International Women’s Day 2021: Celebrating achievements and calling out gender bias and inequality
The world is full of smart women breaking barriers: today and every day, let’s celebrate them. March 08, 2021 3:53 PM EST Updated on March 08, 2021 5:58 PM EST
Every March 8 after the earliest Women’s Day observance held in 1909, people around the world celebrate, highlight and honor women’s achievements and contributions while challenging and calling out gender bias and inequality. For 2021, the International Women’s Day (IWD) selected #ChooseToChallenge as this year’s campaign theme.
According to the IWD website, the theme challenges the world population to be alert, responsible for its thoughts and actions, and “choose to seek out and celebrate women’s achievements” to create an inclusive world.
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Happy International Women s Day! Stars like Justin Timberlake, Sam Asghari, Brian Austin Green and more are celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women by honoring the special ladies in their lives.
This year s International Women s Day embraces the theme of #ChooseToChallenge, which encourages everyone to call out gender bias and inequality to seek out and celebrate women s achievements. In a touching post on Instagram, Timberlake paid tribute to his mom, Lynn Bomar Harless, and his wife, Jessica Biel. These women right here. we are not worthy , Timberlake wrote. Celebrating your strength, your love, your patience, your support, and your wisdom. Thankful that my sons have such badass women to look up to ❤️ #IWD2021.
The crew took a photo outside the aircraft, mirroring a photo taken in 1986 by American Airlines first all-female flight crew.
Pauwels said she did not grow up being able to see other female pilots. Rather than discourage her, it fueled her desire to be one. Because I was told it wasn t possible, Pauwels said. So I really decided I would like to prove them wrong.
Pauwels has been breaking through the cloud ceiling ever since. In 1988, she was the youngest female jet cargo airline captain in the world. In 2000 she became American Airlines first Hispanic female captain. Pauwels also trains pilots on the Boeing 787.
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