INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day (IWD) is being celebrated this year under the theme #InspireInclusion, and in this publication, we’re highlighting the value of women’s inclusion in forging a better world. Only when women are inspired to be included is there empowerment. We’re celebrating women who are creating an inclusive world, and at the same time, also embracing the United Nations theme, ‘Invest in women: Accelerate progress’.

We realise that investing in women is a human rights imperative and the cornerstone for building an inclusive society. Progress for women and girls benefits all.

This year, we’ve rallied women to take a stand with us and not only #InspireInclusion, but also #InvestInWomen. We posed the question, “What strategies do you employ to #InspireInclusion within your own sphere of influence? How are you investing in yourself, and in other women/girls, to accelerate progress and empowerment?”

Read on to meet the women who best represent this year’s theme; the women who are transforming challenges into opportunities, and building a better Jamaica.

Petulia Clarke-Lawrence

All Woman editor