International Women's Day 2024

Michelle John • March 8, 2024

International Women's Day 2024

The theme for this year’s international women’s day is inspire and inclusion. At PEGS we are so privileged to know and work alongside some incredible women who are doing equally incredible things. To celebrate our connections, their work and who inspire us, we wanted to dedicate this blog to them. A message from PEGS Found Director “Thank you for being the woman you are, for using your voice to help those in need, for being part of the change women need. Thank you for inspiring me, for including me in your world, for helping me grow and to be a better leader and women. I am privileged and thankful to know you, to work alongside you and I will always be one of your biggest cheerleaders “


Carrie Bower – Domestic Abuse lead at Age UK https://www.ageuk.org.uk/discover/2023/december/what-we-know-now-about-older-victims-of-domestic-abuse/ and Know your place https://carrievftraining.co.uk/

Prashansha Sharma - https://www.theheartbreakhealer.co.uk/

Dipti Solanki https://diptisolanki.com/grief-coaching/

Viran Wiltshire - Specialist Crime Review Officer – Metropolitan Police

Tabitha Ross Brown -CEO Parent Real Talk https://www.parentrealtalk.com/copy-of-who-we-are

Medina Johnson – Chief Executive IrisI https://irisi.org/

Lucy Wade - https://ydom.co.uk/ and https://ydom.co.uk/podcasts/

Gemma Roberts – Safenet https://safenet.org.uk/ and Director at the FlyAnyway Foundation https://www.iamthequeenbee.co.uk/flyanyway

Natalie Handcock – Mid and West Wales VAWGSV Regional Advisor https://cysur.wales/

Michelle Whelan – Chief Executive Calan DVS https://www.calandvs.org.uk/en/

Polly Harrar – Sharan Project https://sharan.org.uk/about-us/ EDAC https://edacuk.org/

Amanda Warburton -Wynn - https://awdaconsultancy.com/

Dr Beverly Gilbert – Senior Lecturer domestic/ sexual violence and criminology https://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/profiles/beverley-gilbert

Elize Freeman and the team at Dewis Choice https://dewischoice.org.uk/about-us/research-team/

Rebecca Leche CEO of TOU - https://thinkingofu.app/

Emma Pickering – Head of technology – facilitated abuse and Economic empowerment at Refuge https://refuge.org.uk/


Our fabulous PEGS team could not be missed off this – Directors Elaine Higgins and Emma Thomas, and the team doing the do - Ellie, Sophia, Emma, Sharon, Chloe B, Chole E, Tasha, Dani


Our Advisory Board – Dr Amanda Holt, Thien – Trang Nguyen Phan, Caroline Caesar - Caston, Vickie Crompton, Shani Wright, Lucy Giles. Becky Weaver, Julie Mackay


Please do check out these amazing women who are doing amazing things, let them know PEGS sent you!

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