International Women's Day is the one day each year where companies and organizations reach out proactively to showcase women's stories. For many companies, it's a performative act for a day or a week and then we revert back to the apathetic reality that women's stories and truth-telling about the state of gender equity are saved for "special" days like this.
It's been a BRUTAL two years for women. UN Women Deputy Executive Director Anita Bhatia estimates the pandemic has set advances in gender equity back 25 years.
After the ravages of COVID and 111 IWDs, to date, this year we're flipping the script on International Women's Day - and celebrating #IWD4ME.
