Maria and Vinciane are two women working at PwC and are passionate about celebrating women, particularly on International Women's Day!

8th March is the day when women are celebrated all around the world/ PwC are celebrating early on the 4th with an event featuring a lecture on pay transparency, an interactive debate amongst experts and insights from Yuriko Backes, the Minister for Gender Equality and Diversity.

Vincaine talks about how important it is to have international women's day because it dates back to a time when women didn't have a vote and women had to fight for their rights. Maria expands on this saying that when it comes to equality here in Luxembourg, "there is still progress to achieve when it comes to the professional level".

Pay transparency, the theme of PwC's event, is an issue that concerns both men and women. Vincaine emphasises the importance of pay transparency, saying that you cannot know the situation of the problem if you cannot access the data. This is a point that Vincaine says is part of what PwC takes so seriously as they are a data driven company. The European Commission has given guidance that companies with over 250 employees must be open and transparent about gender pay gaps.

When talking of female role models, both poet Maya Angelou and former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinta Arden are named. For Vincaine, Maya Angelou is inspiring because she sees "life with such a flame inside that indeed women, to a certain extent are unstoppable". Maria says that seeing Jacinta Arden be Prime Minister showed her that "she can have it all". As well, she admired her style of leadership branding it as caring.

You can sign up for the event at PwC on 4th March 2025 here: https://www.pwc.lu/en/events/international-women-day-2025.html