{"id":5399,"date":"2022-03-07T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/?p=5399"},"modified":"2023-01-02T15:01:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T14:01:17","slug":"celebrating-international-womens-day-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2022\/03\/07\/celebrating-international-womens-day-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"SI MK on BBC Politics East celebrating IWD 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/2022\/03\/07\/celebrating-international-womens-day-2022\/2022-look-east-interview-iwd-2022-angie\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5400 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2022\/03\/2022-Look-East-Interview-IWD-2022-Angie-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"2022 Look East Interview IWD 2022 Angie\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2022\/03\/2022-Look-East-Interview-IWD-2022-Angie-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/milton-keynes\/files\/2022\/03\/2022-Look-East-Interview-IWD-2022-Angie.jpg 976w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8 March is International Women&#8217;s Day for 2022.\u00a0 And this year&#8217;s theme is #BreakTheBias.\u00a0 You are asked to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Imagine a gender equal world.\u00a0 A world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination.\u00a0 A world that is diverse, equitable and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated.\u00a0 Together we can forge women&#8217;s equality.\u00a0 Collectively we can all <strong>#BreakTheBias.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soroptimist International Milton Keynes were privileged to be asked to take part in the BBC Sunday Politics East programme to highlight International Women&#8217;s Day.\u00a0 To view the programme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/m00157jp\/politics-east-06032022\">click here,<\/a> it is available for 30 days only or you can read a short BBC article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-cambridgeshire-60516870\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0We explained Soroptimists are dedicated to educating, enabling and empowering women and girls to achieve their full potential.\u00a0 Soroptimist&#8217;s don&#8217;t seek the limelight we are about shining the light on others.\u00a0 \u00a0We are doer&#8217;s.\u00a0 We work on projects to help women and girls as well as working within our local community with our linked charities.\u00a0 But we are also a global volunteers organisation with a voice in the UN to promote the issues of women and girls as well as the environment.\u00a0 We are all volunteers and Soroptimists also provide friendship, to those we help and to each other.<\/p>\n<p>Soroptimist International Milton Keynes will be celebrating\u00a0 #IWD2022 with our Afternoon Tea event.\u00a0 Money raised from the sales of tickets will be distributed to our charities MK Act (Women&#8217;s Refuge), MK YMCA (Homeless), Winter Night Shelter MK (Homeless) and British Red Cross Sales.\u00a0 We will also be\u00a0 raising donations to the Ukraine Appeal through raffle prizes and sales from our craft stall.<\/p>\n<p>Soroptimists are working around the world to help women, girls and people to better lives.\u00a0 Why not join us?<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can contact us via email at\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"mailto:soroptimistsmk@gmail.com\">soroptimistsmk@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 March is International Women&#8217;s Day for 2022.\u00a0 And this year&#8217;s theme is #BreakTheBias.\u00a0 You&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":638,"featured_media":5394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[299,22,253,116,298,295,293,246,245],"class_list":["post-5399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bbc-sunday-politics-east","tag-british-red-cross","tag-helping-local-charities","tag-international-womens-day","tag-iwd2022","tag-local-charities-mk","tag-mk-act-domestic-abuse-service","tag-mk-ymca","tag-winter-night-shelter-mk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SI MK on BBC Politics East celebrating IWD 2022 | News | Blog | Events | SI Milton Keynes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Milton Keynes : Blog &amp; News : SI MK on BBC Politics East celebrating IWD 2022 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Milton Keynes . 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