On International Women's Day, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience researchers strike the 2022 IWD pose to help forge women's equality and #BreakTheBias

9 Mar 2022

IWD 2022 campaign theme: #BreakTheBias, asks us to 'Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women's equality. Collectively we can all #BreakTheBias'. 

International Women's Day IWD community invites us all to break the Bias: 'Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions - all day, every day. We can break the bias in our communities. We can break the bias in our workplaces. We can break the bias in our schools, colleges and universities. Together, we can all break the bias - on International Women's Day (IWD) and beyond. 

Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience researchers celebrated International Womens Day and embraced the  IWD pose to help forge women's equality and #BreakTheBias. 

Professor Aideen Sullivan Head of Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, with Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC) Research Institute funded investigators: Dr. Aileen Houston, Department of Medicine, Dr Siobhain O Mahony, Director BSc Neuroscience, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Dr Elizabeth Brint, Department of Pathology and Dr Harriet Schellekens, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience.

Dr Maria Giovanna Caruso, postdoctoral researcher, Ms Fionnuala Wilson and Ms Ava O’Flynn, Fourth year BSc Medical and Health Science students, and Dr Martina Mazzocchi, postdoctoral researcher, strike the 2022 IWD pose to help forge women's equality and #BreakTheBias. 

International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality. 

Marked annually on March 8th, International Women's Day (IWD) is one of the most important days of the year to:

• celebrate women's achievements
• raise awareness about women's equality
• lobby for accelerated gender parity
• fundraise for female-focused charities

IWD has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people. Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. IWD is not country, group or organization specific. The campaign theme for International Women's Day 2022 is #BreakTheBias. Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias makes it difficult for women to move ahead. Knowing that bias exists isn't enough. Action is needed to level the playing field.

Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions - all day, every day. We can break the bias in our communities. We can break the bias in our workplaces. We can break the bias in our schools, colleges and universities. Together, we can all break the bias - on International Women's Day (IWD) and beyond.

International Women's Day is not country, group, nor organization specific. No one government, NGO, charity, corporation, academic institution, women's network, or media hub is solely responsible for International Women's Day. The day belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. Gloria Steinem, world-renowned feminist, journalist and activist once explained "The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist, nor to any one organization, but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights." 

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