{"id":5212,"date":"2021-03-07T23:59:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T22:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=5212"},"modified":"2021-03-08T00:00:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T23:00:25","slug":"international-womens-day-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2021\/03\/07\/international-womens-day-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women&#8217;s Day 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2021\/03\/International-Womens-Day-challenge-region-meeting-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5213\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2021\/03\/International-Womens-Day-challenge-region-meeting-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2021\/03\/International-Womens-Day-challenge-region-meeting-1.png 640w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2021\/03\/International-Womens-Day-challenge-region-meeting-1-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>South Lancashire&#8217;s Soroptimists showed their commitment to campaigning for an inclusive world. At the recent region meeting their hands show that they <strong>choose to challenge<\/strong> to highlight gender bias and inequality.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalwomensday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Women&#8217;s Day<\/a> &#8211; and every day &#8211; we can all choose to seek out and celebrate women&#8217;s achievements. Raise awareness!<\/p>\n<p>International Women\u2019s Day is a time to reflect on progress made. It&#8217;s a day to call for change; to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations&#8217; agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/about-us\/about-un-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UN Women<\/a> campaign theme for 2021 is &#8216;Women in leadership: achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world&#8217;. This theme celebrates the ongoing efforts by women and girls around the world to shape a more equal future. They face the challenges of the pandemic and campaign for equality as the world recovers.<\/p>\n<p>From challenge comes change: Soroptimists <strong>choose to challenge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2021\/03\/InternationalWomensDaylogo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5218\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2021\/03\/InternationalWomensDaylogo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2021\/03\/InternationalWomensDaylogo.png 397w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2021\/03\/InternationalWomensDaylogo-300x36.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Lancashire&#8217;s Soroptimists showed their commitment to campaigning for an inclusive world. 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