Cathy Simpson & Sophie Leonard
While we don’t need a date in the calendar to celebrate International Women’s Day, it is a great opportunity to become more engaged with global content and resources as people across the world share their stories. This year is no different. The campaign theme is #EachforEqual and we’ve been diving in and learning more.
Gender equality is essential for communities to thrive, and collective action is the only way forward. Equality is not a women’s issue, it is a problem we all share. At UP+GO we strive to create a gender-equal workplace for younger generations to come, we need to share this responsibility with everyone. Let’s make this happen! Let’s be #EachforEqual. Here is a place to start https://www.internationalwomensday.com/
At UP+GO we celebrate women and men who believe that an equal world is an enabled world. Each one of us has different ideas and perspectives that matter and need to be heard in order to solve the world’s complex problems. There are many people and organizations that are doing amazing things in our communities and region that are having a positive impact on our little corner of paradise, Atlantic Canada.
There is incredible work happening across the world and at UP+GO, we are inspired to keep doing more to close the gender gap. Through our events and programming, we are creating opportunities for others to learn, share their stories, and fostering environments that enables our youth to grow. They are inspired by women doing extraordinary things in STEM, entrepreneurship, leadership and more.
Do we have plenty of work ahead of us? We sure do; however, we’re taking this time to celebrate the great work underway! We plan to celebrate for the next ten days by sharing stories about people and organizations who do work to make Atlantic Canada a great place to live, work, and grow.
Before we shed the spotlight close to home, here’s something to check out. You can learn more about what Melinda Gates and the Gates Foundation is doing globally here. https://www.gatesfoundation.org/. And this announcement was huge just a short while ago. https://time.com/5690596/melinda-gates-empowering-women/.
We’re here for all of it over the next 10 days! We’ve captured our own theme and we are going to #SeeMore.BeMore and collectively, we can make change happen if we all choose to be #EachforEqual.
