Tag: International Womens Day

Ocean Outdoor builds on its investment in women’s sport with an International Women’s Day event in Manchester

Stuart Mitchell

Ten speakers from the worlds of sport, business, the arts and media will assemble for an International Women’s Day (IWD) event hosted by the Digital Out of Home advertising company Ocean Outdoor in Manchester on 5th March. The impressive line-up includes the Olympian and Canadian international Asia Hogan-Rochester who is playing for Sale Sharks in the Premiership Women’s Rugby 2026 season, and the former Scottish international rugby player Lisa O’Keefe MBE who is Secretary General of the International Working Group on Women and Sport, the world’s largest network dedicated to…

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1 in every 10 women in the world lives in extreme poverty

Stuart Mitchell

On International Women’s Day, UN Women calls for the world to “Invest in Women, Accelerate Progress” as the best way to accelerate economic growth and build more prosperous, equitable societies. This is particularly urgent when war and crisis are eroding the achievements of decades of investments in gender equality. From the Middle East to Haiti, Sudan, Myanmar, Ukraine, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, women pay the biggest price for conflicts that are not of their making. The need for peace has never been more urgent. 1 in every 10 women in the…

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International Paper Partners With Proctor & Gamble’s (P&G) Always® to #EndPeriodPoverty

Stuart Mitchell

Once again, International Paper and Always® celebrated International Women’s Day by teaming up to address period poverty – an issue facing more than 500 million women and girls globally. Period poverty is the lack of access to adequate menstrual health management supplies and education. It’s an issue that leads to a number of problems like school truancy, reproductive issues, health risks and unnecessary shame. In 2022, IP and Procter & Gamble’s Always® brand joined forces to expand awareness and impact by hosting 45 packing events and distributing 25,000 kits across…

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International Women’s Day spotlights massive costs to GDP and innovation caused by the exclusion of women from the digital world

Stuart Mitchell

Under the theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, UN Women, the United Nations, and its partners and allies around the world celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March 2023, calling on governments, activists and the private sector to “power on” in their efforts to shape a safer, more inclusive, and more equitable digital world for all. A paradigm shift is needed to harness the potential of technology and innovation to accelerate progress on the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. Today, a persistent gender gap in…

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Women to be at forefront of response to climate crisis, says Christian Aid

Stuart Mitchell

Speaking out on international women’s day, international development charity Christian Aid has warned women are disproportionately impacted by climate change and is calling for women’s “strengths, knowledge and capabilities” to be at the forefront of the climate response. Fionna Smyth, Head of Global Advocacy and Policy for Christian Aid, explains “the fight against climate change is inextricably intertwined with poverty and inequality. Transformative policies are required to support women’s initiative and leadership.” The charity’s report, Women on the Front Line: Healing the Earth, seeking justice, warns the climate response needs to…

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