Step Up International Women's Day 2026 Event

When: March 8, 2026

Where: Virtual, Australia

REGISTER

We are bringing amazing women and organisations together to empower female educational and aspiring leaders.

Two years ago, we hosted a virtual celebration as part of IWD, we want to come back to that this year.

We are bringing together a great group of people from a range of organisations and background to celebrate women in (educational) leadership.

We still have a huge gender pay gap in education; inequalities relating to workplaces being female friendly and flexible working environments - we must work together to combat this.

We are pleased to be hosting this event in partnership with several other organisations:
- Claire Platt Coaching Consultancy
- Devon Women's Leadership Network
- EduPulse
- Menopause in Schools
- WomenEd

We will be exploring how to make work environments more female-friendly and flexible for all women, and hearing from and connecting with organisations that are doing great work for women in leadership.

Our Co-Hosts:
- Mubina Husein is an assistant headteacher for raising standards and has taught in London secondary schools for 18 years. Mubina is a Putting Staff First associate, and is currently developing assessment at KS3 in her setting. In her spare time Mubina pens spoken word, most recently published in 'Disruptive Women' by WomenEd.
- Claire Platt is a coach, leadership consultant and SIAMS inspector. She has had a career in education of more than thirty years and is a former headteacher, executive head, Director of Education, Local Authority consultant and Diocesan Deputy Director of Education. She is passionate about enabling leaders at all levels in education to thrive professionally and personally.

Our Panels:
Panel 1: Empowering women in (educational) leadership:
- Christalla Jamil: MAT CEO, Primary Executive Headteacher, Trustee and Global Strategic Leader of WomenEd.
- Joanna Tompkins: Secondary Associate Assistant Headteacher, Drama Teacher, Associate & Head of EDI at EduPulse.
- Further speakers announced

Panel 2: Championing women in the workplace:
- Helen Claire: Founder of Menopause in Schools.
- Nadirah Khan: Secondary Assistant Headteacher for Staff and Student Wellbeing, and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.
- Further speakers announced

DATE:
Sunday, March 8, 2026

TIME:
10:00 - 11:15am GMT

LOCATION:
Online