VivaWomen! UK

Well done to #madfest24 for a great set of talks in the Female Leaders Club this pm. Here are a few snippets that resonated with Publicis Groupe ‘s Claire Meadows : Stefanie Sword-Williams FRSA (she/her) talk, and mindset. 💫For galvanising people (not just women) to be less modest, even if selling yourself feels cringy 💫to remember that “If you don’t take up space, someone else will take your place- don’t wait to be invited, invite yourself. 💫stop entertaining fictionalised narratives, we can be our own worst critic. Katie Street and the panellists Lisa Paasche and Seb Randle discussing the importance of male activists, not just male allies ☝️ they highlighted the need for men and women to speak up when they see or hear bad behaviours - to themselves or others. Not just to stop the behaviour but to increase understanding and awareness of what is ok and what is not ☝️it might not be easy to call it out, but people need to understand if they say something that makes you feel crap 💩 it’s not ok. ☝️many times it might not be unintentional - which is why it’s worth the conversation. Thank you for a great set of talks we wish we had time to see them all!

On Wednesday we got artsy 🧑🎨 with a Paint & Pints evening! 🎨 🍺 🎨 we had a great turn out of over 30 women and men from our Chancery Lane, White City and Turnmills offices 🎨 we got to try lots of delicious beer thanks to Bitter Women Brewery🍺 🎨 it was a friendly, low key social networking event designed to bring people together across Groupe who otherwise might not ever have reason to meet or socialise together 🎨 we created lovely works of art from fruit 🍉 to landscapes 🏞️ to animals 🦊 Thank you to everyone who came along and to those who helped to make it a success! 💫 👏 Laura Mason Claire Meadows Kellie Murray Fê Sasson Reshma Prygiel Rosie Shepherd Julia Schinle Fifi Ahmed

International Women’s Day is a time to acknowledge the achievements of women and highlight the need to accelerate progress towards gender equality and the protection of women & girls’ rights.  Active in more than 30 cities worldwide, Publicis Groupe's VivaWomen! is dedicated to women's empowerment and illustrates the Power of One in action, for and with employees. This March, we invite all Publicis Groupe employees to show their commitment to women’s empowerment by learning more about and amplifying the work we do around the world as well as the work of Publicis Groupe’s Women’s Forum on Marcel.

What a brilliant evening of sharing, learning, networking and celebrating to mark IWD. Big thank you’s to Samantha Hiew, PhD for your insightful presentation on neurodivergence, to Paula Cunnington, Julia Franks, Katie Hudson and Christina Lemieux for the inspiring panel discussion, to Publicis Sapient UK for hosting us, to Floragy for the lovely skincare products for our goodie bags, to the entire enABLE and Divergent Mind teams for your partnership, to our VivaWomen! UK board and to all of you who joined us in person or online.     A final thank you goes to Christina for her four years of service as chair of VivaWomen! UK. Last night we were delighted to announce our next co-chairs – Laura Mason, Senior Designer at PG ONE and Claire Meadows, Head of Commerce Strategy at Publicis•Poke. They are perfectly placed to lead VivaWomen! UK into the future.    Fifi Ahmed, Rafe Blandford, Mandy Rayment, Kellie Murray, Milly Stannard, Rosie Shepherd, Shukri Osman, Charlie Oates, Julia Schinle, Sanchia Neilson, Katherine Gardner, Hanna Bouazzaoui, Fiona Kimberley-Brown, Justina Sohl, Jamie Vickery, Dixie Maloney, Oli Baxter-Hughes, Brad Moss, PepTalk

People of Publicis Groupe UK - join us tomorrow to mark IWD with an inspiring event where we'll hear from Samantha Hiew, PhD, an ADHD expert who's been featured in The Guardian, Grazia and Stylist, followed by a panel discussion with Katie Hudson, Global Head of Innovation and Chair of Divergent Minds, Paula Cunnington, our Chief Talent Officer, Christina Lemieux, Executive Strategy Director and Chair of VivaWomen! UK and Julia Franks, Organic Growth Director and Co-Lead of enABLE. There will be canapés and drinks supplied by women-led businesses, goodie bags and lots of brilliant networking. We can't wait to see you there.

Congratulations to our chair, Christina Lemieux, for being shortlisted for the IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) 2024 #iList along with Qamar K., Prianka Ramlugun, Justin Rock and Nic Alford who were also shortlisted from Publicis Groupe UK. They and the other 2024 iListers are doing an amazing job in leading the charge for diversity, equity, and inclusion within the advertising industry.

We are beyond delighted to announce that Samantha Hiew, PhD will be speaking at our IWD event happening a week from today. Samantha - who has been featured on Loose Women and in The Guardian, Stylist and Grazia - specialises in demystifying ADHD and neurodiversity, using her background in medical science. She's also the Founder and Director of ADHD Girls. We can't wait for her to join our IWD event.

People of Publicis Groupe UK - join us two weeks from today for a brilliant event to mark International Women's Day. In partnership with fellow EAGs Divergent Minds and Enable, we will be coming together to shine a light on the disproportionate challenges women face at work when living with or caring for someone with a condition and what we can do to help them thrive. There will be a fabulous keynote speaker, followed by a rich discussion and attendees can join in person or virtually. Christina Lemieux, Kellie Murray, Laura Mason, Claire Meadows, Fifi Ahmed, Milly Stannard, Rosie Shepherd, Fiona Kimberley-Brown, Hanna Bouazzaoui, Julia Franks, Katherine Gardner and the rest of the ViaWomen! UK, Divergent Minds and Enable boards can't wait to see you there.

VivaWomen! UK were honoured to be 2023 delegates at the Women's Forum for the Economy & Society (A Publicis Groupe company) where we heard from a wide range of women (and men) leading the way to create a more equitable world. We heard inspirational stories from change makers Helen Gwanfogbe Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman, Begoña Lasagabaster and Chelsea Clinton amongst others and were challenged to be the change we need to see in education, corporations and society at large. Perhaps the most inspiring moment of the forum for us was to see so many accomplished female leaders from across Publicis Groupe take the stage, from Agathe Bousquet and Demet İkiler to Suzi LeVine and, of course, Anne-Gabrielle Heilbronner. #wfgm23 Video credit to Fifi Ahmed

A week ago today we brought together 100+ employees from across Publicis Groupe UK , 10 inspiring mentors and one fabulous keynote speaker for a super-charged evening of face-to-face speed mentoring. It was one of our biggest and best mentoring events, and we are so grateful to our inspiring mentors, including Alice Olins , our co-sponsors, Égalité - Publicis Groupe , our hosts, PG ONE , and our wonderful VivaWomen! UK board members Laura Mason , Claire Meadows , Fifi Ahmed , Milly Stannard , Charlie Oates , Kellie Murray , Mandy Rayment , Sanchia Neilson , Rosie Shepherd , Tahmina Yasmin , Julia Schinle & Christina Lemieux for making this event the success it was.