Lacrosse Community Raises a Hand on International Women's Day

Lacrosse Community Raises a Hand on International Women's Day

Yesterday (8 March) marked International Women’s Day and to celebrate the lacrosse community flooded social media with images of themselves raising their hand to show they choose to challenge inequality in society.

The annual event, which first began way back in 1911, aims to celebrate “the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women” while also acting as a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

And this year’s theme was #ChooseToChallenge where every one around the world was challenged to post a picture of themselves with their hand raised to show that they choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality.

“A challenged world is an alert world”, the International Women’s Day website says, “Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions - all day, every day.

“We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women's achievements. Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world.

“From challenge comes change, so let's all choose to challenge.”

The lacrosse community certainly stepped up and showed it was willing to challenge inequality as social media was awash with International Women’s Day posts throughout the day!

Check out the England Lacrosse Instagram page to see the images for yourself!