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In this International Women's Day special episode, guest host Helen Leayr speaks with three inspiring Canberra businesswomen about their journeys, challenges, and visions for the future of gender equality in business.

•  Raffy Sgroi shares how she transformed a traditional automotive business by creating a culture that includes women and focuses on customer communication
• Sarah C. Bailey discusses how perseverance through countless small moments of challenge helped her build resilience and confidence to speak up
• Nazia Ahmed explains how her biggest hurdle in founding Social Outcomes Lab as the first entrepreneur in her family was overcoming self-doubt

All panelists emphasise on the importance of encouraging young people to use their voices and bring fresh perspectives and discussed practical steps businesses can take to advance gender equality, including intentionally creating diverse teams and addressing pay gaps. They advocated for embracing and learning from failure rather than fearing it and highlighted the importance of women finding their "tribe" of supporters, mentors, and sponsors to help overcome challenges

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This episode is supported by CareSuper.