International Women’s Day 8 March 2025

This year’s theme: ‘Accelerate Action’
(according to the World Economic Forum at the current rate of progress it will take until 2158 to reach full gender parity)

Flower: Mimosa (representing solidarity and resistance)

Slogan: Empowered women, Empower the world

Gifts: jewellery, flowers, soft toys, chocolate bouquets…

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Strange that it doesn’t appear on the Google Calendar on my phone this year, I’m sure it was there last year.

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I understand any non-US (or possibly more correctly those which aren’t US politically supported) days have been removed. It is a part of the US DEI reset.

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The decision to no longer acknowledge the important events follows a change in policymaking from the California-based company, especially in the backdrop of Donald Trump assuming the presidency. Ever since it was anticipated that the Republican leader would be returning to the White House, several tech giants, including Google, have flipped on their previously diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and queer-friendly policies.

Shame, Mr Google :-1:

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Indeed, I was going to mention the orange man, his policies and the broligarchs bending the knee…

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