In 2022, join us to #BreakTheBias for gender equality in communities, travel, workplaces, education, and beyond. After all, there is No World Without Women. Designated International Women’s Day on March 8 of every year to celebrate the contributions of women globally, this day is also used as a platform for far more.
Patty Ramirez is the founder of Splash Dive Center, the largest dive operator in Southern Belize.
Women ultimately lie at the heart of travel. We see that daily: whether in tourism business founders, like Patty Ramirez of Splash Dive Center—the first woman in Belize to achieve PADI Course Director, or long-standing staff in the tourism industry, like Luz Hunter—a cultural and natural specialist, guiding for decades in Belize.
Meet Jessica Nabongo, the first black woman to travel to every country in the world
Jessica Nabongo in Bhutan.
“Travel with kindness, travel with positive energy and without fear,” says Jessica Nabongo, shown in Bhutan during her successful quest to see every nation on Earth.
In an overwhelmingly white travel blogging industry, Nabongo’s achievement is even more significant in terms of representation—something she doesn’t take for granted. Jessica Nabongo has also traveled to all 195 nations, the first Black woman to have documented this feat. And 88 of those countries, she traveled solo—including Belize.
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This year, we challenge you to #BreakTheBias to empower the travel and leisure industry, too. The inclusion of women should be a commitment, however, not a one-off action. Ultimately, to carve a space for different backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, and sexual orientations.
Happy International Women’s Day 2022 from the (almost) all-women team at Caribbean Culture + Lifestyle!
Meet our team here. Header image via Roeming Belize.
