{"id":6784,"date":"2024-03-07T18:53:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T18:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turtletots.com\/uk\/?p=6784"},"modified":"2024-03-07T18:53:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T18:53:32","slug":"international-womens-day-in-the-world-of-baby-toddler-swimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtletots.com\/uk\/news\/national\/international-womens-day-in-the-world-of-baby-toddler-swimming\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women\u2019s Day: Committed to empowering women in the world of Baby &#038; Toddler Swimming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalwomensday.com\/\">International Women&#8217;s Day (IWD)<\/a> is a global celebration of women&#8217;s achievements, a call to action for gender equality, and a time to reflect on the progress made and the challenges that lie ahead. This year, as we commemorate International Women&#8217;s Day, it is essential to recognise the incredible strides women have made and the work still needed to create a more inclusive and equitable world for all.<\/p>\n<p>The theme of International Women&#8217;s Day 2024 is, \u2018Inspire Inclusion\u2019, acknowledging the need to inspire others to understand and value women\u2019s inclusion and encourage women themselves to develop a sense of belonging, relevance, and empowerment in every part of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Turtle Tots Co-Founder, Caroline Sparks says, \u201cAt Turtle Tots, we believe that we have created a strong platform for women to feel valued and empowered. A community that, for the past 12 years, has supported many women in realising their dream of owning their own business through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turtletots.com\/uk\/franchising-opportunities\">franchising<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have witnessed them grow and develop their commercial skills, reach key business milestones, and support thousands of families through our fun-filled, award-winning programme that, not only teaches vital water safety and swimming skills, but supports each child\u2019s physical, social and emotional development, and encourages bonding between parents and their little ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn turn, those women have helped many others to develop meaningful and successful careers as baby &amp; toddler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turtletots.com\/uk\/about-us\/why-turtle-tots\/our-teachers\">swimming teachers<\/a> and business administrators and have continued to uphold our key values of supporting equality and diversity throughout our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly proud of everyone at Turtle Tots. However, celebrating International Women&#8217;s Day is not just about honouring the achievements of women; it is also about shining a spotlight on issues such as gender inequality, unequal pay, limited access to education and healthcare, gender-based violence, and underrepresentation in leadership roles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInternational Women\u2019s Day gives us the opportunity to evaluate and renew our commitment to breaking down the barriers, empowering women, and girls, mentoring the next generation of business leaders, and ultimately being brave enough to challenge stereotypes and biases in our everyday lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed as a company to ensuring that all our business leaders, employees, and partners, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, and socioeconomic status are treated fairly, have the same opportunities to achieve their goals, feel safe at all times, and are rewarded equally for their contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we encourage all our fellow business leaders to double down on their commitments to strive for a world where every woman and girl can live free from discrimination, pursue her dream, and contribute her talents fairly and equally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Happy International Women&#8217;s Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Women&#8217;s Day (IWD) is a global celebration of women&#8217;s achievements, a call to action for gender equality, and a time to reflect on the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,199],"tags":[],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-milestones","category-wellbeing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>International Women\u2019s Day: Committed to empowering women in the world of Baby &amp; 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