Women

When we celebrate International Women’s Day, few realise the link to Russia’s February Revolution, when women from the textile factories in Saint Petersburg (then Petrograd) went on strike for ‘bread and peace’. Seven days later, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated, and the government granted women the right to vote. Today, the Global Gender Gap report shows we still have a long way to go to ensure equal opportunities for women. We have the inspiring role models, like Greta Thunberg, Mary Barra, Sanna Marin, Rose Marcario and Jacinda Arden. But we must continue to support the bottom-up people’s movement for change.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 3. Buy on Lulu ↗