Are You Still in Business?

Long time no blog.  My life has been a little tumultuous to say the least. Returning to work after a year off on maternity leave, assuming a leadership position almost immediately after my return and becoming co-lead of a diversity initiative on righting the balance for women at work while getting to grips with my new role and co-running a home with two young children to love and care for has been a huge adventure and this phase of my life is not over yet. Takes breath.

In all my busyness, what I have found is that I don’t feel my sense of fulfilment and through self searching I have discovered that I must give more time to writing about my passion for achieving gender equality through girls education and female empowerment.

Even though I mothballed the Equality Forum facebook group that I ran for over a year in 2016 (or was it 2017? Shrug) my conversations haven’t stopped and I haven’t stopped learning. The more I speak about achieving equality, the clearer my thoughts become and the clearer they become, the more apparent my unconscious biases are. So I am back in business and I am determined to keep writing about removing obstacles to female equality while doing my other underground work in support of my passion.

So a question for all readers, are you still in business? Are you still challenging biases and stereotypes and language that highlight difference and remove opportunities for females in your circle of influence? If you have become discouraged, if you have shut up your talking shop because you got tired of abuse, or faced fierce criticism, please come back, please reopen your shop, please start having those conversations again and respectfully challenge discriminatory behaviour when you see it but remember to keep safe at all times while doing it. And something really important, if you are feeling isolated and alienated, find some support. The internet has made the world smaller and its easier now to find like minds, so don’t delay, find some support to help you start again. I am here too, so reach out with any questions.

Anuli is back!