#PressforProgress: A call to action
INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated March 8 under the theme #PressforProgress, and women right across the globe are joining the action call.
The theme is a follow-up to last year’s theme which encouraged women to #BeBoldForChange, and which continues to encourage communities to think, act and be gender-inclusive.
But despite the force and magnitude of outspoken and powerful women who have boldly taken centre stage advocating for change in movements like #metoo, or who are championing causes of equity and gender parity while disrupting the constructs of stereotypes and bias, there are many women, some from girlhood, who feel less powerful and less bold.
What specific areas do Jamaican women feel helpless about not seeing changes in? How are powerful women using their power position/influence/social media to push for improvements in the lives of other women? And how important is it for women to lift the cause of other women as they climb? All Woman reporter Kimberley Hibbert explores these in the next several pages.
