken the opportunity to discuss gender equality with the families we work with and have asked several of the women ‘as a woman what would a fair and equal world look like to you?’ We had some wonderful responses, here are a few of them:
- Fair pay for the same work.
- More women in leadership positions.
- Stop taking it for granted that a women would step back from her career after having children.
- Women having equal rights all over the world, for example, the right to vote or right to an education.
- Women should feel free and safe to go out at night.
As a staff team we have also been discussing women who inspire us, and their was one particular woman who stood out:
Baroness Floella Benjamin
Baroness Benjamin is an extremely accomplished woman who has had success in acting, writing, singing and politics. She has been appointed an OBE for her services to broadcasting and a DBE for her services to charity. In addition to these outstanding achievements and accomplishments, Baroness Floella Benamin is Chair of the Windrush Commemoration Committee, having come to England as a Windrush child herself, and has dedicated herself to be an active advocate for the welfare, care and education of children throughout the world.
To learn more about Baroness Floella Benjamin and her inspiring achievements follow this link.
