Inspire Inclusion for International Women's Day

[LittleMissViper]

The hashtag for this year is #InspireInclusion, so I can already imagine the content that marketing departments are readying for the 8th March.

I'm guessing it's too late to suggest #ExclusivelyFemale as an option?

The thanks I get from posters too shy to post agreement

Yes, I get lots of anon thanks too, as I'm sure most people do. Unfortunately many women prop up sexism and misogyny, or it would be much harder for men to perpetuate.

You conflate of "women" with "gender critical people," who are not only women, but also the most right-wing, anti-women, anti-trans MRA types. The thanks I get from posters too shy to post agreement shows I am not alone in my views.

What a load of old bollocks!

If there is one word that gives TRAs away, it's "obsessed".

Every. Single. Time.

You conflate of "women" with "gender critical people," who are not only women, but also the most right-wing, anti-women, anti-trans MRA types. The thanks I get from posters too shy to post agreement shows I am not alone in my views.

.....park life....

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Sometimes I with there was on option on mumsnet had an option that you can mark a thread has gone off topic, and / or that professional agitators were sapping interest.

This seems to be happening more and more.

We used to swap cake recipes or repair to ye old quaffing joint known as The Bunbury.

But failure to be nice while being used was deemed inappropriate.

Through a company donation. In the past it's been Global Fund for Women and the Orchid Project, as well as smaller charities which support women in developing countries to create small businesses. What are you doing?

I've been interviewed at work for IWD today.

I talked about ongoing disadvantage in society from being born female. I talked about access to healthcare, education, enjoyment. I talked about oppressive gender stereotypes, and safety for women and girls. I also talked about inclusion in terms of the compounding effect of being in certain socioeconomic groups, or from a minority ethnic background. I talked about inclusion at work through recruitment outreach, manager training, and support for welfare issues, especially those more commonly experienced by women.

I don't think I said any of the naughty trigger words but I hope someone will see/read this at work and understand. I'm feeling emboldened by another thread! Thank you, knowledgable mumsnetters!!

That should read employment, not enjoyment! Although that could also be quite fitting.

Well done, allthevitamins!

I too donate to particular womens charities. IWD should never include men.

"They were hard to find because sadly Women's Peace News no longer exists and some scented candle mindfulness type group has bought the URL."

You could try bunging the URL into https://web.archive.org/ to see if anything was archived from the old days?

crunchermuncher - Global Women's Day. The first one was in July last year, organised by the Women's Rights Network. I expect they will be doing it again this year.

WRN News Review - 08/07/23
https://www.womensrights.network/so/4bOaofASx

WRN News Review - 15/07/23
https://www.womensrights.network/so/22ObM6ucV

I was surprised that there wasn't anything in "Campaigns" or "Women's Words", which would make it easier to find.

@Bosky - thanks. I have in fact found copies of the articles reprinted elsewhere. I just haven't had time to work out how to present them, as have now been in touch with two mainstream groups to point out they are promoting a business market venture. They were in fact pleased to hear, but had no idea (apparently ) of the UN, and the history of IWD. Beginning to seem rather a bigger task than I thought.

But a further example along the lines of how did gender start to be used instead of sex, how did it happen that what in my life time was seen as a socialist / workers rights celebration of women's campaign for equality is now assumed to be a celebration of sucessful business women????????????

@ArabellaScott

These actions for IWM sound suspiciously terfy to me! 😇

• designing and building infrastructure meeting the needs of women and girls
• helping women and girls make informed decisions about their health
• elevating women and girl's participation and achievement in sport

I too am being interviewed at work next week for IWD... my question is who my female inspiration is.... I was going to say JKR!

Also hoping it inspires someone to look into what's happening to women and children, especially at what JKR has actually said. I was going to centre it on her books, her fight for disadvantaged women, especially those in need of support for domestic violence as well as female prisoners. I'm hesitant to mention that she was doing all of this in the face of media backlash for being "controversial" as I don't want my interview to be centred around any controversy... But I might recommend "The Witch Trials of JK Rowling" podcast as a nod to this, without too much context 😉

Yes, there does seem to be a campaign by some to take up the bandwidth with repeated long posts apparently to stop discussion.

Isn't donating to the Orchid Project quite a transphobic thing to do?