My employer setup a write-up submission competition on the topic below to gain entry into
"The United Nations International Women's Day Breakfast 2020" in Brisbane, Australia. My write-up below made the cut and it was a humbling experience to be one of the very few people representing my company at such a coveted event, and absorb the vibe and energy of extremely accomplished women.
#EachforEqual – I am
Generation Equal. What does this mean
to you?
In an era where women are mocked for hypocrisy
and double standards about Equality and Empowerment, #EachForEqual to me
sounds like an unstated norm of life, which needs contextual redefining every
now and then.
When a woman is denied promotion post childbirth,
I am that woman who would rally behind the new mom to redefine equal
opportunity and uphold empowerment.
When a woman suffers a gender-based pay gap, I
am that woman who would redefine pay equality regardless of gender or race and
be a crusader for pay-parity.
But, when a woman at a workplace is being coaxed
by her male manager to raise a harassment complaint against another male co-worker to
eliminate him from being a potential threat as a contender to his managerial
position, then I am that woman who would stand by that male co-worker. I would
redefine the liberties women are granted to accuse men of harassment.
#EachForEqual to me is also about standing by every righteous man because you
are a woman, and your opinion matters more in such vulnerable circumstances.
And when a woman physically assaults innocent
public, and the men onlookers stand still watching the spectacle, afraid of
interfering due to the fear of being accused of harassment against women, that
is when I am that woman who would redefine empowerment. I would stand by every
man who would lawfully do the needful to stop the physical assault and give no
special status to the assailant for being a woman.
That would be my true calling of I am Generation
Equal.
