This Women’s History Month, it’s time to have a seat. More specifically, a #SeatAtTheTable. On March 23, The Female Quotient, NBCUniversal, The Female Lead, and ELLE magazine are partnering to invite women to fill a table—both literally and metaphorically—and be part of a global conversation around closing equality gaps. After all, the experts on how to fix these issues? The women experiencing it firsthand.
How it’ll work: RSVP to host a discussion. Fill it with the women in your community. Discuss mentorship, caregiving, entrepreneurship, representation, education, mental health, or whatever issues matter most to you. Then raise awareness by sharing your participation across social media.
Find out everything else you need to know, below.
What is #SeatAtTheTable?
#SeatAtTheTable aims to bring together women from more than 100 countries in order to converse and collaborate on what’s needed to eradicate gender inequality in and outside of the workplace.
On March 23, The Female Quotient, NBCUniversal, The Female Lead, and ELLE magazine will host female leaders from across industries at an in-person gathering in New York City, featuring a panel conversation, inspiring talks, and small group discussions. Women like Olympian Lisa Leslie, make-up artist Bobbi Brown, model Brooke Shields, and actors Emeraude Toubia, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, and Anna Chlumsky will be involved in the initiative.
Similarly, #SeatAtTheTable is encouraging women around the world to self-organise their own gatherings to advance the conversation around gender equality.
How to Get Involved
If you’d like to host your own gathering on March 23 with the women in your life, you can sign up here to receive a hosting guide, conversation starters, and additional ways to engage in this discussion online. You can also access this social media toolkit to start spreading the word and prompting conversation around topics like equal pay, leadership, and data equality. Through the toolkit, you can create customisable images, and download related GIFs, shareable statistic cards, and Instagram Story templates.
You can also RSVP for the livestream on March 23 to hear from some of the women involved as they discuss how they’re planning to use their #SeatAtTheTable to create change in their industry or workplace.
Stay connected through the website here and on Instagram and Twitter.
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