“Equity speaks softly and wins in the end. But it is expedience, with its loud voice, that sets the time of victory.” - Caroline Bird, Born Female (1968)
International Women's Day
International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating women's social, economic, cultural, and political achievements. This year’s theme, #ChoosetoChallenge, asks, “How will you help forge a gender-equal world?” As expedience says, we should not ask only on International Women’s Day because equality is overdue daily. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow we celebrate women’s achievement and raise awareness against bias.
Here we round up a collection of links, stories, and music from great women we admire for this edition, as well as critical reports on the state of women in the workplace. Press play on our Spotify playlist “Unstoppable” and dig in.
Women in the Workplace Report
We now know the impact of COVID-19 has disproportionately affected women. Mckinsey & Company have released their 6th report on women in corporate America that focuses on how the pandemic has affected women at work, including the unique impact on women of different races and ethnicities, working mothers, women in senior leadership, and women with disabilities. Read the report here.
Do Women Leaders Behave Differently to Men?
In this exclusive Women's Power Drop for Women's History Month by BBC Select, journalist and essayist Roxane Gay argues that women do not necessarily behave differently from men in leadership positions — but is that a result of a lack of alternative models?
📚 Recommended Reading
How the Studio Museum in Harlem Transformed the Art World Forever by Salamishah Tillet
The Dolly Moment - Why We Stan a Post-Racism Queen by Tressie McMillan Cottom
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow
🎧 Podcasts
Encyclopedia Womannica by Wonder Media Network
Professional Troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
🖥 Resources
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