IWD2021 Choose to Challenge - Jane Mudd
Posted on Monday 8th March 2021
Read how our leader, Cllr Jane Mudd, is choosing to challenge this #IWD2021
Why equal rights are important to me
We have travelled a great distance and yet there is still so far to go. Prejudice still remains. A society that values everyone is an equal society, and equal rights are an essential element of this.
We need to work together to achieve a society where individuals are valued irrespective of gender, race, sexuality or creed.
I can play a role individually to mentor and support other women to achieve their potential. As leader, I can ensure that equality, fairness and kindness underpin our work as a local authority.
As a grandmother, I want my granddaughter to grow up in a world where her opportunities are not defined or restricted by her gender or sexuality. Equal rights are important to me because I want her tomorrow to be fairer than our today.
How I choose to challenge
As the female leader of a local authority I can challenge by celebrating and sharing the achievements of other women.
I was proud to lead the “Newport Women Remembered” and “Seven Sisters” public art projects at St Paul’s Walk. These unique artworks are a homage to 170 years of women’s struggle for freedom of choice and pay tribute to the role of Newport women in WW1.
This artwork was created by a female artist, Stephanie Roberts and was informed by the research of one or our female historians, Sylvia Mason. Over 300 Newport citizens, women, young people, men from a range of community groups worked together on the conceptualisation of this project.
St. Paul’s Walk is a community space, which celebrates all ‘Sisters’. This is a lasting monument to the role that women have played and continue to play in our city.