This Women’s Day 2021, Women of Fair Trade Choose to Challenge Inequality

On Women’s Day 2021 this 8th of March, Biji-biji Initiative invites you to join Fair Trade’s Women’s Day challenge.

Let’s celebrate the #WomenOfFairTrade in your enterprise and community who #ChooseToChallenge inequality.

Complete the challenge by posting photos and videos of the women in your organisation from the 1st to the 8th of March 2021, with hashtags of #WomenOfFairTrade and #ChooseToChallenge.

The Fair Trade movement will celebrate Women’s Day with stories of brave and inspiring women who are challenging paternalistic norms and overcoming gender barriers.

Join them by participating in Fair Trade’s social media challenge. Tell the world about you or any woman you know who is challenging inequality and challenge your friends to tell their stories, too, by tagging them in your post.

Help spread the stories of hope and inspiration by doing the Women’s Day Challenge.

how to join the Womens Day 2021 Challenge
Image from Women of Fair Trade 2021

Visit Fair Trade’s website www.wfto.com/womensday2021 to learn more about the celebration! 

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