International Women’s Day 2018

The Collective
The Collectivist
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3 min readMar 8, 2018

It’s International Women’s Day! To celebrate the strong, empowering and successful females in our workplace, we asked the women of The Collective a simple but meaningful question:

What does being a woman in 2018 mean to you?

Victoria, our queen of recruitment

“Gender pay gap — women deserve the same! And we finally have shared parental leave!”

— Victoria, recruitment queen

“Breaking down walls.”

— Lydia, venues manager to the stars

“Accept it — women do it better.” — Lora, tech genius

Jenny, our front of house heroine

“To feel empowered, support my fellow ladies and ready to seriously stand my ground.”

— Jenny, our excellent workspace exec

“It means being united and optimistic, together.”

Nabila, our super talented head of talent

“When we stand up for our beliefs, we make the world a better place to live!”

— Bien, powerful programme manager of The Collective Foundation

“Standing up for what you believe in, side by side.”

Zoe, our junior interior architect

“Confidence. Sometimes you gotta be a beauty and a beast.” — Alice, stellar venue manager

Sanaa, finance queen

“Powerful, successful, independent. Behind every successful person, is a woman.”

— Sanaa, finance queen

“Being a woman today means being supported and supporting others. It means being true to yourself, in any way you can.” — Alyssa, social media guru

“Where there is unity, there is victory.”

— Elle, executive assistant extraordinaire

“Being a woman in 2018 means immortalising all resilience in a moronically beautiful world.” — Rosie, our amazing new community host

Bria, our star community member: “Being a woman in 2018 means being unstoppable.”

“Being a woman in 2018 means being unstoppable.”

— Bria, community member extraordinaire

“Elevation. We’re so lucky to share this world with so many incredible women, for me this year is about using our voices, strength and compassion to empower one another.”

— Tempe, brand boss lady

So, what does being a woman in 2018 mean to you? Tell us your thoughts in the comments!

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