Tag: International Women’s Day

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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DKT International Spotlights International Women’s Day Activations and Celebrates Female Employees Making an Impact on Global Family Planning Access

Stuart Mitchell

DKT International, one of the largest providers of family planning products and services in the developing world, is dedicated to enhancing the lives of women around the world by empowering them with the ability to decide whether or when to become parents. In alliance with International Women’s Day (IWD), on March 8, DKT seeks to celebrate women and raise awareness about inequities they may face, including wide-scale protection of sexual & reproductive health rights. This IWD, DKT International will be conducting both in person and digital activations around the world…

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International Women’s Day 2021 theme – “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”

Stuart Mitchell

UN Women announces the theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March 2021 (IWD 2021) as, “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.” The theme celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also aligned with the priority theme of the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, “Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender…

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SHE Media Opens the Call for Entries for the Fifth-Annual #Femvertising Awards on March 8, in Celebration of International Women’s Day 2019

Stuart Mitchell

SHE Media (formerly SheKnows Media), a mission-driven digital media company created by and for women with approximately 60 million unique visitors per month (comScore) and 350 million-plus social media fans and followers, today announced that it has opened the Call for Nominations for its annual #Femvertising Awards in celebration of International Women’s Day 2019. This year marks the awards program’s fifth anniversary, which SHE Media founded in 2015 after coining the now widely used term “Femvertising” to honor brands, agencies and organizations that break down gender stereotypes through pro-female advertising.…

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Apple honours female coders and creators for International Women’s Day

Stuart Mitchell

Apple is celebrating International Women’s Day throughout March by highlighting the stories and work of female developers, musicians, artists, photographers and entrepreneurs. Apple is also building on its commitment to education with a new partnership with Girls Who Code to expand learning opportunities for young women. As part of its community education initiative, Apple is partnering with Girls Who Code to support new coding opportunities for girls and young women in the US. Using the Everyone Can Code Curriculum, 90,000 girls and Girls Who Code Club facilitators in all 50…

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