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Home > News & Blogs > International Women’s Day 2023

International Women’s Day 2023

  • February 16, 2023

8 March 2023

#EmbraceEquity

Our Strategic Plan 2022-2026 aspires to increase the diversity of our membership. Women are still underrepresented in our sector and we need to ensure that people from all genders and backgrounds consider forestry and arboriculture as a career that is open to them.

#ILookLikeAForester

Our #ILookLikeAForester campaign was created to celebrate all women working in arboriculture and forestry.

Join the conversation this #IWD2023 by tagging us on social media @TheICF in your videos, photos and posts using the #ILookLikeAForester hashtag.

Let us know…

  • What you love about working with trees
  • Why more women should consider it as a career

#NurtureGrowThrive

We are delighted to share another #NurtureGrowThrive case study video with you on International Women’s Day 2023.

We spoke to Associate member, Elva Preston from Wharton Natural Infrastructure Consultants about her career so far.

Women of the Woods

The Full Circle is a journal from The Association of Scottish Hardwood Sawmillers, with the support of Scottish Forestry and the Scottish Furniture Makers Association.

Women of the Woods was the theme of the Winter 2022 edition and features a range of interesting stories from women working across the timber and forestry sector in Scotland.

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