International Womens Day At Seven

International Women's Day at SEVEN 'It's a time to essentially consider how far we have come, however be real on how far we have to go - talk is affordable and from what I experience and the ladies I converse to every day through SEVEN, there is a lengthy way to go for the typical woman in experiencing steadiness - the primary IWD was in 1911 and after I watched 'Suffragette' a number of years ago, I cried as it ended, because for all their extremely selfless sacrifice, I feel they might be deeply saddened by how far behind we nonetheless are and the way pervasive misogyny and sexism are in every day life in the west, not to mind globally. But, I also feel hopeful that many of us will increase our youngsters with far less emphasis on conventional gender roles, than I was raised with, more freedom in what a 'lady' or a 'boy' can do or should do and it is going to enhance in large leaps inside this subsequent chapter of humanity.' Evelyn Cotter, SEVEN's Founder 'For me IWD is about equality for each men and women, and r ecognising our strengths and diversities that we each have to offer to the world. As I’m because of become a mum in July, it’s also made me want to be a role model for my child and being him/her right into a world where women and men are handled with the same.' Jo Garside, Career and interview coach ‘Empower lady, empower the human community. The base on which the world stands is a girls.’For me, International womens day just isn't only a reminder to reflect on and cherish my very own female traits and to worth them as robust and highly effective. But also a day that creates an area for us to study, respect and support all the passionate people and projects who are preventing for girls daily. There remains to be plenty of progress to be made but there are some inspiring individuals and tasks taking place all over the world that basically deserve to be celebrated. These tasks are actively preventing for ladies to carry a higher space in the neighborhood, worldwide, which in m y eyes is important for a better, fairer world' Rebecca Jones 'To me International Women's Day is a celebration of feminine empowerment and the way far we as ladies have come. Probably because I was raised in Lithuania where 8th of March was a much bigger deal than within the UK, I actually like to celebrate today. My girlfriends and I at all times try to organise one thing particular to celebrate our femininity.' Evelina Vilkaite, Career coach 'To me 8th of March is a global reminder to understand and have fun femininity, its worth within the society, it's attributes, it's strengths and a name for nurturing those and embracing them in our every day life!' Patrycja Skurzak, Career and life coach 'For me, IWD, is about acceptance, celebration, development and power but not on the expense of equality on all sides, nevertheless you identify. For me being a lady is about leaving my mark on the world and making an attempt to leave the world slightly bit more in tact than how I found it.' Marcie Shaoul, Executive coach