As Blogging for a Cause day nears...

As the inaugural Emergen Blogging for a Cause day nears, I have butterflies in my stomach due to the anticipation of the brilliance that is to come (no pressure!).

Seriously though, I’m looking forward to it, and I hope you are too!

I know that the topic - International Women’s Day - may not immediately jump out at everyone (especially the men) but i think it’s important to realise that all of us have a part to play on this day.

Be it through celebrating the women who gave us life - our mothers, or the women who gave them life - our grandmothers.

Or by supporting our sisters, wives, girlfriends, cousins or friends.

Or through acknowledging certain facts, such those provided by the World Health Organisation:

'At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime - with the abuser usually someone known to her'.

LEE Jong-Wook, Director-General, World Health Organization.

Therefore I urge you to get involved! And don’t let the anxiety of ‘I’ve never posted before’ or ‘I don’t write well’ get in the way, for:

• We all start off thinking that; and
• This is probably the perfect time to start!

So please, join us by composing a blog post using the theme 'International Women's Day' and posting on March 8. We can all then get on board and share the posts via Twitter (#IWD and #Emergen), Facebook, LinkedIn and so on to spread our words and inspire!

'So make a difference, think globally and act locally.'
 
You can find more information about International Women’s Day at the following link:
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp