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Today, March 8th, marks International Women’s Day 2025, a time to celebrate the achievements of women across all industries and reflect on the progress still to be made toward gender equality. This year’s theme, “Accelerate Action,” calls on all of us to recognise the strategies, resources, and activities that positively impact women’s advancement and to support and elevate these efforts for faster, broader progress.
The Importance of Women in Technology
The tech industry has long been a space dominated by men, but women have played a crucial role in shaping innovation and driving progress. From Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, to Grace Hopper, a pioneer of modern computing, through to Lindsay Willott, the founder of Customer Thermometer and winner of the Queen’s award for Enterprise and International Trade, female leaders have been instrumental in advancing technology. Today, women continue to break barriers, leading global tech companies, driving AI advancements, and shaping the future of cybersecurity, cloud computing, and IT services.
Why Gender Diversity Matters in IT
As a managed IT Services Provider, we see firsthand how diverse teams bring fresh perspectives, innovative problem-solving, and improved decision-making. Research consistently shows that businesses with gender-diverse teams outperform those without, benefiting from a wider range of ideas and experiences. In the fast-evolving world of IT, fostering an inclusive environment is not just the right thing to do—it’s a business advantage.
Recognizing Women in Our Industry
Within the MSP and IT services sector, women are making a significant impact. From technical engineers to business leaders, women are leading teams, driving strategy, and pushing the boundaries of what technology can do for businesses. While there is still work to be done to close the gender gap, the progress we see today is promising.
Supporting the Supporters: Accelerate Action for Gender Equality
One of the best ways to forge gender equality is to understand what works and do more of it, faster. Accelerate Action is a worldwide call to acknowledge impactful strategies and resources that positively affect women’s advancement and to support and elevate their implementation. Significant barriers to gender equality remain, yet with the right action and support, positive progress can be made for women everywhere.
The IWD 2025 call-to-action emphasises supporting the organisations and individuals working tirelessly to advance gender equality. From grassroots groups to large-scale philanthropic entities, many are delivering critical work to assist women and girls. Through IWD GIVING, March 8 can become one of the biggest giving days of the year, with donations directed to both large global charities and smaller, grassroots organizations making a real difference.
How Can You Help Accelerate Action?
As individuals, we can all take steps to positively impact women’s advancement in our daily lives. This includes calling out stereotypes, challenging discrimination, questioning bias, celebrating women’s successes, and sharing knowledge and encouragement.
Impactful organisations and groups across the world are helping to accelerate action in areas like:
• Forging women’s economic empowerment
• Recruiting, retaining, and developing diverse talent
• Supporting women and girls into leadership, decision-making, business, and STEM
• Designing and building infrastructure that meets the needs of women and girls
• Helping women and girls make informed decisions about their health
• Involving women and girls in sustainable agriculture and food security
• Providing access to quality education and training
• Elevating women’s and girls’ participation and achievement in sport
• Promoting the creative and artistic talents of women and girls
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At Bluespires, we believe that creating an inclusive workplace is key to fostering innovation and growth. We are proud to work alongside talented women in technology and are committed to supporting initiatives that encourage more women to enter and thrive in the IT industry.
This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the contributions of women in technology and recognise the leaders, engineers, and innovators shaping the future of IT. Let’s continue to champion diversity, inspire change, and support the next generation of women in tech.
To learn more about International Women’s Day and its global initiatives, visit International Women’s Day 2025.