Inspire Inclusion for International Women's Day

I made DP laugh today by saying what a wall to wall sausage fest it was going to be. I think I'll take a social media break for the day. My fucking day.

I was wondering if we could have a thread on FWR asking for suggestions for a slogan for IWD.

And assuming it is, thought it might not be, in some way gender critical, then try and get as many women and other gender critical groups to re tweet or whatever.

Although on reflection, women could pick ones they like from the thread and tweet them, facebook them, instagram then through out the day.

I much prefer the UN slogan. Thank you.

I want the day to be nonstop about the horrors that are being done to girls and women in Afghanistan. Those are the women the world is simply forgetting, the one group which is not allowed to get education or to hold most jobs or, indeed, to even go to a park or a hairdresser.

If there's space, Iranian women's fight for more freedom could be reported and supported, too. And the general violence against women etc.

I have been trying to remember who Aurora Ventures are who have tried to colonise IWD. They were challenged about their co-option and nothing came up. But then remembered some quite small grass roots women's groups were threatened with legal action if the continued to challenge their copyrighting the name. So maybe on top of threaten legal action they got google to remove links. (A US women's peace group was very vocal but in the end not everyone helped by speaking out.)

These links are from Aurora's more recent incarnation, but the horrible irony of the women who runs the group had been exposed as a terrible boss, but also, which I didn't know, is that she is part of Womankind Worldwide.

https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/cupcakes-and-google-juice-the-corporate-takeover-of-international-women-s-day-20200306-p547ly.html

https://zeefeed.com.au/women-leadership-flawed/

There quite a decent (for wikipeida) entry about the socialist origins on IWD on there https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day

More like a story of the last century, from socialist origins to corporate takeover.

Please dont fall for all the marketing companies who are and have been cashing in on IWD for years eg the web site calling itself International Women's Day which is fact is a money making venture for a marketing company.

As said up thread if you want to have a slogan for IWD then use the UN one as International Day is one of their International Days. http://www.womensgrid.org.uk/?p=23966

Or depending on your area of campaigning etc., create your own.

Have no idea who dreamt up the one in the OP as no source given.

We need to push the 'be kind' brigade aside and say what it means to us as women. If we don't then we won't have a voice

Encourage you firms to put out a woman centre message or put one on LinkedIn! There are so many ways women are excluded in some work environments

See linked in post here:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aoifemobrien_iwd24-internationalwomensday-happieratwork-activity-7159819430720385024-sJET?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

According to UN Women (I know - not the best record!) the theme this year is “Invest in Women” - much better. This #InspireInclusion came from a marketing company that seems to have cornered this area in a stealthy way. I’m sticking with the UN on this one! https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/announcement/2023/12/international-womens-day-2024-invest-in-women-accelerate-progress

Oh the horror and the vampire exclusionary bigotry. MOST people are perfectly happy to be eaten, its only a few weird old white Christian extremist far right smelly flat earther pearl clutchers who mind! (But they...well. Won't be dead soon, largely through having more boundaries re vampires than everyone else.)

Good grief didn't Terry Pratchett see this one coming. <Goes to re read Carpe Jugulum>

This is what we are looking at for our IWD celebration - picking up where women are less represented in our profession and offering support and encouragement to others. Very much about biological women...

Inclusion, like woke and diversity is one of those words that once I'd have been all for but now, more often than not, it gets my hackles up. Because it excludes as much as it includes. If you don't subscribe to the approved set of beliefs: you're a bigot, a transphobe, a terf, a Karen.

I think next year they should drop all the subtlety, just have 'twaw' as the slogan.

Vampires are a marginalised community - I'm surprised they didn't feature one in that John Lewis identity magazine!

I think it is up to women to say what inclusion for IWD means to them. Such as inclusion of women from a more diverse socio- economic background. Big issue now university is so expensive. Personally I am going to do it on age and the issue of women dropping out of my profession. We need to shout louder and centre women

I skim read that as Vampire Inclusion and thought no thanks.

It's not for you, is it? You're not the target audience.

It's really for DEI departments and men who like taunting women.

Can it just be (yet another) TQ+ holy day and leave the rest of us in peace?

Thank fuck I'm off that week.