Does your movement, advocacy strategy or coalition have everything in place to drive change?
Are there any important ingredients missing?
#movementbuilding#socialchange
Don’t worry when things don’t work out as you would have wanted. Tomorrow holds more beautiful opportunities. I am glad I lost some opportunities I thought I really needed. They all led me here and I am forever grateful. #Growth
It's time for us to break this unnecessary cycle of exclusion and create workplaces where everyone can thrive. Read the full report here: https://t.co/VgKRtFUG20 And join us at 2pm today for a virtual launch event, plus Q&A on the findings.
Today, we launch the UK's first State of Period Equity Report. The most comprehensive research to date reveals the shocking economic cost of employers neglecting the menstrual needs of their staff.
#menstruationmatters#WomensHealth
Data can be a powerful force for change, but as long as the story is about women damaging their careers through motherhood rather than society damaging itself through not supporting parents- progress will be piecemeal. #motherhoodpenalty
Listen to @m2mtweets#CHW Esther Mamba speaking to @leadlikeafeminist about her takeaways from attending @WomenDeliver last year 👇
Esther attended the conference to represent her community, and share her experiences as an @m2mtweets#CHW in Mpumalanga #SouthAfrica.
"Typically, these party lines get in on the excuse that you have to demolish the people currently in power because they are using their power badly. So you need to have that power because you are going to use it well. But then you get the power and start squashing snails."
Re-sharing this AMAZING interview about power- as true today as when it was first published.
“It is...true that in situations where people have not had any power, and suddenly they get power, some people are going to abuse that power....
https://t.co/XiHIkGeULD
“If you have power, don’t waste it on squashing snails...save it for the biggies. If you have a party line that is enforced across the board, you’ve got a tyranny."
Values are our guiding stars. They are what we fall back on when we face unknown situations and challenging decisions.
Here are some of the values we need to model to Lead Like Feminists...
What are your core values? How do they shape how you make decisions?
#leadership
Systems start to change fundamentally when this pattern is disrupted and opened up."
💥Feminist leadership is about learning to catalyse disruption. 💥
read more 👉https://t.co/3GVyTGyLxm
#systemschange#feminist#leadership
"Systems are often hard to change because power, relationships, & resource flows are locked together in a reinforcing pattern to serve the system’s current purpose. Those with power in the system use it to shape the purpose which serves their interest & view of the world...
💥 New episode of the Lead Like A Feminist podcast now available💥
In this special edition we catch up with @KelsieKim from @Zamara_fdn and Esther Mamba from @m2mtweets to reflect on @WomenDeliver 2023 and how we can achieve radical change in 2024.
#feminist#leadership
A useful resource about co-leadership models 👇When we take control, we take up space that others could grow into. Co-leadership models can help build the kind of compassionate, collective leadership that our world urgently needs. #leadership#feminist
https://t.co/OslCC5O7ut
NAIROBI. KENYA. EAST AFRICA. AFRICA. WORLD!!!
Are you ready for the largest extravaganza and celebration of African stories? The dates are in!
The second edition of the AFRICAN BOOK FAIR by Soma Nami is slated from the 6th to 11th August 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya.
When I think about what solidarity can look like, I am reminded of what Vron Ware said:
💡 "There's a difference between the handwringing produced by guilt, and the handholding that emerges from solidarity"
Join us on 15 February. Registration link in comments
#CeasefireNOW