Another year in tech and I (she/her) have so far stuck it out beyond the 3 year drop-off for women. It ain't no thing!
How can we actively embrace equality in the tech industry?
I was fortunate to be invited to a talk by intersex activist Valentino Vecchietti (she/they), focusing on intersex inclusion in science and scientific publishing for this years international Women's Day.
This day can be full of cringe to be honest, as people awkwardly try to be inclusive of women and overtly recognise women's gender it's just a bit strange.
Making sure to include trans women and non-binary and intersex people into the fold goes a long way for inclusivity. Be it a pride flag emoji reaction, using your pronouns, or making sure that we talk about women and gender minorities instead of just women or only females... this goes a long way to showing simply that you care about others.
If you'd like to use the global inclusive pride flag it's freely available with usage support at https://www.globalinclusiveprideflag.com/
Happy International Women's Day
If you're not sure you're feeling the Women's Day vibes, try wishing your virtual interactive assistant a happy international Women's Day. I'm sure your robot will be ready to tell you about a historical figure worth raising a toast for.
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Interesting observation. Most of the people where I’m from have not heard too much about IWD as there has not been too much hype about it, which is not surprising given the treatment of women’s rights has been recently 🙄
Thanks for sharing your post @ruthmoog! :)
Is that just this year, or is it usually the same?
How IWD is perceived can vary hugely too, from country to field of work. I am speaking from the UK, where there's often a corporate angle where awareness days can become the one day a year to tokenise employees who are overlooked the rest of the year.
Maybe I am being cynical though! Some positivity is nice XD
LOL
I really love this! I always find it funny when I see some companies try to overcompensate on their social media during IWD. Instead of actually taking the right steps. Especially in the part of the world where I'm from 😅