{"id":11296,"date":"2023-04-28T19:51:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T19:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheesecakelabs.com\/blog\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T19:51:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T19:51:57","slug":"female-week-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheesecakelabs.com\/blog\/female-week-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowered women in tech: The 6th annual Female Week at Cheesecake Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In March, we held our 6th annual Female Week event, highlighting women and their accomplishments within Cheesecake Labs and the wider technology industry. This year\u2019s events were empowering, informative, and engaging \u2014 here\u2019s what you need to know about our 6th Female Week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Female Week?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Female Week is an annual event at Cheesecake Labs that celebrates, highlights, and empowers female Cakers and women in our wider community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launched six years ago to tie into International Women\u2019s Day on March 8th, we wanted this event to encourage everyone to become allies in the ongoing struggle for gender equity in the technology market and society at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we didn’t want to limit ourselves to just one day \u2014 that\u2019s why we set aside a week every March to celebrate our female Cakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s event was a rousing success! Here\u2019s what happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 6th edition of Female Week<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This year, our Female Week theme was \u201cEmpowered women, the right team, the right skills,\u201d<\/strong> which focused on centering women as the main characters of their careers and our work at Cheesecake Labs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our main events of the week were an introductory Open Discussion Circle, a Women in Product Webinar, and a look at Guilds held by women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a remote-first company<\/a>, all of our internal and external meetings and events are held online, allowing anyone who wants to participate to join from wherever they are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening Discussion Circle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To kick off Female Week, we held an internal discussion circle event. Hosted by Chief People and Culture Officer Caroline Schmitz and Senior Marketing Analyst Graziela Hanaoka, this event opened our Female Week festivities by highlighting some of the issues, challenges, and opportunities related to gender equity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We covered topics including the importance of International Women\u2019s Day and how it came into existence, how the men in our organization can better support their female coworkers and celebrate their achievements, and equality in the work environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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