Delighted to launch
Cool cool. Something for women for a change.
We are delighted to launch the first West Cheshire Women in Leadership programme, in partnership with women leaders at Chester Racecourse, Cheshire West and Chester Council, the Countess of Chester Hospital, Lloyds Banking Group and the University of Chester.
The programme grew out of a panel discussion at the 2024 Storyhouse Women festival, entitled The Future of Chester is Female. With so many of Chester’s key organisations now run by women, we asked ourselves ‘how can we use this to benefit other women?’
That question led to the development of this programme. We are not representative of all women, but we have come together to share our lived experience with others, to support and inspire more women to gain confidence around leadership.
We hope you decide to join us.
Sounds good.
Vision:
To make West Cheshire a place where women leadership can thrive.
Aims:
- To provide support to women to increase the number in leadership positions
- To recognise and share the characteristics and principles of leadership demonstrated by women
- To strengthen the quality and diversity of leadership in the public, private and voluntary sectors across West Cheshire
Good, good.
Who is it for?
Women (including trans women or anyone identifying as non-binary) working in the public, private or voluntary sector…
Oh.
Not for women after all.
Don’t call it “for women” when it’s not.
Source: Jonny Best
The bit that I do not at all understand is including non-binary in something designed for women.
I disagree that TWAW, but I know far too many people accept that as gospel; therefore, they see no problem in including pretend women in women’s matters. But how the actual fuck does non binary = woman? Isn’t this the forced teaming of non binary people into a binary they eschew?
My suspicion is that it’s just “everyone is sort of kind of in some way a woman except for just plain men.”
Simle, really. YAnd whrn. I am a giraffe, but only on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays,,, (Pronouns: gronk / eyore.
Wasn’t there something about this in another recent post? Yes, there was:
I guess the general idea is that although “women” and “non-binary” are different, they face similar challenges as “non-men”.
This sounded creepy and dangerous the first time I read it, and it doesn’t improve with repitition, particularly when it is shorn of the “non-binary” condition, and applied to TiMs. This is the equivalent of inviting a vampire to cross your threshold and enter into a space in which it would not normally be welcome.