IWD 2024 Collaborative Partnerships

International Women's Day (IWD) provides a key opportunity for organizations worldwide to reinforce and amplify their ongoing commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion through actively forging women's advancement. The IWD website is a collaborative and inclusive platform that elevates and amplifies impactful activity and resources that help forge a more inclusive and gender equal world.

Is women's advancement key to your organization? Looking to collaborate on activity supporting the IWD 2024 Inspire Inclusion campaign? Seeking to provide relevant tools/resources, information/thought leadership, products/services, research, events, fundraising or further activity to help groups worldwide #InspireInclusion? IWD 2024 collaborative partnership proposals are invited.


IWD 2024 Partnerships

Scottish Widows is one of the UKs leading pension providers. Their latest data shows that despite more women saving into a pension, the gender pension gap persists and won't go away without action. The average young woman today is on track to retire with around £100k less than a man, the gap jumps from £100 to £100,000 over her working life. Decisions made in a woman's 20s and 30s can have a massive impact on future financial outcomes. This International Women's Day, Scottish Widows new Beat the Gap tool will arm women with the information they need to navigate a pension system that continues to be better suited to a typically male savings journey and help women today become the first generation to achieve pensions equality. #InspireInclusion

The lastminute.com London Eye is the world's largest cantilevered observation wheel, at 135 meter high it's London's only moving view of the city. Built to celebrate the millennium, since 2000 London Eye has taken multimillions of people on a journey across London's skyline. A symbol of the London community and a symbol known internationally, London Eye is proud to be the iconic landmark leading the annual IWD Light Up. With the importance of #InspireInclusion ever increasing, the London Eye team continually looks to amplify focus on women's equality, celebrate women's achievements, and increase community awareness in London and beyond.

ITN Business is part of the award-winning global independent news and multimedia company, ITN, and produces broadcast standard, sector focused news-style programming and digital campaigns. Through stories of innovation, best practice and thought leadership, audiences are engaged in impactful conversation that builds greater understanding around key issues, raises awareness, and challenges perceptions. Women's Health: The Future We Deserve supports IWD 2024 activity through aiming to #InspireInclusion of women’s health needs and interests in femtech, workplace health, reproduction, and more.

Clear Channel is one of the largest Out of Home media and infrastructure companies. As both a Platform for Brands and a Platform for Good, Clear Channel delivers on advertisers' media objectives whilst having a positive impact on the world around us. Clear Channel supports 50+ charities and social good organisations, amplifying causes that matter to their people as well as the communities in which the company operates. The partnership with International Women’s Day has been spearheaded by Clear Channel's Women's & Gender Equality Crew (ERG) to help #InspireInclusion at scale.

World Association of Girl Guides & Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), an IWD Charity of Choice since 2007, is the largest voluntary movement dedicated to empowering girls and young women in the world. Representing 8.9 million members from 153 countries WAGGGS has transformed the lives of girls and young women for over a century, supporting and empowering them to achieve their fullest potential. IWD 2024 sees WAGGGS rally its global membership to step forward and #InspireInclusion to create an equal world where all girls can thrive.

Lean In is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help women achieve their ambitions and create a more equal world. Through their global community and research-backed programs, Lean In fosters professional development and inclusion for women in the workplace through programs such as Lean In Circles, which provide peer mentorship, support, and leadership training, and 50 Ways to Fight Bias, which helps individuals identify and challenge gender bias. Lean In is proud to provide #InspireInclusion resources and co-host an IWD #InspireInclusion event.

Typism is a global community providing inspiration, guidance, and resources for lettering artists to embrace their passion, amplify skills, and thrive in the world of lettering. Typism brings together a community of industry experts and successful lettering artists with a shared love of lettering via events, resources, and membership. Each year, Typism delivers a hugely popular International Women's Day Lettering Challenge supporting the annual campaign theme. The IWD 2024 #InspireInclusion Lettering Challenge celebrates the work of women creatives and spotlights their work, encouraging fee-based commissions.

Lean In Girls is a leadership program that helps girls see themselves as leaders in a world that often tells them they’re not. The program seeks to equip girls to be self-assured, resilient, and inclusive everyday leaders. Lean In Girls is proud to partner with International Women's Day to equip caregivers and organizations with resources to #InspireInclusion for all girls, and to co-host a special IWD 2024 virtual event.


International Women's Day Charities of Choice

International Women's Day provides a key opportunity to fundraise for female-focused charities, help raise visibility, and amplify awareness raising.

Each year the IWD website successfully generates significant financial donations for a range of registered charities across the world. 100% of proceeds are facilitated to go directly from donors to the charity. To date, the largest single unrestricted donation sourced through the IWD website for an individual registered charity was a hefty six figure corporate giving sum paid directly to the charity. The IWD website doesn't receive nor accept any portion of donations or financial reward as the purpose of IWD giving is to philanthropically "Support the Supporters" 100%. So for IWD Giving, please dig deep to show appreciation and support for the impactful and life-changing work of female-focused registered charities. It is kindly suggested that IWD events accommodate some form of IWD Giving.

WAGGGS is the International Women's Day charity partner

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) supports girls and young women to take the lead in creating a fair, equal and sustainable world - whether campaigning to end violence, advocating against period-poverty or helping communities respond to COVID-19, WAGGGS puts girls at the forefront of change providing a chance to reach their full potential and drive progress on some of the world's biggest issues. WAGGGS is the largest international organisation dedicated to girls and young women worldwide, serving a diverse community of over 8.9 million across 153 countries. Visit WAGGGS or donate.

Catalyst supports International Women's Day

Catalyst is a leading nonprofit organization with a mission to accelerate progress for women through workplace inclusion. They're dedicated to creating workplaces where employees representing every dimension of diversity can thrive. They act as a catalyst through their pioneering research, tools and services, events and recognition programs. Together, their offerings raise awareness of how inclusion benefits today's global businesses, and provide guidance and solutions on how to enact real change. Visit Catalyst or donate.

Fundraising

IWD Charity Alliance provides important fundraising for female-focused charities through elevating visibility and amplifying awareness-raising efforts. 100% of donor funds are paid direct from donor to the charity, with the largest single unrestricted donation secured through IWD for a charity being a hefty 6 figure sum. Support the important work of registered charities advancing women and girls.

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