International Women’s Day: how to make it relevant across the year
International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated annually on 8 March. A day of global signification, IWD highlights and champions the social, economic and political achievements of women everywhere.
Each IWD has a theme that reflects current struggles or aspirations for women worldwide. This year’s theme was #inspireinclusion.
IWD was first recognised in 1977 by the United Nations. It has its origins in early Twentieth-century labour movements, which facilitated some of the first organised strikes by female workers.
Today, it has evolved into a growing international women’s rights movement that underscores the work that is yet to be done for global gender equity.
Why IWD matters
IWD is an incredibly important event for any organisation’s events calendar. It provides a meaningful opportunity to demonstrate your organisation’s commitment to fostering gender equity within the workplace, year-round.
By celebrating the achievements of female colleagues and leadership, organisations can foster an environment of support, inclusion and respect for women within their workplaces. This is far from trivial and has been proven to improve female talent retention and contribute to meaningful diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Representation matters at all levels of an organisation. Workplaces that seek to champion female employees can inspire future generations of female leaders who can help build a more inclusive and diverse workforce.
Year-round female health initiatives
Any IWD events should be supported with year-round initiatives that support your female employees. Reproductive health benefits are fast becoming a cornerstone of any progressive employee wellbeing support.
Knowledge is power and hosting education sessions for your team centred on awareness days helps to educate everyone across the business, while bringing recognition to important issues.
This can in turn foster your organisation’s culture while making employees feel supported. Here are some key awareness days to build into your internal events calendar.
From family-forming to menopause in the workplace, Hertility provides specialist CPD-accredited education sessions for the workforce that can help to empower people.
Contact our team to learn how we can support you to becoming a Reproductively Responsible™ employer.
In partnership with Hertility
Hertility is a reproductive health company shaping the future of the workplace. We’re working with forward-thinking companies to proactively support employees across every life stage with end to end care spanning fertility, LGBTQ+ family-forming & menopause. The workplace wasn’t designed with everyone in mind, we’re here to change that. We empower employers to attract, support and retain a diverse, thriving and innovative workforce with expert-led education, comprehensive health screening and policy review Hertility is setting a new standard of care and support in the workplace by empowering organisations to become accredited as Reproductively Responsible™ employers.
