9 impactful steps to #AccelerateAction.

The 2025 theme, #AccelerateAction, is a call for organisations to move beyond awareness and take meaningful, everyday steps that enable women to thrive at work. Real progress doesn’t just happen on global observance days; it’s created in the daily choices, practices and culture of an organisation.

These nine simple steps give leaders and teams practical ways to embed inclusion and equity into their workplace. From recognising women’s contributions and challenging bias to creating supportive policies and building allyship, each action is a small but powerful lever for change.

Nine everyday actions

1. Share women’s achievements
   In meetings, on social media.
2. Recognise that women and men lead differently
   Respect and value diverse leadership styles.
3. Understand when people need flexibility
   Don’t judge, support.
4. Give credit where it’s due
   Acknowledge women’s contributions.
5. Support women-owned businesses
6. Ask women about their lived experiences
   Listen to understand.
7. Avoid giving women invisible work
   For example, note-taking and organising social events.
8. Challenge double standards
   Stop labelling women as “bossy” for being assertive.
9. Call out interruptions
   When women are spoken over.

By using this material, organisations can celebrate International Women’s Day not just symbolically, but tangibly: enabling women at work, accelerating impact and shaping a culture where everyone has the opportunity to succeed.