You may have noticed our Campaign on facebook and other socials through this week in support of International Women’s Day by remembering some of the most influential and inspiring women. These women have faced struggles, broken stereotypes and set new norms for women all around the world. We want to give a shout out to a few more who inspired millions with their stories.

Jill Bolte Taylor
An American Neuroanatomist and inspirational public speaker. Dr. Jill started studying the brain in the hopes of figuring out what made her brother ‘different’ compared to any other person and over the years gained the reputation of a leading expert in her field. On December 10, 1996, she suffered a stroke herself which threw her into an “infant-like” state after which followed her eight-year recovery. She followed up by publishing the book “My Stroke of Insight” which then went onto becoming a NY Times bestseller and also made it to the list of Times 100 of the most influential people in the world. Her struggle to recover and strive to move forward is one of the most inspiring stories till date. We salute you!

Ingrid Vandervelt
The CEO and chairman of ‘Empowering a Billion Women by 2020’ and MintHER has led an extraordinary journey to reach where she is today. She started at Dell where her extraordinary performance led her to becoming a member of the United Nations foundations global entrepreneurs while being the managing partner of Vandervelt Global Investments simultaneously. In addition to that she was also the founding organizer of the Global Leadership and Sustainable Success and as well as the co-founder of the Billionaire Girls Club. Her undisputed dedication continued towards CNBCs first original primetime series. In 2018 she received the Global Empowerment award by the Global Business and Interfaith Peace awards in affiliation with the UN. She is deemed to be one of the Global 100 leaders by Oprah and winner of the Forbes and northwestern Mutual “Global Entrepreneur in Excellence Award”. Wow!

Malala Yousafzai
In addition to being the youngest Nobel prize recipient for ‘Peace’, she is a Pakistani activist for female education as well. Her struggle started at the age of 12 when she wrote a blog under a pseudonym for BBC describing the scenes of living under Taliban Occupation In Swat Pakistan. After her initial blog the New York Times aired a documentary about her life and not long after she had gained recognition all over the country. Her newfound fame and popularity backfired on 9th October 2012 when she was shot in an assassination attempt in retaliation by the Taliban. Being in critical condition initially they waited for her to recover enough to be transported to the UK after which she was taken into sanctuary. She then went on to writing ‘I Am Malala‘, an international best seller. We are proud of you Malala!

Michelle Obama
Mostly known as the Ex-First Lady to the United States, Michelle Obama has her own set of achievements, that give her even a more prominent and strong identity for herself. She went onto get a Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton after which she went onto earning a Juris Doctor Degree from Harvard Law School. Starting from a law firm where she met her now husband Barack, she participated in many active public sector roles as an Assistant to the Mayor as well as an Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Development. She was also the Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies. Michelle Obama should be considered an inspiration to all the women in the world as she has provided the perfect example of being a professional lady all while keeping together her family life- which just happened to be the family of the President of the United States Of America. It is truly admirable that she was able to match or even exceed the reputation of her husband. “When they go low, we go high!”

All of these prodigious women have shaped our world to be better for all of women through their sacrifices, unrivalled drive and dedication. Our team at DOT integrates the inspiring journeys of these figures into our everyday lives and undoubtedly have the drive and dedication to shape the world for the future in the same way as their predecessors have.

Here is a special message for our very own team members of DOT, “Thank you for being part of this journey and we hope to see our very own Michelles, Malalas, Ingirds and Jills of tomorrow”.

Happy International Women’s Day!