Happy International Women’s Day!
Women in Work is all about empowerment!
What a perfect day to talk about our personal inspirations and the women who continue
to encourage us to be the best we can. There
are so many individuals who deserve recognition today, but these are some of the main ones that inspire us!
Elena Cossar (President); Emma Watson
‘If you want to run
for prime minister, you can. If you don’t, that’s wonderful, too. Shave your
armpits, don’t shave them, wear flats done day, heels the next. These things
are so irrelevant and surface to what it is all really about, and I wish people
wouldn’t get caught up in that. We want to empower women to do exactly what
they want, to be true to themselves, to have the opportunities to develop.
Women should feel free. ‘’- Emma Watson
I find Emma Watson incredibly
inspiring, she was appointed as a UN Women Goodwill ambassador
in 2014, working hard for a campaign initiated by the UN called HeForShe
calling for the advancement of gender equality, encouraging both genders to
partake as agents of change and take action against negative stereotypes and
behaviors. What I love about Emma Watson is that she actively stands up for
her beliefs and is pushing for a change that is so important for feminism and
men and women as a whole! She highlights that it is not about superficial issues
and about empowerment and equality.
Lucie Davies (vice president); Princess Diana is my inspiration purely down to
her charity work- she helped so many- I saw a website that said that she did charity
work for sick children, the banning of landmines and for raising awareness
about those affected by cancer, HIV/AIDS and mental illness, and I really want
a career in the future that will enable me to help people grow and develop and I
think her work breaking barriers by shaking hands with people with aids without
gloves just broke down so many barriers and worried around the idea of
spreading aids at the time and I think that was amazing!
A good quote of hers is ‘’Everyone
needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.’’ Which I
really value because I think society would be much better if we all looked out
for each other and did more acts of kindness!
Kerry Wilson (Events Manager); Katherine Johnson
“We needed to be assertive as
women in those days - assertive and aggressive - and the degree to which we had
to be that way depended on where you were. I had to be.” -Katherine Johnson
Katherine
Johnson is an inspirational woman. In 1953, Katherine joined NASA as what was
then called a human computer. She was part of the National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics.
Katherine’s
career had such in impact in history. In 1961 Kathrine’s calculations mapped
the trajectory of the first American in space. Also in 1970, the Apollo 13 era,
Katherine worked on emergency procedures that were vital when part of the main
spacecraft exploded. The astronauts had to use the lunar module as a lifeboat to
return to Earth. Katherine’s Math skills also came into action on the space
shuttle plans for Mars missions.
Katherine
Johnson accomplished so much in her career in-spite of discrimination her and
her colleges faced. The release of the movie “Hidden Figures” educated many on
the important action she implicated to sexism and racism in science and
engineering at NASA.
Katherine recently passed but will always stay a celebration
in the hearts of millions.
Lily Mckenna (Treasurer); Grace Beverly-
A woman who started her career
through Youtube whilst undertaking a degree at Oxford, to achieving a first-class degree whilst simultaneously being the CEO and founder of Two multimillion-pound businesses; Tala, which is thought to be worth £6.7billion within the
next 5 years; and B_nd. Grace has a passion for making her products ethically
sources, with everything being made vegan, cruelty-free and sustainable. Her
hard work and commitment inspires me to believe if you put your mind to it,
you can achieve anything.
We hope you all feel empowered today and continue working towards your goals and dreams!
The Women in Work Committee. x
Post a Comment