20 ways to elevate women
Happy belated Women's History Month! 💜 Here's a list of simple but powerful things you can do to elevate women—today, tomorrow, and always:
👉 Hire women
👉 Promote women
👉 Invest in women
👉 Pitch your ideas to women
👉 Collaborate with women
👉 Actively listen to women (instead of interrupting them)
👉 Credit women publicly for the great work they do
👉 Pay women what they're worth (hint: the same as men)
👉 Thank women
👉 Follow female leaders on social media and amplify their content
👉 Be transparent about salary ballparks and what's required to get promoted
👉 Speak highly of other women, at work and online
👉 Tell women you admire that you admire them and why
👉 Adapt your job descriptions and recruitment processes until you're receiving an equal number of female and male applicants
👉 Refer women to job opportunities in your network
👉 Interview and feature women in your podcast, news article, or blog post
👉 Notice when women aren't in the room, and say something about it
👉 Ask women what they think in meetings, especially if they haven't spoken yet
👉 Donate to nonprofits that impact women's education and healthcare
👉 Buy from female-founded and operated companies and brands
You got this 🫡