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- March 7th, 2011
Centenary of International Women’s Day – 8th March 2011
- imenzies
- Comments: 2 Comments »Tags: action, events, rights
The new millennium has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women’s and society’s thoughts about women’s equality and emancipation. Many from a younger generation feel that ‘all the battles have been won for women’ while others recognise how difficult it can be to bring about lasting change and how many challenges still need to be addressed.
With more women in the boardroom, greater equality in legislative rights, and an increased critical mass of women’s visibility as impressive role models in every aspect of life, one could think that women have gained true equality. The unfortunate fact is that women are still not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women’s education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men.
However, great improvements have been made. We do have female astronauts and prime ministers, school girls are welcomed into university, women can work and have a family, women have real choices. And so the tone and nature of IWD has, for the past few years, moved from being a reminder about the negatives to a celebration of the positives.
Annually on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements. A global web of rich and diverse local activity connects women from all around the world ranging from political rallies, business conferences, government activities and networking events through to local women’s craft markets, expressive arts performances, fashion parades and more.
So make a difference, think globally and act locally !! Make everyday International Women’s Day. Do your bit to ensure that the future for girls is bright, equal, safe and rewarding.
More info at: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/default.asp
Categories citizenship, international, social studies
So good to see this important day being noted in this way.
Don’t forget last weekend after the debacle of the violence on the football pitch, domestic violence rose by about 80%!
Couldn’t agree more Hilery! Far too much complacency about the hidden impact of this kind of high profile behaviour by highly paid males. Whilst football cannot be blamed for all the ills of society, there are some very simple things that could be done to change its image and alleviate such problems.