International Women’s Day: It’s Complicated
Today is International Women’s Day and we wanted to host a conversation about the day because… it’s complicated! I’m chatting with coach Rocío Caballero-Gill, and we wanted to have a candid thoughtful chat about international Women’s Day, what it means to focus on women specifically in academia, and how this company has changed over the last 5 years with respect to developing our programs through a lens of gender equity and inclusion.
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Rocío shares her work developing a professional organization called GeoLatinas and we talk about the difference between including and welcoming.
Key points discussed:
- What is appealing about International Women’s Day [2:45]
- The purpose of International Women’s Day, and the emphasis on Women [6:35]
- Rocio’s approach at GeoLatinas [8:30]
- How GeoLatinas came to be [10:00]
- The difference between welcoming and inclusion [14:30]
- The different needs of intersecting identities [20:50]
- A path of reflection [22:30]
Key Quotes:
“One can see the movement forward… but we still are not quite there yet.” – Rocío Caballero-Gill
“How do we overcome the struggles that we see internationally come together to be represented on this day?” – Rocío Caballero-Gill
“When you think of equity work, you have to involve the ones that are outside of spaces.” – Rocío Caballero-Gill
“We think of the role and how we create change with the people outside; how do we involve them?” – Rocío Caballero-Gill
“Being welcoming and being inclusive are different things.” – Rocío Caballero-Gill
“Having the means to support those people who we are welcoming is inclusion.” – Rocío Caballero-Gill
“How are you going to go about making positive change for your own community… and how are you going to continue to create spaces of inclusion?” – Cathy Mazak
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