International Women's Day + Women's History Month 2023

Join us throughout the month of March.

Women on Board

Accelerate Equity in Your Workplace with Catalyst

This year, during International Women’s Day (March 8) and Women’s History Month (in the US, UK, and Australia), join us as we celebrate the individuals and organizations who #EmbraceEquity and create cultures where problem-solving as well as individual work engagement and experiences of inclusion at work are likely to go up.

We’re working together to demonstrate the importance of advocating for inclusion within organizations and industries across the globe through community, connection, research, resources and speaker spotlights.

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MARCH 1-11 + IWD: MARCH 8 

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY + GENDER EQUITY


Let’s kick off International Women’s Day (March 8) and Women’s History Month (in the US, UK, and Australia). Re-energize your community by learning about and elevating the continued, necessary, and meaningful work around gender equity in workplaces.



Featured Catalyst Workshop

Facilitated by a live Catalyst expert through a secure virtual learning platform, this workshop empowers leaders, from executives to frontline employees, with critical knowledge and skills to build more inclusive workplaces.

Featured Catalyst Resources

Through transformative research and innovative tools driven by experts, these Catalyst resources will help you work towards achieving greater gender equity and inclusion in your workplace.

This Week’s Speakers Include:


Reshma Saujani
Founder and CEO, Moms First;
Founder,Girls Who Code

Karen Collins
Chief Talent Officer,
BMO Financial Group

JOIN THIS WEEK’S CONVERSATION:

How does inclusion thrive through Gender Equity and why is it important to you?

Tag @catalystinc on social sharing your response and use hashtag #InclusionThrives with your response.

MARCH 12-18

PAY EQUITY


Reinforce your commitment to pay equity and closing the pay gap across all industries and workforces so women thrive and join us for a special LinkedIn Live on March 15 hosted by Catalyst CEO and President Lorraine Hariton.


Featured Catalyst Workshop

Facilitated by a live Catalyst expert through a secure virtual learning platform, this workshop empowers leaders, from executives to frontline employees, with critical knowledge and skills to build more inclusive workplaces.

Featured Catalyst Resources

Through transformative research and innovative tools driven by experts, these Catalyst resources will help you work towards achieving greater gender equity and inclusion in your workplace.


This Week’s Speakers Include:


Kadie Ward
Commissioner and Chief
Administrative Officer
Pay Equity Commission

Kathy Warden Headshot

Kathy J. Warden
Chair, CEO and President
Northrop Grumman

Leslie Patterson
Americas & US DEI Leader
Ernst & Young, LLP

JOIN THIS WEEK’S CONVERSATION:

How does Pay Equity ensure #InclusionThrives, and why is it important for companies to track, measure or create policies to close the gender Pay Gap?

Tag @catalystinc on social sharing your response and use hashtag #InclusionThrives with your response.

MARCH 19-25

GENDER PARTNERSHIP


Reinvest in the importance of gender partnership in creating greater equity for everyone and explore the impact that allyship can have across your company.


Featured Catalyst Workshops

Facilitated by a live Catalyst expert, our workshops empower leaders, from executives to frontline employees, with critical knowledge and skills to build inclusive workplaces. Additionally, MARC curriculum disrupts traditional DEI approaches to enhance gender partnership through research-based experiential learning.

Featured Catalyst Resources

Through transformative research and innovative tools driven by experts, these Catalyst resources will help you work towards achieving greater gender equity and inclusion in your workplace.

This Week’s Speakers Include:


Kristin Peck
Chief Executive Officer
Zoetis

Terry Stone
Managing Partner, Americas
Oliver Wyman

Cynthia Bowman
Chief Diversity and Inclusion and Corporate Social Responsibility Officer
Bank of America

JOIN THIS WEEK’S CONVERSATION:

How can men partner with other men to help
advance cultures of inclusion?

Tag @catalystinc on social sharing your response and use hashtag #InclusionThrives with your response.

MARCH 26-31

ACCELERATING EQUITY ON ALL FRONTS


Let’s finish Women’s History Month by reinforcing the need for an intersectional approach to inclusion and the importance of creating diverse workplaces that encourage, advance, and accelerate women everywhere.

Join us at the Catalyst Awards Conference and Dinner, in New York City and online, on March 30.


Featured Catalyst Workshop + Advisory Services

Facilitated by Catalyst experts, our workshop curriculum empowers leaders, from executives to frontline employees, with critical knowledge and skills to build more inclusive workplaces. Additionally, Catalyst’s Advisory Services offer cutting-edge consultation to global organizations at all stages of their DEI journey.

Featured Catalyst Resources

Through transformative research and innovative tools driven by experts, these Catalyst resources will help you work towards achieving greater gender equity and inclusion in your workplace.

This Week’s Speakers Include:


Jennifer Kingston
Head of Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Edward Jones

Kavitha Prabhakar
Chief DEI Officer
Deloitte US

Albert Bourla
Chairman and CEO
Pfizer

JOIN THIS WEEK’S CONVERSATION:

Tell us about an inspiring initiative, program, or
effort led by your company to improve equity for
employees at all levels.

Tag @catalystinc on social sharing your response and use hashtag #InclusionThrives with your response.

The Tools You’ll Need

Catalyst Supporters ensure inclusive policies, practices, and programs stay at the top of their corporate priority lists. Get involved in the #InclusionThrives campaign and make this month of conversation and celebration as easy as possible with these supporter-exclusive resources.


If you are an employee of a Catalyst Supporter, please make sure you registered and logged in using your work email address.

Not from a Catalyst Supporter organization,
but still want to participate?

Non-supporters still have an opportunity to participate. We have curated a selection of sharable social graphics for you:

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MARCH 30 | ONLINE & IN PERSON

Join Us at the Premier Gender Equity Conference & Awards Event


The 2023 Catalyst Awards Conference & Dinner will take place on Thursday, March 30 in New York City and online. This year’s theme, Accelerating Equity on All Fronts—So Women Thrive, urges leaders to build more gender-equitable workplaces from the frontlines to the C-suite.

a graphic with three headshots from left to right of Albert Bourla, Reshma Saujani, and Lorraine Hariton, there is a dark blue and purple background illuminating them and the words Catalyst Awards in neon pink letters in the background, with the date March 30, 2022 in white at the top of the event title
2023 Catalyst Awards Featured Speakers

Albert Bourla
Chairman and CEO Pfizer
Reshma Saujani
Founder and CEO, Moms First; Founder, Girls Who Code
Lorraine Hariton
President and CEO, Catalyst


Thank You To Our Donors

We thank our Advancing Women donors for their generous support of International Women’s Day.

 

Lead Donor
Bank of America logo
Major Donor
Altria Group, Inc.

 

Partner Donors
BMO Financial Group
Deloitte
KKR
Raytheon Technologies
Zoetis
Supporter Donors
Carnival Corporation
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Edward Jones
Linda L. Addison
Mary B. Cranston
Shellye Archambeau

 

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