IWD 2019 Best Practice winners

 March 26, 2020

The aim of the IWD Best Practice Competition is to showcase types of activity that provide useful guidance and inspiration for further groups.

From grassroots groups to large-scale corporations, IWD 2019 saw over 300 entries which was great growth from the previous year that saw over 100 entries for IWD 2018 activity.

IWD 2019 best practice winners

Below you can see last year's 2019 Best Practice Winners, plus check out the IWD Best Practice Hall of Fame.

Groups everywhere forged the IWD 2019 #BalanceforBetter campaign theme to celebrate women's achievements, call for a more gender-balanced world, and implement tangible action to drive women's equality. 

Over 300 groups entered the IWD 2019 Best Practice Competition showcasing their impressive achievements and explaining how they engaged audiences and communities to help accelerate women's equality. Congratulations to the winning groups.

Best IWD #BalanceforBetter Videos

• Speaking Rights' Janet Tarasofsky IWD rap (UK)
• Camp America (UK/USA)
• AXA Business Services (India)
• Griffith Foods (Worldwide)
• IBM Systems Lab Services (Worldwide)
• Audrey McGuckin (USA)

Be inspired by IWD 2019 videos from many further groups.
 

Community Services: Supporting Local Change

• Windsor and Slough Labour Partner Branches (UK)
• Peel Regional Police (Canada)
   

Sporting Sector: Social Leadership

• Dame Kelly Holmes' 1809 Hub wellness centre (UK)
• SEDA College Sports High School (Australia)
• Australian Football League's Sydney Swans and GWS Giants (Australia)

See also Cricket Australia's #BalanceforBetter activity.
 

Public Sector: Forging Leadership and Progress

• British Army (UK)
• High Commissioner of Canada to Guyana & Suriname (Canada)
• NHS Digital (UK
• Wirral Council (UK)
   

Best IWD #BalanceforBetter Media Activity

• KUTX 98.9 Radio (USA)
   

Best IWD Cake - Embedding Celebration

• Southwire (USA)
• HCL Technologies (Worldwide)
• Canadian Forces Base Borden (Canada)
• Serco: Kohuora Auckland South Corrections Facility (NZ)
   

Associations/Networks: Member Participation

• Women Political Leaders (Worldwide)
• Siroptomist International, Newtown (Trinidad & Tobago)
• Kāpiti Coast Chamber of Commerce (NZ)
• Women’s Higher Education Network (UK)
• BPW Joondalup Network (Australia)
   

Charity Sector: Amplifying Awareness Raising 

• Alnahda Society for Women (Saudi Arabia)
• Give Girls a Chance (Nigeria)
• Afghanaid (Afghanistan)
• Town Hall Symphony Hall (UK)
• Newcomer Women’s Services (Canada)
• Rivers Learning Project Community (UK)
   

Grassroots Impact: Driving Meaningful Change

• Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan (India)
   

Marketing/Design Agencies: IWD Campaign Activity

• Omnicom (USA)
   

Best IWD #BalanceforBetter photograph

• Lady Eleanor Holles School (UK)
• Biffa (UK)
   

Education and Academia: Knowledge and Impact 

• ACT Education Directorate (Australia)
• Glasgow Caledonian University (Scotland)
• Nottingham Trent University (UK)
• Oakhill College (Australia)
• South East LLEN (Australia)
• University of Glasgow (Scotland)
• University of Kabianga (Kenya)
• University of Leicester (UK)
   

Private Sector (Impact and innovation)

• AECOM (Worldwide)
• Boston Scientific (Multiple countries)
• Dell (Worldwide)
• DWF (multiple countries)
• Eastman (Worldwide)
• Enhance (Australia)
• Glassbox (Israel)
• HCL (Worldwide)
• Jacobs (Worldwide)
• Kate Davies (Scotland)
• KCGM (Australia)
• Marsh McLennan Agency (USA)
• MSD (Ireland)
• Photobox Group (UK)
• Raymond James (Canada)
• Santander (UK)
• Sutherland (UK)
   

Best IWD Event Pack use

• Fidelity International (UK)
• JLL (USA)
   

See IWD Best Practice winners and their case studies from the previous year. 

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