23/05/2025
What is happening here is just hitting me so hard! For six months already, I've refrained from saying too much — but I am not saying enough. I keep thinking and thinking: should I speak up or just let it go, pretending that nothing is happening around me? Living my daily life as if nothing moves or revolts me.
I am not in the most protective seat where I can talk. I am, actually, in the most vulnerable one. I’ve reached a point where I must speak out.
Creating The Poderosas for minorities and starting my research in the U.S. have been some of the best things that have aligned with me. DEI has become a “bad word” that no one dares bring up. So, we changed our language, adapted, and evolved to fit the trend. A trend that I don’t like, a trend that doesn’t fit me, a trend that represses academic, researchers, and organizations from talking about gender equality and women’s rights to deserve what they’ve worked so hard for.
Foundations and companies — you name them — that seven months ago were so committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and gender equality have stopped financing large organizations that benefited from DEI efforts.
Please don’t hear me wrong: I’m all in for meritocracy! But that’s the crucial pain. Women are far more educated in the workplace but still underrepresented in leadership roles. The higher, the fewer they are. We still have a massive problem with maternity leave that needs to be addressed at a higher level.
Behind the fancy colors of our flyers is a whole mission. The one I’ve been thinking about for years. I co-created The Poderosas because I sincerely believe we need systemic change to achieve gender equality and fair, well-deserved representation at all levels — not marketing statements.
This is the cause I believe in and will continue to stand for. For all.
hashtag hashtag hashtag hashtag hashtag hashtag
