A personal story about #IWD's in the Netherlands

In the Bold & Brilliant invitation sent by Dr. Jocelynne Scutt I was introduced as a speaker. I studied in Groningen (at least 2 hours by train from Amsterdam) and have lived in Amsterdam since 1985. I have represented International Alliance of Women (IAW) in the Board of European Women's Lobby (EWL) since October 2014. I attended several annual meetings of IAW including Reykjavik (2011) and Berlin (2018). I have been working as an expert women in decision-making since 1990. As a retired professional I still publish blogs (Note 1) and tweets about women in politics in order to support both IAW @womenalliance and EWL @EuropeanWomen. I still am an entrepreneur Social Media 4 Boomers. As a student I became a conscious feminist in 1979 partly as a result of talking to members of my herstory group 'the fifties' about abortion and the right to decide as a woman to have one. She Decides movement or being a boss in your own belly still is an important subject for us feminists of all walks of life. As a student in social and political history in Groningen I went to an event on March 8 where prostitutes from Amsterdam were talking about their sex work. This strategy of talking with is very, very important and is from where we - as feminists - have come! As a conscious feminist in 1996 I went to the city hall of Amstelveen as part of my job seeking challinge to attend a lecture by Marianne van den Boomen about a new opportunity: Internet! Her book subtitles Internet ABC for women. I reread her lecture in 2010 and connected it to the Aletta Jacobs (Note 2) speech at 8.3 by the first woman of the Netherlands who became an EU Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, in 2004. As a woman in politics in 2019 I was a candidate at place 15 in the Elections for the European Parliament (Note 3). Since the summer of 2020 I have supported the campaign 'Omdat ik het verdien' / 'Because I deserve it' (for equal pay) at Instagram by giving likes and comments. This campaign is inspired by the example of Iceland. In 2021 I liked on Insta at Happy International Women's Day "I'll tell you what I want, what I really want ... Concluding from the Netherlands to all of us in 2021 I shared Anouk You Tube It's a New Day. This video is dedicated to the ones leading the way like Emma Gonzalez (USA), Frida Kahlo (Mexico) and Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand) (Note 4). Quote "A life without purpose is no life at all". My personal vision since 2010 is: remain developing your electronic skills (eSkills): 1st Internet, 2nd social media and 3rd since corona pandemie how to Zoom. In order to reach a gender equal society it is important to remain healthy and develop electronic skills (eSkills) step by step and use them as a strategy: frapper toujours (always hit!) Note 1 blog Women's economic independence 1995-2020 at angerman.europa.blogspot.com Note 2 Aletta Jacobs 1854-1929 is the first woman to attain a PhD in the Netherlands on 8th March 1879. For a quarter of a century she was at the head of the Dutch Women's Suffrage Association and is also a BIG inspiration in the herstory of IAW! Note 3 Photo Aletta & Arina at Elections European Parliament in Amsterdam.

Note 4 I received this You Tube with subtitles in Dutch by Anouk by WhatsApp twice at IWD 2021.

Wil jij - #55PlusZP - social media kennis en tips? #levenlangleren

De verhoging van de AOW-leeftijd naar 67 jaar betekent dat jij als #55Plus social entrepreneur nog 6 tot 12 jaar tijdelijke opdrachten of functies te vinden hebt! Noot 1 
Ben jij als interim professional goed zichtbaar en vindbaar op social media zoals LinkedIn en Facebook? Help jij als bestuurslid je ANBI's op social media zoals Twitter en Facebook? Zet jij social media regelmatig in voor je eigen bedrijf en voor de ANBI waarvan jij bestuurslid bent? 

  

WAAROM werken aan zichtbaarheid op social media?

- Weet dat wanneer jij een opdracht of kans op samenwerking gaat bespreken deze vrouw of man je LinkedIn profile heeft bekeken!

- Regelmatig onderhoud van je zichtbaarheid op LinkedIn, vergroot je vindbaarheid voor andere 'beslissers'!

- Jouw (potentiële) klanten of partners zitten in de netwerkcontacten (2nd) van je netwerkcontacten op LinkedIn (1st)!
- Toepasselijk citaat uit Verslag eSkills conferentie om digitale vaardigheden van de beroepsbevolking op een hoger niveau te krijgen op 16 maart 2016: "Er moet meer worden gefocussed op 'life long learning of eSkills (upskill & reskill)', in heb bijzonder voor beslissers"!

KENNIS

- Weet je dat in 2016 4,2 miljoen mensen het zakelijke netwerk LinkedIn en bijna 10 miljoen het sociale netwerk Facebook gebruiken? Recente M/V percentages van gebruikers op LinkedIn, Facebook en Twitter staan in "Ben jij als Boomer bij de tijd met eSkills?" Noot 2

- Weet je dat in Google Search je LinkedIn profile vaak hoger eindigt dan je / jullie website?

HOE krijg je meer social media kennis en tips?

1. Investeer in je eigen inzetbaarheid (Do It Yourself = DIY) door gratis social media kennis en tips te ontvangen. Meld je aan bij van een Boomer 4 Boomers nieuws op website https://arinaangerman.com Zet jij de stap van denken naar doen? Peer2Peer :-)

2. Door beter zichtbaar en daarmee beter vindbaar te zijn voor (potentiële) klanten en partners op LinkedIn! Je eigen LinkedIn profile laten keuren (analyseren) met een APK - LinkedIn. Wat een APK is en hoe deze te bestellen, vind je hier   

Noot 1 Op 161031 ontdekt weetje. 
Drie op de vijf Nederlanders schat de AOW leeftijd verkeerd (te laag) in. 
Noot 2 Blog

https://angermaneuropa.blogspot.nl/2016/02/ben-jij-als-baby-boomer-bij-de-tijd-met.html

Social entrepreneur Arina Angerman helpt #55Plus ZP'ers om zichtbaar en vindbaar te zijn op social media. Wil jij geheel vrijblijvend weten hoe? Stuur een e-mail of 06 aan arina.angerman[@]gmail.com. Zij geeft je via e-mail of het grootste social media platform WhatsApp binnen 24 uur een reactie. 

Do women social entrepreneurs use IT and social media in EU? #eskills

One of the strategic objectives of the Beijing Platform for Action '95 is 'Promote women's economic rights and independence ...' Social entrepreneurship can be a promising avenue through which women can empower themselves and others. The European Women's Lobby (EWL) published a Synthesis report WEstart. Mapping Women's Social Entrepreneurship in Europe (September 2015). The WEstart project is the first-ever research study on this subject and got support from the Fondation d'Entreprise Chanel. The report was prepared by WEstart Project Manager Emily Usher Shrair of EWL. Note 1 A social enterprise 'is a company that sells products or services on the market. ... and a portion of its revenue is reinvested in its mission.' (p 4) 

Do women social entrepreneurs use IT & social media?
How many women social entrepreneurs are using IT & social media in the 10 studied countries? These countries are France, Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Lithuania, Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK). One of the outputs is an electronic database containing information about 1,000 women-led social enterprises. In this blog I give a small answer about the UK after using this database. How many women-led social enterprises in the Information and Communication sector are there? I found in UK 16 Women-Led Social Enterprises (Social Mission, Woman Leadership, Portion made in market, portion of profit/surplus reinvested). Two of these have women or girls as primary clients/target population: Ogunte CIC and HighStreetFitFinder. They both use social media like Facebook or Twitter ...Yes!

Babyboomers in eSkills bootcamp
Women and men who are fifty-something learned how to use internet and e-mail in the 90's or 21th century. Even though they learned e-skills for job demands, business or other societal activities, navigating through new media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can be challenging. That's why Digital Skills Workshop for Baby Boomers: Develop social media skills to transform your future was an official side event at the very inspiring Code to Change programme in Amsterdam (October 2015). The e-skills bootcamp and conference in Program Your Future are an initiative of ChunriChoupaal, a non-profit organisation, whose mission is economic empowerment of women through digital technology. Note 2

In the workshop I told my personal career story as ICT leader
- Projectmanager Vrouwen-Internet-Politiek site (1996-00)
- Director NSI Zuid-Holland (2004-08)
- Networker at LinkedIn & Twitter (2009)
NOW
- Blogger at angermaneuropa.blogspot.com (2011 - 55 blogs)
- Board member of European Women's Lobby, representing International Alliance of Women (2014)
- Entrepreneur Social Media 4 Boomers (website in Dutch 2015)
Conclusion: ICT for me is 4 x C in IT: Communicate, Connect, Content & Co-create with IT. Note 3

From words to action?
Let's connect & share in order to get more women from different generations and backgrounds involved in social entrepreneurship who are also using IT & social media in order to #worktoequality! 
My learning style is learning by doing and I'm at #55plus still an advocate of lifelong learning. Do you want to know more or connect? Please send an e-mail to arina.angerman[at]gmail.com

Note 1 
For more details about WEstart visit www.WEstarteurope.org  
Note 2
Many thanks to Rose Iffat Gill, her #codetochange team and supporters & participants.
Note 3 
And I learned at #eSkillsNL (16.03.16) C is also to Celebrate with IT (Information Communication Technology)
Blog in Dutch Meer vrouwen in #ICT betekent 4xC = kansen Babyboomers?! 

Arina Angerman is an Activist, Blogger and Consultant. Please read additional information at website (in Dutch).