Thankfully many countries were still in a position to celebrate International Women's Day ahead of the pandemic. Let's reflect on some of the great moments where groups rallied the call for an #EachforEqual world.
HCL Technologies raised awareness via their #HCLforEquality campaign, plus their Straight Talk Magazine focused on women tech leaders and their #SheInspires focus saw a great videos series.
Amazon celebrated women championing change, collaborated with fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg to celebrate business women, and conveyed their views about being #EachforEqual.
Avon launched their global #SpeakOut campaign challenging harmful words and phrases that silence women, plus they ran a brilliant roundtable with Marie Claire Magazine chaired by CEO, Angela Cretu.
Medtronic reinforced their long-standing commitment to equality, elevating women leaders and engaging employees via the #EachforEqual theme.
84.51° hosted a women-owned business expo, fitness classes and the release of a special episode of its Uplow'd podcast.
AECOM welcomed industry experts to a special Talking Infrastructure podcast, while leaders shared #EachforEqual messages.
Arcadis ran their #ProudToBeMe online campaign showcasing how employees are helping to create an inclusive work environment.
Capgemini Senior Engagement Manager Nicola Hodkinson shared the importance of diverse teams.
Diageo's whole homepage featured their IWD activity including panel discussion coverage, support for equality programs, candid video interviews and more.
Eaton Senior VP Mary Kim Elkins discussed how sponsorship advances women's careers while employees rallied together to supported IWD.
EBRD hosted an IWD Conference in Turkey where entrepreneurs shared benefits of the Bank's Women in Business Programme.
Exyte global teams supported IWD activity by creating pledge walls, decorating offices and striking the #EachforEqual pose.
F5 Head of Marketing Jade Meara was celebrated in two well-known publications, while Lori MacVittie discussed how code knows no gender.
Honeywell leaders shared what gender equality means to them, from creating role models to joining the inner circle.
McDonald's celebrated women across the globe who make the company a great place to work and are proud to be McFamily members.
Nottingham Trent University hosted a series of fabulous events and speakers as part of their IWD week-long programme.
Schneider Electric reaffirmed their commitment to equality, sharing employee stories and pledging training for underprivileged youth.
Spirax-Sarco Engineering saw impactful activity via equality pledges, leadership commitment, wearing purple for awareness raising and a mindfulness event.
University of Sheffield ran open conversation events challenging bias, plus female staff shared stories of building an equal world.
GlaxoSmithKline leaders Maya Martinez-Davis and Michelle Bateson shared career insights and advice to further women.
Oracle held speed mentoring and hosted a leadership panel event, plus employees shared their best career advice with colleagues.
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The annual IWD Best Practice Competition that last year saw 300+ entries showcasing activity as useful guidance and inspiration for further groups, will not be run in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many groups need to focus on more pressing areas right now. Plus some groups couldn't run activity as planned, and celebrating gatherings in the current climate is not suitable.
For groups fortunate to be in countries where it was still possible to proceed with IWD events, there was considerable and impressive activity and much best practice and innovation was observed.
Thankfully many of the further IWD 2020 competitions were run - from Best IWD Cakes to Typography, Street Art and more.
Image: An IWD 2020 Typography Competition winner - Vera Drmanovski
Plus, many leaders from across the world stepped forward to reinforce their commitment to women's equality.
And check out the many impressive IWD 2020 #EachforEqual videos.
Some recent appointments:
- Medtronic appoints Dr. Sally Saba to newly created Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer role
- McDonald’s names Heidi Capozzi as Executive VP and Global Chief People Officer
- Exyte appoints Meg Lassarat as Chief Financial Officer as part of changes to Executive Board
- University of Sheffield appoints Heidi Fraser-Krauss as Executive Director of Corporate Services
Recent award wins:
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