South Africa, Aug. 31 -- This year marks 70 years since that historic march, and today women are sitting in boardrooms, leading businesses, running agencies, building teams and shaping the industries we work in.

But I think there is another conversation we need to have: what happens once we're sitting in the seat we fought for?

Because being in the room is one thing; influencing to shape what happens in that room is another.

Being in the room isn't the same as having influence In marketing, advertising and digital media, women are everywhere. We are strategists, managers, creatives, media specialists, performance marketers, data specialists and business leaders, making decisions, solving problems and driving commercial outcomes.

But r...