GSC Celebrates International Women’s Day 2025

This year’s UN Women theme for International Women’s Day was ‘For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.’ – a vital call to action aligned with the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the globally recognised blueprint for women and girls’ rights. As a female-founded company that spotlights and accelerates female-led start-ups, GSC is committed to building inclusive spaces to address systemic barriers and elevate marginalised voices.

On March 5 we attended the CIPR Missing Women panel event which revealed a shortfall of 3,910 female PR practitioners who have either left the industry mid-career or failed to advance to senior positions – reinforcing the critical work still needed to advance discussions of gender disparity within the industry. The results of this study highlight why events like the Athena40‘s Women and Sustainability Awards – which GSC was also delighted to be invited to and attend on March 6 – remain powerful examples of women’s resilience, innovation, and contributions across all professional spheres.

Addressing these challenges requires both celebrating achievements and nurturing future talent. In this spirit, it was a treat to host Northeastern University’s ‘Women’s Interdisciplinary Society of Entrepreneurship’ as part of their ‘Trek’ to London. WISE empowers women and underrepresented genders to develop leadership skills, grow ventures and explore entrepreneurship through experiential learning.

We were pleased that Betsy Ludwig, the programme’s Executive Director, invited our founder Gabrielle Shaw to share her entrepreneurial knowledge, insights and lived experience to inspire the next generation of business leaders. As part of the intimate discussion with this year’s WISE cohort we were joined by long-term GSC collaborator CEO Kate Gordon, founder of London Art Studies. Kate brought resonate perspective on the concept of being of service to others as an entrepreneur, business owner, and leader. The session began with Gabrielle’s journey as a female founder, before delving into brand context and culture within luxury communications, and the importance of building community as an entrepreneur.

Thank you to the Women’s Interdisciplinary Society of Entrepreneurship, Betsy Ludwig and Richard Corps for organising an afternoon of empowerment and inspiration.

For more information contact:

Gabrielle Shaw Communications

letstalk@gabrielleshaw.com

02077813311