52 The dust is well and truly settled on International Women’s Day for another year and as a result, I have been reflecting on IWD itself, the notion of ‘Embracing Equity’ and what real, measurable progress is being made. As the years go by, I mark the passing of the 365 days in various ways; birthdays, Christmas, annual results to name a few and at each of these points I am able to look back and clearly see what has changed over those twelve months. Elizabeth Jenkin, CEO of Nimbla A nd then there is International Women’s Day. Every year it pops up and every year I get the same sinking feeling. Don’t get me wrong, I celebrate that there is a day. I celebrate that we unite behind a cause in order to move it along. It’s the pathetic pace of change which makes me feel sad, frustrated and angry. And I mean angry. Not annoyed. Not irked. Angry. There is a phrase ‘if you are not angry, you are not paying attention’ which is difficult to attribute to any individual but I’m not sure that matters. What matters is that I am finding it increasingly true. The soft focus lens through which we view IWD is becoming intolerable. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to reconcile between the multitude of individuals and businesses which trot out the body gestures and naff quotes and the actual reality of the inequality in the home and workplace for women. You may remember - although it seems like much more than just two months ago - this year’s theme was ‘Embracing Equity’. There are a lot of interpretations of equity. In our business we talk about equity in relation to ownership of the business. For IWD, I would like to think that when we use the term equity, we are looking at fairness and justice for women and that is what everyone should work towards. And the point of equity is that everyone who has it, everyone who has a stake in the success of people having equity, are EMBRACE EQUITY
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