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Equality and Empowerment

As a mum of a little girl, I’m passionate about equality and empowerment. I want her to grow up knowing she can be whoever she wants to be. Break those glass ceilings. Smash those gender stereotypes. However it’s not only our girls who are at risk of being stereotyped. Our boys are too. “Man up.” “Boys will be boys.” “Boys can’t play with dolls.”

Here’s to a world where children can just be children.

Equality and Empowerment, My View

Mighty Women Series: Women Who Inspire Us feat Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

I’ve not made any secret of my desire for my daughter to have positive role models to look up to. In a world of vanity, greed, and selfishness, I want my daughter to aspire to be like one of the many trail blazing women out there who are living the lives THEY want.
Inspired by March’s International Women’s Month, I thought I would write about a woman I find particularly inspiring : Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock. When you think about women working within the science industry, they don’t come much more inspiring than Maggie.

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