Gender diversity is the solution for organizational success. Diversifying the roles will create a more leveled ground for collaboration, and increased human resources productivity. Although it takes more than motivation to overturn decades of systematized inequality, we can lend our voice to encourage the few already in line for that position.  

Women have to be encouraged to apply for leading positions in the workplace. They need to chase their dreams and build careers in men-dominant spheres. They need to measure their worth with their career level and begin to earn as much as men in the same role. They need to occupy more seats in the boardrooms and public offices. 

Never again will it be said that the role of a woman is in the kitchen. Today, women go to work dressed in long-sleeved suits and standing tall in silhouettes. They have left behind the days of “be seen and not heard” to take up critical roles in corporate organizations.  

The journey to the corporate world did not start in a day. It took generations of resilient women who lent their voices for the rights of today’s working-class woman. Those women, who against all odds rose against the norms of her day and insisted on the right of her unborn. Women who grew tired of the ordinary and dared to step outside the boxes of societal laws.  

These were the days of the real feminists, as far back as the women’s rights movement of the 19th century where women fought to claim their freedom from suppression. Women campaigned for their right to vote, to hold public offices, to be educated, to be healthy, and to be free from sexual violence and more. To date, women all around the world are still fighting for their rights, especially for equal pay with their male counterparts. 

Although not completely bridged, the gender disparity gap is no longer as far apart as before. Today’s society expects that women work like they don’t have children and raise their children as though they don’t work. Some employers don’t understand women’s peculiarities – their mood swings, their cramps and the struggle to maintain a work-life balance, or the pressure to be both a wife at home and the best performer at work. Until the anatomy of a woman is put into consideration, society will not fully understand the need for equality in the workplace. 

In commemoration of the International Women’s day 2020, we at Crenov8 support equal opportunities for women in corporate organizations. We believe that there is more a woman can achieve if she is given equal chances.

Happy International Women’s Day!

Written by:

Joy Uche