trade commissioner Natalie Black marks International Women’s Day
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 8, 2023
In 2018, a row of mirrors appeared on a prominent wall in the Foreign Office. Each mirror, sitting beneath portraits of the first women to hold key posts across the department, represented a high-status role which had not been held by a woman. Each time a woman has taken up a top posting since then, one of the mirrors is replaced with her portrait.
The installation, known as the Mirror Challenge, encourages women to see themselves in those top roles, and imagine change before they effect it. It is a powerful realisation of the importance of . . .