{"id":16737,"date":"2024-03-08T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=16737"},"modified":"2024-03-08T11:08:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T16:08:07","slug":"inspiring-inclusion-this-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/newsroom\/article\/inspiring-inclusion-this-international-womens-day","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring Inclusion This International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Each year on March 8, thousands around the world observe International Women\u2019s Day, which celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women globally. This day challenges us to imagine a gender equal world\u2014one free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. And this year\u2019s theme, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">#InspireInclusion<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, encourages us to collectively forge a more inclusive world for women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">At Blackbaud, we want to continue building a culture that not only inspires inclusion but provides every employee a sense of relevance, empowerment, and belonging. To celebrate, Blackbaud employees across the company are sharing tangible ways they\u2019re inspiring women\u2019s inclusion, celebrating those who have included them, and offering practical steps all of us can take to inspire inclusion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Read what they had to share below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16739 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CAMERON_IWD2024-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CAMERON_IWD2024-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CAMERON_IWD2024-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CAMERON_IWD2024-150x150.png 150w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/JESSICA_IWD2024-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/JESSICA_IWD2024-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/JESSICA_IWD2024-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/JESSICA_IWD2024-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/JESSICA_IWD2024.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16740 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/EMILY_IWD2024-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/EMILY_IWD2024-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/EMILY_IWD2024-300x300.png 300w, 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This day challenges us to imagine a gender equal world\u2014one free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. And this year\u2019s theme, #InspireInclusion, encourages us to collectively forge a more inclusive world for women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":16738,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"news-category":[481],"news-topic":[],"class_list":["post-16737","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-announcements"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Inspiring Inclusion This International Women\u2019s Day - Blackbaud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"International Women\u2019s Day challenges us to imagine a gender equal world and encourages us to collectively forge a more inclusive world for women.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/newsroom\/article\/inspiring-inclusion-this-international-womens-day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Inspiring Inclusion This International Women\u2019s Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"International Women\u2019s Day challenges us to imagine a gender equal world and encourages us to collectively forge a more inclusive world for women.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/newsroom\/article\/inspiring-inclusion-this-international-womens-day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blackbaud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackbaud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-08T16:08:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IWD_Blackbaud-Blog.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@blackbaud\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/newsroom\/article\/inspiring-inclusion-this-international-womens-day\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/newsroom\/article\/inspiring-inclusion-this-international-womens-day\",\"name\":\"Inspiring Inclusion This International Women\u2019s Day - 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