{"id":21338,"date":"2024-03-07T10:18:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T10:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/?p=21338"},"modified":"2024-06-26T13:17:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T13:17:52","slug":"happy-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/happy-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Women&#8217;s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approx read: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">mins<\/span><\/span><h2>Celebrate 8 March with 5 inspiring women<\/h2>\n<h3>Explorers, innovators, athletes and adventurers featured in the battleface Blog<\/h3>\n<h4>Explorer Alice Morrison<\/h4>\n<p>Alice Morrison doesn&#8217;t shy away from challenges. She writes <a href=\"https:\/\/alicemorrison.co.uk\/books\/\">books<\/a> and makes <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RM-H2EGqlMw?feature=shared\">films<\/a> about them. The journalist and explorer, nicknamed the &#8216;Indiana Jones for Girls&#8217;, has climbed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/alice-morrison-expedition-to-mount-elgon-uganda\/\">East African volcano<\/a> and crossed the Sahara on foot. battleface was proud to sponsor her hike of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/alice-morrison-completes-hiking-the-jordan-trail\/\">the Jordan trail<\/a> You can read more in her <a href=\"https:\/\/alicemorrison.co.uk\/blog\/\">blog<\/a>, or listen to her podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/alicemorrison.co.uk\/blog\/\">Alice in Wanderland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Quicksand! Explorer Alice Morrison gets that sinking feeling crossing the Sahara\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LZSrjj1-zWU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Digital healthcare services innovator: Efrat Sagi-Ofir<\/h4>\n<p>After taking her injured daughter to an emergency clinic after hours, in a foreign country where she didn&#8217;t speak the local language, Efrat Sagi-Ofir helped develop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.air-dr.com\/\">Air Doctor<\/a>, an app that connects travellers to local medical professionals for in-person and online consultations. The global network includes 75 countries and 20,000 practitioners.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Air Doctor | How travel healthcare went digital\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MmHv-oyyfIQ?start=145&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Bringing travel to underrepresented communities: Bola Ibidapo<\/h4>\n<p>Bola <span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap\"><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\">Ibidapo co-founded the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/social-impact-too-fly-foundation\/\">Too Fly Foundation<\/a> to enable young students of colour to take part in educational programs abroad. Too Fly provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tooflyfoundation.org\/aboutus\">passports and travel grants<\/a> to students and student organisations across the US as well as arranging educational programmes designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tooflyfoundation.org\/wheelsupblog\/2024\/2\/29\/6-ways-global-travel-makes-the-next-generation-better-students-workers-and-leaders\">inspire a love for travel<\/a> and equip them with the skills they need to start exploring.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Too Fly | Bringing travel to underrepresented communities\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RFSZ_uWBgjI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Tough Girl podcaster: Sarah Williams<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toughgirlchallenges.com\/\">Podcaster Sarah Williams<\/a> highlights women and girls undertaking adventure and physical challenges. Her subjects range from elite athletes to first-timers. No stranger to adventure, Sarah has completed the Marathon des Sables, hiked the Appalachian Trail, and cycled all 4000 km of the Pacific Coast Highway.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Mtyvw9WMj5\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/sarah-williams-tough-girl-podcast\/\">Adventurer Sarah Williams | Tough Girl Podcast<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Adventurer Sarah Williams | Tough Girl Podcast&#8221; &#8212; battleface\" src=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/sarah-williams-tough-girl-podcast\/embed\/#?secret=yUWziAv8We#?secret=Mtyvw9WMj5\" data-secret=\"Mtyvw9WMj5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Expert skier and journalist: Abi Butcher<\/h4>\n<p>It&#8217;s one thing to do something amazing. Another entirely to write brilliantly about it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abibutcher.com\/Aboutme\">Abi Butcher<\/a> manages to do both. The award-winning journalist conveys her passion for horse riding, sailing, skiing and more in articles that feature adventures beyond the bunny slope.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0iK2TCZn5M\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/abi-butcher-climbs-skis-and-sails-greenland\/\">Climbing, skiing and sailing Greenland<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Climbing, skiing and sailing Greenland&#8221; &#8212; battleface\" src=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/abi-butcher-climbs-skis-and-sails-greenland\/embed\/#?secret=5flMWG3j8R#?secret=0iK2TCZn5M\" data-secret=\"0iK2TCZn5M\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate 8 March with 5 inspiring women. 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