Poole Sea Cadets celebrate International Women’s Day

Poole Sea Cadets are marking International Women’s Day on Saturday 8 March, with more than half of the cadets and volunteers being female.

The 2025 International Women’s Day campaign theme is ‘Accelerate Action’ for gender equality.

Trustee Michelle said: “The great benefit of the Sea Cadets is that equal opportunities are taken for granted. My son has done extremely well but we also have girls who joined at the same time as him. They all get on so well together. My daughter Emily, who was a Sea Cadet, is now a Petty Officer and helps teach sailing during the summer. She was offered work through the Marine Society and Sea Cadets on Royalist, the Sea Cadet’s sailing training ship, during the offshore season as temporary cover bosun.”

The colour for International Women’s Day is purple, which signifies justice and dignity and was also worn by the Suffragettes, who campaigned for women’s right to vote in the early 20th century.