GLAMOUR’s Women of the Year Awards, in partnership with Samsung, is back for 2023 and honoured the gamechangers and feminist heroes from music, television, film, sport and media.
The star-studded event, which took place at One Marylebone, honoured women who fight for the representation of marginalised communities both on- and off-screen, and use their voice to challenge society’s systemic rape culture.
Lily Allen, Halle Bailey, Georgia Harrison, Hannah Waddingham, Ariana DeBose, America Ferrera and The Lionesses were among our inspiring WOTY winners and delivered some incredibly empowering speeches to accept their awards. We’ve rounded up the most empowering speeches of the evening; prepare to feel inspired…
Gareth Cattermole
Katherine Ryan
“Men are sick. That’s right, ALL MEN. What a relief it is for me, your host for this evening, TV’s Katherine Ryan, that I finally have a son. So when people correctly accuse me of unfairly targeting ALL MEN in my stand up comedy, I can say, ‘No no no, not me. I have a little boy, so you see I’m on your side’. Far from it. That kid is the perfect smoke screen for my invigorated feminist agenda. He is a two year old toxic male who plays with monster trucks all day- and sure, he’s stolen my youth, wrecked my breasts and turned my home into a Mojo Dojo Casa House – but he’s taught me the skills I need to infiltrate the patriarchy. Ladies, I hate to say it, but men are getting a few things right.
“For example, they can name EVERY dinosaur. There are over 1000 different species and men can identify each one from birth. Tyrannosaurus, Spinosaurus, Titanosaurus, Diplodocus, from the moment they’re born – BANG – it’s in there, all the dinosaurs. And they’ve got us distracted fighting over what a woman is. ‘But she’s not exactly the same as me! Should she even be in here?!’ Calm down, Labiasaurus, it’s a MacDonalds at 3am. None of us should be in here.
“Just this month, health secretary Steve Barclay (a male secretary? Cute!) announced a consultation that could see transgender people banned from same sex hospital wards even though it has subsequently been revealed that no cisgender woman has ever made a formal NHS complaint about sharing a ward with a trans woman.