{"id":4661,"date":"2020-03-08T15:20:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T15:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/?p=4661"},"modified":"2020-05-12T16:01:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:01:45","slug":"how-do-you-celebrate-international-womens-day-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/2020\/03\/08\/how-do-you-celebrate-international-womens-day-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you celebrate International Women&#8217;s Day 2020?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2020\/04\/MAR-7.3.20.png\"><mark class=\"lqd-highlight\"><span class=\"lqd-highlight-txt\">Equal for Equal<\/span><span class=\"lqd-highlight-inner\"><\/span><\/mark><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4664\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2020\/04\/MAR-7.3.20.png\" alt=\"Midland Arden celebrating International Women's Day 2020\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2020\/04\/MAR-7.3.20.png 800w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2020\/04\/MAR-7.3.20-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>By wearing purple of course!<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2020\/04\/Julie-reading-Mission-Statement-at-MAR-7.3.20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4667\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2020\/04\/Julie-reading-Mission-Statement-at-MAR-7.3.20-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"Soroptimist dressed in purple for International Women's day 2020\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2020\/04\/Julie-reading-Mission-Statement-at-MAR-7.3.20-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2020\/04\/Julie-reading-Mission-Statement-at-MAR-7.3.20.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>Because the MAR meeting was the day before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalwomensday.com\/\">International Women&#8217;s Day<\/a>, we decked ourselves out in as much purple as possible!<\/p>\n<p>Julie, one of our newest Club members read the <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bolton\/soroptimist-international-visionmission-statement\/\"><em>Mission Statement<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the reports from the MAR executive, we talked about ways we can celebrate our Centenary next year.\u00a0 The possibility of a sculpture at the National Memorial Arboretum is very exciting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Who was the main speaker?<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;d all come to hear the inspirational <a href=\"https:\/\/victimscommissioner.org.uk\/dame-vera-baird-qc-champion-for-change\/\">Dame Vera Baird QC<\/a>, Victims Commissioner for England and Wales. \u00a0 Because of her work, a survey of how domestic violence is treated in courts has been developed. <span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\"> Most importantly this is being used by Soroptimists across the region to collect data for analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The slide presentation she used can be found in the Members Only section of our website.\u00a0 \u00a0Do ask a Club member if you&#8217;d like to know more about the survey.\u00a0 \u00a0If you don&#8217;t know a member of SI Kenilworth &amp; District you can contact us via our <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/\"><em>website<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sikenilworthanddistrict\/\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a> or <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenilworthsi?lang=en-gb\">Twitter<\/a><\/em> accounts.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>And how else did we celebrate International Women&#8217;s Day?<\/h2>\n<p>A couple of us even graduated on the NHS couch to 5k scheme and did our first Park Run dressed in purple before going to the meeting!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4665\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2020\/04\/Rachel-Sharon-IWD-7.3.20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4665\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2020\/04\/Rachel-Sharon-IWD-7.3.20.jpg\" alt=\"Two Soroptimists in running gear with a cardboard surround of This Girl can for International Women's day 2020 \" width=\"706\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2020\/04\/Rachel-Sharon-IWD-7.3.20.jpg 706w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2020\/04\/Rachel-Sharon-IWD-7.3.20-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NHS Couch to 5k Champions!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By wearing purple of course! 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