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"International Women’s Day 2024: ‘Invest in women: Accelerate progress’ In a world facing multiple crises that are putting immense pressure on communities, achieving gender equality is more vital than ever. Ensuring women’s and girls’ rights across all aspects of life is the only way to secure prosperous and just economies, and a healthy planet for future generations."

“March 6, 2024 is Equal Pay Day – not because the gender pay gap has improved, but because 2024 is a leap year.”

"Ignoring tech women leaders without addressing it will just keep sending the wrong message that women’s contributions are less important in the field, which is far from true. Women may be a minority in the tech field, but their impact is nonetheless colossal and deserves mainstream recognition.”

“She has always been tilting at windmills, as equal opportunities between men and women have long been dismissed as a fad, not only in society, but also in large parts of business and science.”

“Svetla is an electrical engineer (…). She describes herself as queer-feminist and gives insights into what this means to her. It's also about intersectionality and what a community based on women's solidarity can look like.”

“Imposter syndrome is real, and everybody feels it. All you can do to combat it is not underestimate yourself. Speak up and know that you deserve a seat at the table. It’s all about hard work, but also making sure that your voice is heard.”

Jutta Allmendinger is President of the Berlin Social Science Center and Professor at Humboldt University in Berlin. She focuses on the sociology of the life course, with questions of gender equality at the center of her academic work.