Month: March 2021

The 2021 Gerety Awards deadline will be April 2.

Stuart Mitchell

Gerety Announces International Women’s Day Summit & Sets the Deadline For Entries To Its 2021 Award Show At April 2. Women Empowered Global (WEG), a global forum for female entrepreneurs and leaders, together with the Gerety Awards, have organized a Global summit with a free-access pass with prior registration at www.womenempoweredglobal.com/iwd WEG is “A global society of award-winning influencers empowering women through career, leadership, and entrepreneurial programs”. Together with international experts, they design focused programs to enrich, develop and stimulate the female workforce. To date, the company works with over…

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UNESCO Joins Whisper®’s mission to #KeepGirlsInSchool to ensure girls don’t miss out on a promising future

Stuart Mitchell

Whisper®, India’s leading feminine care brand has come together with UNESCO in a breakthrough partnership to raise awareness and educate girls on Menstrual Hygiene Management under its flagship programme #KeepGirlsInSchool. In an effort to help young girls achieve their full potential, the movement begins with shedding light on the impact of 2.3 Crore girls dropping out of school – leading to 2.3 Crore unfulfilled dreams – due to lack of period education and protection. Studies have shown that even today, 71% of adolescent girls in India remain unaware of menstruation…

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Survivor International Women’s Day Campaign Celebrates Stories of Inspirational Women

Stuart Mitchell

Survivor®, an award-winning designer and pioneer of rugged device protection engineered for the front lines and used by everyone, today announced its International Women’s Day campaign. “Survivor Stories” is an initiative that celebrates inspirational women and shares their stories of overcoming hurdles in their lives. Throughout the month of March, Survivor will highlight notable women, including motivational speaker, army veteran and former Miss USA Deshauna Barber, and Olympic track and field athlete Tianna Bartoletta.  As part of its International Women’s Day campaign, Survivor has partnered with Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN), whose…

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Bee the change: What International Women’s Day means to five eco-friendly business owners

Stuart Mitchell

This International Women’s Day, Bazar Ethical Marketplace  and its charity partner Bees Abroad have invited five women-founded businesses to share what ‘empowerment’ means to them ahead of the launch of the charity’s ‘Beekeepers for Life’ campaign. The new campaign from Bees Abroad seeks to empower women and alleviate poverty through the creation of women-led beekeeping projects in communities across Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. Beekeepers for Life seeks to create leaders, trainers, and entrepreneurs through these beekeeping communities. Bazar has been working with Bees Abroad since July 2020…

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iStock data reveals top selling images of women in 2020 were diverse and non-white

Stuart Mitchell

Brands are increasingly taking concrete actions to represent diversity in their marketing content. iStock, a leading global source of visual content, can reveal that in 2020 top three selling images of “women” on its platform featured diverse women, specifically a Black woman, an Asian woman and an Indian woman.    Dr. Rebecca Swift, Global Head of Creative Insights, at iStock commented: “It’s both refreshing and reassuring to know that our customers are not only searching for imagery showcasing diverse women in positive situations, but they’re ultimately downloading and using these images, too—which indicates that the visual representation of women globally may be improving,” She added, “Given that our perception of what is possible is shaped by what we see, this shift…

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