{"id":2619,"date":"2024-03-07T15:19:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T15:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/167.172.54.60\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:33:30","slug":"it-aint-over-why-international-womens-day-is-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/it-aint-over-why-international-womens-day-is-important\/","title":{"rendered":"It Ain\u2019t Over: Why International Women\u2019s Day is Important"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"hero-article-6a0389f9b25b9\" class=\"hero-article page-block page-block--pdtop-reg page-block--pdbot-reg\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pill-tag pill-tag--blue-20\">Accelerating Leaders<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hero-article__date\">7 Mar 2024<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero-article__title\">It Ain\u2019t Over: Why International Women\u2019s Day is Important<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/themes\/talking-talent\/library\/images\/branding\/logo-icon.svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hero-article__author-name\">Dru Patel<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Determined-diverse-women-cropped-1.png.webp\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Determined-diverse-women-cropped-1.png.webp 1000w, 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href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fstaging.talking-talent.com%2Fus%2Fit-aint-over-why-international-womens-day-is-important%2F&amp;summary=\" onclick=\"javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=800,width=900');return false;\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-linkedin-in\"><\/i><\/a><a class=\"social-share__link social-share__link--twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=It+Ain%E2%80%99t+Over%3A+Why+International+Women%E2%80%99s+Day+is+Important https%3A%2F%2Fstaging.talking-talent.com%2Fus%2Fit-aint-over-why-international-womens-day-is-important%2F\" onclick=\"javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-x-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/insights\/blog\/\" class=\"ui-btn ui-btn--outline-b sticky-content-sidebar__back\"><span>Back to articles<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t<div class=\"sticky-content-sidebar__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"body-content\"><p>One of the quirks of working to build diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace is that we are always tacitly striving to put ourselves out of a job. You know: the hope that we\u2019ll be so good at helping to create belonging that, eventually, there will be no need for our help.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, that\u2019s not going to happen. At Talking Talent, we have touched hundreds of thousands of lives over the years, but we\u2019re nowhere near being done. And the workplace is ever-changing; there will always be new challenges to face and overcome.<\/p>\n<p>One of the more difficult \u2018gut-check\u2019 moments that we experience in our work comes when we take a look at something we\u2019ve been doing for a long time and see how much work there is still to do. The month of March provides just such an opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>March is Women\u2019s History Month in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia (other countries may observe it at other times of the year). And International Women\u2019s Day comes early in the month of March. Both are occasions to look at the incredible and too-often overlooked contribution of women over the centuries \u2013 to assess where society has been, as well as where it is and where it needs to go.<\/p>\n<p>In our observation of these important annual events, we at Talking Talent tend to look at things through a professional lens. After all, women\u2019s issues were a founding principal. For almost 20 years, we\u2019ve been helping organizations retain and advance women in the workplace. And in those two decades we\u2019ve seen a lot of big steps forward, but, as stated at the beginning of this article, the work is nowhere near done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany women still can\u2019t imagine themselves in any C-suite roles,\u201d explains Talking Talent Executive Coach Shamela Kylassum.<\/p>\n<p>(The phrase \u201cC-suite\u201d refers to a company\u2019s top management positions, e.g., CEO, CIO, CFO, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of that is the lack of visible role models,\u201d Shamela says. \u201cAnother part of it is that they don\u2019t dare think of themselves in those roles. They feel people will say: \u2018Who does she think she is?!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Executive Coach Director Claire Jung agrees that lack of role models is a serious issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is definitely a recurring theme in coaching sessions,\u201d she says. \u201cParticularly for working mothers who often can\u2019t fathom how they can be successful in a C-Suite\/senior role AND as a mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This all makes sense. Observation is how most people learn and how they fashion their identities. It can be pretty difficult to picture yourself doing something \u2013 especially something really hard, like leading a company \u2013 if you\u2019re not able to see someone like yourself doing it. The situation creates a vicious kind of feedback loop: you don\u2019t see a lot of women C-suite executives precisely because you don\u2019t see a lot of women C-suite executives.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear the feedback loop needs to be broken. Making that happen requires buy-in and understanding from everyone involved \u2013 not just the women who want to progress their careers. And that\u2019s why a recent apparent increase in negative attitudes toward women\u2019s issues is exhausting and heartbreaking. Especially since that increase appears to be among young people.<\/p>\n<p>A recent Ipsos UK poll, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/news\/masculinity-and-womens-equality-study-finds-emerging-gender-divide-in-young-peoples-attitudes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commissioned by Kings College London<\/a>, found that 16% of men aged 16-29 felt that \u201cfeminism has done more harm than good.\u201d The poll also found that across all ages, a worrying 17% of men said that \u201cefforts to support women\u2019s equality have gone too far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ggd.world\/p\/what-prevents-and-what-drives-gendered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research by Dr. Alice Evans<\/a>, author of The Great Gender Divergence, has found an increase in ideological polarization among young people in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and South Korea, among others. Men are leaning evermore to the right, whereas women are increasingly and dramatically presenting as more \u2018liberal.\u2019 This polarization in thought can lead to social polarization, in which platonic friendships between men and women become less common.<\/p>\n<p>The possible knock-on effect of that is decreased understanding and an increase in resistance to women\u2019s issues. Left unchecked, we could find ourselves returning to the Bad Old Days of rampant and too-easily accepted sexism in the workplace. The UK Parliament\u2019s recent \u201cSexism in the City\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/work\/7842\/sexism-in-the-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inquiry<\/a> suggests those attitudes aren\u2019t as \u2018long ago and far away\u2019 as most of us would like.<\/p>\n<p>This is why moments like International Women\u2019s Day are important and necessary. Women\u2019s History Month and International Women\u2019s Day provide opportunities to celebrate achievements, promote connection, raise awareness, and issue calls to action. These are vital in keeping momentum and driving women\u2019s issues forward.<\/p>\n<p>The month of March is a time to reflect but also a time to bolster our spirits and rededicate ourselves to building a world where more women can actually see themselves as relevant and important in the workplace \u2013 a time to recommit to creating more equitable and inclusive workplaces.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been doing this work for a long time, but we\u2019re still a long way from being done.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"sticky-content-sidebar__related-insight\" aria-labelledby=\"related-insight-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sticky-content-sidebar__related-insight-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"related-insight-heading\" class=\"sticky-content-sidebar__related-insight-heading h6\">Related insight<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pill-tag pill-tag--blue-20\">Accelerating Leaders<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"h6 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